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[Andythomo21]

Anyone else indulge in a silent over? We do it quite often, where no one is allowed to make any noise. Got an LBW in it too once where everyone was jumping and waving their arms around but no noise, even after the finger went up!

I may well be wrong but was under the impression that an LBW decision can't be given without an appeal?

[Abighugeappl]

Anyone else indulge in a silent over? We do it quite often, where no one is allowed to make any noise. Got an LBW in it too once where everyone was jumping and waving their arms around but no noise, even after the finger went up!

I experienced this the other day as a batsmen. Missed the ball, everyone was jumping around everywhere and the bails were on the floor, So I thought I'd been bowled and was halfway back to the pavilion, when our umpire (who happened to be joining in with the silent over) called back that I wasn't out and the keeper had taken the bails off. Felt like a right muppet 

[TangoWhiskey]

I may well be wrong but was under the impression that an LBW decision can't be given without an appeal?

We were appealing, just not with our voices!

I think technically you do need to ask the question but we umpire ourselves and it was obviously plumb enough for the oppo's umpire to give out his mate without refraining on a technicality.