Proper Mannies Cricket

The MCC attempts clarification:

“ MCC THIS YEAR ANNOUNCED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAWS OF CRICKET TO MOVE BEING RUN OUT AT THE NON-STRIKER'S END, FROM LAW 41 UNFAIR PLAY, TO LAW 38 RUN OUT.

This change will formally come into effect from 1 October 2022. This was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus on batters to ensure that they do not leave the crease at the non-striker’s end, prior to a bowler releasing the ball.

The Law is clear, as it needs to be for all umpires to be able to easily interpret throughout all levels of the game and at all moments in the game.

Cricket is a broad church and the spirit by which it is played is no different. As custodians of the Spirit of Cricket, MCC appreciates its application is interpreted differently across the globe.

Respectful debate is healthy and should continue, as where one person sees the bowler as breaching the Spirit in such examples, another will point at the non-striker gaining an unfair advantage by leaving their ground early.

MCC's message to non-strikers continues to be to remain in their ground until they have seen the ball leave the bowler's hand. Then dismissals, such as the one seen yesterday, cannot happen.

Whilst yesterday was indeed an unusual end to an exciting match, it was properly officiated and should not be considered as anything more.”

Use of “batter”, and a clunking split infinitive notwithstanding, this is correct, but every **** who’s ever velcroed on a pad, or had a lifter on a good length melt their earwax knows this.

Imagine if bowlers couldn’t be no-balled for faulty footwork - they’d be halfway doon the wicket firing yorkers.

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Originally Posted by 57vintage

The MCC attempts clarification:

“ MCC THIS YEAR ANNOUNCED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAWS OF CRICKET TO MOVE BEING RUN OUT AT THE NON-STRIKER'S END, FROM LAW 41 UNFAIR PLAY, TO LAW 38 RUN OUT.

This change will formally come into effect from 1 October 2022. This was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus on batters to ensure that they do not leave the crease at the non-striker’s end, prior to a bowler releasing the ball.

The Law is clear, as it needs to be for all umpires to be able to easily interpret throughout all levels of the game and at all moments in the game.

Cricket is a broad church and the spirit by which it is played is no different. As custodians of the Spirit of Cricket, MCC appreciates its application is interpreted differently across the globe.

Respectful debate is healthy and should continue, as where one person sees the bowler as breaching the Spirit in such examples, another will point at the non-striker gaining an unfair advantage by leaving their ground early.

MCC's message to non-strikers continues to be to remain in their ground until they have seen the ball leave the bowler's hand. Then dismissals, such as the one seen yesterday, cannot happen.

Whilst yesterday was indeed an unusual end to an exciting match, it was properly officiated and should not be considered as anything more.”

Use of “batter”, and a clunking split infinitive notwithstanding, this is correct, but every **** who’s ever velcroed on a pad, or had a lifter on a good length melt their earwax knows this.

Imagine if bowlers couldn’t be no-balled for faulty footwork - they’d be halfway doon the wicket firing yorkers.

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Oh but apparently the rules are ever so unclear:
"England bowler Kate Cross said "wishy washy" laws should be tightened following the incident.

"What I think has come of it, which happens a lot in these scenarios when there's a big thing to talk about, is that the rules aren't quite written correctly to make it clear," Cross said on No Balls: The Cricket Podcast."

Someone needs to learn to read and comprehend the fact if you're no in your crease you're oot.

I'm reading Harry Pearson's Slipless In Settle just now.

To be honest, it's a bit disappointing in comparison to his fantastic Far Corner fitba books.

What he does make clear, though, is that the image of village cricket as a gentle serene afternoon pastime with sandwiches and tea is not the game that's played in the northern English towns. I've not come across a Mankad dismissal in his narrative yet, and I think that's because no batsman would dare leave the non-batting crease until the bowler's arm is at 11.00. Tough loons playing hard.

I attended a Saltaire home game in August 2001 when I was there on holiday. There Was No Fuucking Around.

Proper Mannies cricket is ca'd rounders.

Rules:

'Batter' has a stick .... preferably flat faced ... easily formed by pullin apart an abandoned pallet an' adjustin a flat stick's lentgh by brakkin ower the knee.

Bowler has a ba' .... maybe a tennis ba' ... of origin unknown, but equally possibly a foam baa ... of the kind generally used by quines playin 'baas' ... ken? rhythmically stottin them aff inside lobby waas, along wi a nursery rhymish song ... tae the distraction, an' sporadical fury o' tennants.

The aim?

Bowler flings the baa.

Batter ... err batters the baa. Batter rins up an doon the pathie coontin rins.

There wis never a wicket ... but there wis varyin rools tae coont ye oot.

1. The 'wicket' wis the front door at the top o' the pathie.
2. Ye could always be catched oot
3. Ye could be 'ticked' by somebody fa's huddin the baa
4. Maist sensible ... considerin' ye could wallop a baa aboot a hunner yards while ye ran like 5 yards an' back per point, an' hope the runner had tae hing back tae watch oot for cars, yer rin stops fan a rinner huds the baa up an' shouts stop.

The nearest 'rounders' got tae cricket or .. dare a say, fkn baseball, was fan it wis played in a 'washin green' wi 4 tae 6 poles brought intae play. ...

Then again, there wis a few mair interestin games played atween washin poles Ah darena even describe cos Ah wis too young tae understand :D

That was some test in Pakistan.
Good old fashioned test match cricket with some ferocious batting from England on the first day.

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Originally Posted by Donanddusted

That was some test in Pakistan.
Good old fashioned test match cricket with some ferocious batting from England on the first day.

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Great test match. To score at 6.73 (I think) per over for 900 odd runs is hardly “old mannies cricket”. I remember the days when Tavarè or Boycott would happily walk off unbeaten on day 1 for about 75 runs.

Great to watch that test and a brilliant declaration.

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Originally Posted by sheepcrooky

Great test match. To score at 6.73 (I think) per over for 900 odd runs is hardly “old mannies cricket”. I remember the days when Tavarè or Boycott would happily walk off unbeaten on day 1 for about 75 runs.

Great to watch that test and a brilliant declaration.

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Yeah. I just meant it wasn't a 20/20 smash em up although it had that and everything else thrown in for good measure.

Morning Vintage, Morning Everyone,

Ashes Test Cricket is back with us, and it should be a fascinating series. Convicts probably favourites with a pretty impressive bowling attack but England's aggressive batting strategy may unsettle them. Good toss to win for England in 1st test but Duckett already back in the sheds already. Eng 31-1

Predictions -

Top Wicket Takers - Cummins (Aus), Robinson (Eng)
Most Runs - Labuschagne (Aus), Brook (Eng)
Series Prediction - Eng 2 - Aus 2

Morning!

Top Wicket Takers - Cummins (Aus), Anderson (Eng)
Most Runs - Smith (Aus), Root (Eng)
Prediction - 2-1 Aus

Cracking morning's play already!

Entertaining as today was, feel that England's total is under par; could be a long day tomorrow!