F.A.O. Ricky Ponting ...

RE: Ive plenty of idea

so why was that bad sportsmanship? a foul is illegal in football but that doesn't make everyone be classed as being a bad sportsmen

 

cricket in those days

not so much now was all about sportsmanship Walking when out not claiming catches all stuff like that It was a gentlemans game

 

still think they should do that

if they know they've hit it they should walk. Aussies were one of 1st to wait (i think) tho Gilchrist did walk in the world cup a few years ago

 

Gilchrist always walks

Got to go to bed now but there is no comparison between cricket and football. Katich was given a shocking decision yesterday and swore on the way off and lost 20% of match fee. Compare that to what Man Utd do to refs nothing said

 

But prior to 1934 such tactics were perfectly legal and within the rules of the game

In football outfield players used to be able to play the ball back to their goalkeeper and he was allowed to pick it up. This has now been outlawed. Does that mean that the players who used to do this were being unsportsmanlike?

If the laws of a game are changed you can't then go back and accuse the players who operated within different laws of being unsportsmanlike. What they did at the time was legal and fair. The fact that new rules have since outlawed such tactics does not mean the actions of players in the past were wrong. They operated fairly within the rules that were set down at the time.

 

It was a one-dayer...............................nt

 

by the way.... Who bought Greg Chappell's bat?

The one that he donated to the fundraising auction/dinner when BFC went into receivership?

He autographed it and good luck Barnsley-ed it and it was sold at the auction.

Anybody know where the bat went to. I wonder if it was used (Klaitz?) or is it nailed to a front-room wall.

True gentleman, Greg Chappell.... he does say that it was the biggest mistake of his career, ordering his brother, Trevor, to ball the underarm delivery to the Kiwi batsman. It was the last ball of the game and the Kiwis needed a six. It rolled down the wicket to the batsman who blocked it and then threw his bat on the ground as he walked off.

Many times, I have speculated that the batsman should have bent down, picked up the ball, and thown it back to the bowler and ask for a proper ball. maybe Greg would have appealed and had him given out.

Anyway, the incident will always rankle with the Kiwis. It is akin to the 'Hand of God' goal.

 

RE: It was a one-dayer...............................nt

I'm mistaken, but the question still stands. It's even worse in a one dayer.

 

RE: by the way.... Who bought Greg Chappell's bat?

..and Ponting moans cos' he's run out by a sub fieldsman, and we're using all the rules to our advantage.

I didn't hear Katich swearing either when Brett Lee WAS out LBW and Steve Bucknor didn't give it later on.

..and they call us whinging pommies.

 

no they wasnt

the bodyline bowling wasnt in the rules they just wernt mentioned nobody back then thought that this could happen.As soon as the MCC found out about it yhey immediately banned it and the two players never played for England again. Nothing like the backpass rule more like the donkey kick free kick that willie carr did for coventry as soon as done banned