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[GarrettJ]

stand your ground.

I've never ever been called back by the oppostion yet when ive been given out and it wasnt  .......... and they blatantly knew it.

You know the ones, ooh that was dodgy, very high and going down leg. Or that hit his thigh pad not his glove etc etc etc

[Phoenix]

I was always a walker and then a few years ago I went for a big drive, got what I thought was a huge nick which flew low to first slip who dived behind the keeper to take the catch. As I didn't see the ball carry I decided to not walk much to the dismay of the fielding team. I spoke to the umpire about it after the game and he said it was a bump ball. I would have walked had I seen it carry. From then on I've always just let the umpire decide my fate

[FattusCattus]

The opportunity to walk for a nick doesn't really occur for me.

A) I've smashed the edge with it and it's gone to gully / top-edged to point

B) It's actually missed both edges, and the middle, and re-arranged my furniture

plus - I'm usually swinging from too close to square leg to ever be given out LBW


I'd like the chance of a dignified walk off after getting the faintest of nicks.

[uknsaunders]

I don't walk unless I have middled it to slip or something obvious. You get plenty of rough decisions in your cricketing career so why make things worse? If you can get away if the odd fine edge or brushed glove then so be it. The umpire can still give you out so I'm happy to let him decide. As others have said, the oppo rarely call you back from an LBW where you have smashed it off the middle of the bat!

[Cin88]

I never walk, the umpires are there to decide if i'm out or not and most of the time i'm perfectly happy to leave it to them.

[FvanN]

I probably wouldn't walk if we had dedicated umpires but sadly in my league your team mates have to umpire.. Does not help with LBW decisions either 

[MD2812]

I'll walk if it's gone to anyone not the keeper :')

Seeming though this season I've been out LBW when I hit it, and out LBW when the ball missed me (and the leg stump)I guess it's no fate but what we make B)

[400notout]

I used to wander off, especially when it was our own umpires, but now theres no way I'd walk off and I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about it, thats what we pay the umpires for! I've had my fair share of bad ones, so if I can get away with it I will!

[ProCricketer1982]

Always walk, every single time regardless of the game or situation. I have rough decisions go against me down to poor sportsmanship by the opps and poor umpiring. They choose to play in that way then so be it, at least I know I play honest and fairly. At the end of the day it's amateur cricket., means nothing whether you are in the top leave or the bottom.. You aren't a pro and necer will be so stop pretending and just play honestly and fairly

[langer17]

I've been given some doozies in the past, so I don't walk. I probably look guilty as if I hit it, but I just walk to the side as if I'm waiting for the next ball (handy if lbw shout as the umpire won't get to have a good look where I was). We get umpires every week in Grade cricket in Brisbane and they are paid to do it, so I let them do their job. Ends up equalling out as you'll get some good ones and some bad ones.

Best one I can remember is a few years back when I was on 20 or 30 odd I clearly knicked it straight to the keeper who was standing up to the spinner. No one except the keeper appealed, but even then, he wasn't convinced himself and was only half hearted. Don't know how he could of thought I missed it when he was so close. Ended up getting 98 after around 5 hours of batting that day, so it ended up catching up with me haha.

[Kulli]

Neutral umpires - stand your ground

Teammates umpiring - walk if you know you were out.

[MD2812]

[smilley792]

I always walk always have. Have walked for the finest of nicks. Once the stumper stumped me as I was walking to the pavilion, and even argued after the game that it should be a stumping in the book, it was that fine a nic!


But I still get bad decisions, had one of the thigh and ump was straight up, and ump Whl knows I walk too, through lots of games previously.
He knew a looked pissed and asked after, I said i didn't and he apologised.

3 weeks later I could have sworn I was plumb lbw, but he said no to the fielding teams dismay.... Got to the other end later that over and he smiled at me and said "we even now"

[HallamKeeper]

Everyone in my team walks (or claims to at least) apart from our captain. We really don't like it but he doesn't care. This last weekend we didn't have neutral umpires so we did it ourselves. Our captain was given out caught behind and judging by his ridiculous protests on his way back he probably didn't hit it. I don't think our umpire would have given anyone else out who stood their ground as he knows we all walk.

[WalkingWicket37]

Everyone in my team walks (or claims to at least) apart from our captain. We really don't like it but he doesn't care. This last weekend we didn't have neutral umpires so we did it ourselves. Our captain was given out caught behind and judging by his ridiculous protests on his way back he probably didn't hit it. I don't think our umpire would have given anyone else out who stood their ground as he knows we all walk.

Reactions are meaningless! I gave an Oscar winning rendition of "I got nowhere near that, he's triggered me big time" when I got caught on the deep backward square boundary!