Print

[csnew]

Presentation ought to be interesting given cook and Mathews at the end

[Giraffe208]

test matches could add a touch of spice now too!

[mini998]

Odd dismissal by Jayawardne...looked like a scripted dismissal. wouldn't surprise me if Sri lanka went on to lose this

Or maybe just a premeditated shot since field was up and he simply misjudged the length.

[csnew]

Looks like buttler got warned last match as well, so it's stupid that he continued to do it.
But must have been a tactical decision by Sri Lanka to go for that dismissal.

[RightArmRapid]

And then it be a no ball if they exceed 15 degrees. I like it! Would certainly stop all this pussyfooting around by umpires.
Technology might be a bit far off though, plus can't see the countries with guys who have been investigated recently (West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc) agreeing to it's use, much like India with the DRS.

But food for thought for the future.

couldn't they put sensors around the elbow joint of the bowler then use 3d cameras to map it on a computer? I'm not 100% sure how ot works but they do it in hurdles training to check the efficiency of the running and jumping action.

[RightArmRapid]

Lolo jones used it in her training.

[Johnny]

Hmm.. I saw the mankading and thought "that's not out, he's entered his delivery stride" - now just read that the ICC have changed the regs for international games to say the delivery swing must not be completed.... But for us clubbies, the MCC rule about delivery stride does still apply..

Why the hell, for this particular rule are the regs different??!

[Jenko]

I reckon fair game. Why should batsmen be getting away with backing up miles gaining an advantage over the fielding team.

[Gingerbusiness]

Buttler - Needs to learn from his mistakes. Simple as that.

MCC and ECB - Need to just become a little more proactive rather than reactive.

Sri Lanka and Buttler need to be spoken to about the 'spirit of cricket'. As much as it was a weird dismissal, and one which is generally seen not to be in the Spirit of Cricket, Buttler was a complete plonker as he was repeatedly warned.

I know this will wage on and on but if Buttler had taken the warnings seriously, we wouldn't be in this position.

[AverageCricketer]

If it is in the laws of cricket, why is it so controversial when it happens? Why is it against the spirit of cricket when it is completely legal? If is it so controversial, why isn't the law changed? If this law gets changed, then the batsman will have a huge advantage. Lately, I have noticed that all controversies have been against bowlers, especially Senanyake and Ajmal. Even though the laws have been changed to accommodate bowlers, people are still complaining about them whenever something is unconventional. I know Senanyake is probably chucking it, but i remember the only problem with the switch hit was when Dilshan didn't bowl to Pietersen because he was shaping up to play the switch hit. Pietersen ended up playing the reverse sweep! So is the game that batsman friendly that they have to be warned before they get out? I hope it wont get to the point where the keeeper 'warns' the batsman instead of stumping him!

[junter97]

The game is not that batsmen friendly that they have to be warned, completely within the rules to do it without giving a warning.

[AverageCricketer]

The game is not that batsmen friendly that they have to be warned, completely within the rules to do it without giving a warning.

I know it is completely within the rules, but when something like this happens, the 'spirit of cricket' is brought up. Why is it such a grey area in the game, when it is lot clearer in the rules?

[smokem]

Fair play since he had been warned. No excuses really.

[sgcricket]

Fair play even if he hasn't been warned. Its in the rules so a dismissal like any other. And after 2 warnings, completely understandable. As Jayawardene mentioned, they saw this happening in the Lords ODI. Angelo should have just informed Cook at the toss. No need to give warnings later. And for those claiming, he wasn't going to steal a run, why in the world would you walk out of your crease?

[brokenbat]

Those using the "spirt of the game" argument, should now advocate allowing the batsman a second chance before he is stumped, or allowing bowlers some leeway to bowl no-balls. Pretty silly to think that the batsman has been treated unfairly. And I don't believe in "warning" the batsmen either - if you're trying to gain an advantage by leaving the crease before the bowler bowls, then you shouldn't really complain if the fielding side catches you. Imagine if this happened in baseball, where people trying to steal a run, wanted warnings etc, before they were actually out!!