Came across this explanation of the LBW law searching the InterWeb....Sounds a lot like the Sunday matches I play
The LBW Law Explained (from
www.nothirdman.co.uk)
The Unwritten Law 1. An umpire provided by the batting side shall on no account uphold an appeal for LBW unless rules 3 or 4 apply.
(i) If the batting side are 9 wickets down this rule is absolute unless rules 3 or 4 apply due to a the level of vindictiveness of the players involved.
2. An umpire provided by the bowling side shall always uphold an appeal the moment a ball hits the batsman’s pads regardless of (a) the ball taking a thick inside edge from the batsman’s bat heard by the ladies making tea , (b) a right-arm Malinga-like bowler bowling around the wicket at a 45 degree angle, (c) the batsman taking a wild swish followed by the ball hitting the pad outside the off stump by the width of the wicketkeeper and (d) the ball not going on to hit the stumps in a month of Sundays.
3. An umpire provided by the batting side may uphold an appeal should he feel that (a) the batsman is batting much higher in the batting order than himself, (b) the batsman has an unfavourably high early season average, or (c) he just doesn’t like him.
4. An umpire provided by the batting side may also uphold an appeal should he feel he needs to exact revenge for being given out by the batsman who has previously invoked rule 3.
Sunday Umpire v Sunday Football Linesman.....close call!!
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