Here is a very strange irony in cricketing rules. Hope ICC takes note of this. 1. If on 170, Sehwag would have hit a six off a legal ball, the score becomes 176, and not just 171. The other 5 runs are counted even though at the very first run the match is deemed won. 2. In the middle of a match, a six off a no ball is still a six for the batsman. 3. If the batsman is run-out of a no-ball, he is still given out inspite of an extra run on the scoreboard. 4. One famous example I would like to quote during 1987 India-Pak series. Last ball Pak needed 2 runs for a win, they had 1 wkt in hand. According to the rules of those days, even if they had scored 1 run without losing a wicket, the scores would have tied and Pak would have still won the match. But Quadir went for a 2nd run(maybe not knowing), and got run out by Azhar. So bcos of this inspite of a tie, India won the match. Now here why should the attempt for the 2nd run not be considered redundant, since after the 1st run, Pak has won the match ? Now if someone says its bcos 'the ball is in play', then the same thing applies to the Randiv no-ball bcos the ball is still in play. We have seen players getting stumped(i.e run out ) off a no-ball too. So I feel the rule is inconsistent here. 4. One more situation - what if a batsman goes for a pull/hook shot, hits a winning last ball six, but in the process loses balance and falls of the wicket ? So he is hit wkt after the match ended(won), so is he out ?
Re: Situation like Suarez's handball stop against Ghana..
by hari on Aug 17, 2010 11:06 AM
both are different things..suarez did it to prevent his team's loss and exit from WC..but here match was already lost and this was done deliberately to deny viru.
When that incident happen to the lankan team in pakistan I felt treally sad for the cricketers... But I guess even God knew that these bunch of cheaters dont play in the spirit of the game so those bullets were fired at srilanks only... Why not other teams ? Well, Australia doesnt count here because they never go to pakistan for playing.. cowards !! But this is really shameful on part of the lankans and particularly Sangakara.. What a great actor he is he should try in Bollywood after saying that he wasnt aware... what a crap.. ? He is the one who would have asked the bowler to ball the no ball !! Anyways let the lankans deny sehwag the hundred.. We would deny them respect and the trophy !!
Shame on Sri Lankans..This is not a gentleman game spirit.You people are going in direction of Pakistanis as they were used to be earlier..Even they(pakistani's) have also become much matured as far as these cheap things are concerned..unfortunately..Sri Lankans are getting down from good to bad...
