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[Gurujames]

Are the umpires happy to let you stay if you tell them they made a mistake?

Everyone knows that I walk and I'm happy to accept any decision given. I can take a 'wrong' decision but I couldn't accept scoring runs when I knew I had 'cheated'.

[skip1973]

Everyone knows that I walk and I'm happy to accept any decision given. I can take a 'wrong' decision but I couldn't accept scoring runs when I knew I had 'cheated'.

Umpires are there to make decisions, good or bad there will be less arguments if you play to their decisions.

[Northern monkey]

The waking/not walking will always split opinion
I'm not one for walking, unless i know it's 100 per cent out
I've had literally hundreds of appalling decisions both as a batter and a bowler, and know it's an incredibly difficult job to be a perfect umpire, like I said, it's always gonna be controversial whatever .

I had a bowling one a coupla weeks ago, bowled a perfect Yorker first ball, trapping the batsman on his big toe, in front of the stumps.
Umpire fumbles to get his hand? Out of his pocket to give it out.. lush
I bowl another a coupla overs later, even plumber, and he doesn't give it?
Just looked at me like I'd asked to sleep with his wife or something??

Swings and roundabouts

[Biggie Smalls]

Funny how not walking is percieved as cheating by some . In any other sport it's 'play to the whistle' - imagine a world cup rugby final and the fly half throws a cut out pass to the unmarked winger , clear , open , nothing but a short stroll to the try line ..... he catches the ball and just hands it over to the ref ' sorry fellas , that pass went forward'  . What bologna! 

Re umpires not having good hearing..... that's their problem , ideally that wouldn't be the case though . Also , as a former umpire i can confidently say that more umpires prefer batsmen not to walk then vise versa .

[Biggie Smalls]

One last thing from me re walking. I've  noticed many 'walkers' who say they couldn't bring themselves to 'cheat' yet they get hit on the thigh pad and it gets given as runs - i don't see them telling the umpire to reverse their decision and give it leg byes..... where's the  consistency?  Better to just leave it to the umps .

[Jaffa]

Yesterday the lad bowling was shouting 'howzat' for every ball that hit anything. Even for a ball that was nailed through the covers.

Later in the second innings when I clean bowled him, he was still looking for a reason not to be given out. Let's just say I admire his competitive spirit but that's about it.

[Seniorplayer]

Always walked  when I know I am out but now I am thinking of leaving it to the umpires to many sides claiming catches stumpings for example witnessed a wicket keeper claim a stumping by knocking the wickets over with his Knees  before the bowled  ball had reached him then saw the same guy  claim a stumping by taking the bowled ball in front of the stumps.

[Northern monkey]

Oppos had a very vocal!! Fellow northerner in their team yesterday .
Had to listen to the full range of stupid banter from him, but more than made up for it when he came on to bowl.
God knows who or what he thought he was, but anyway , I drove one straight past his left ear, to which he said 'how'd I miss that?'
I said, 'because you closed your eyes and sh@t yourself'

[smilley792]

Big skier went up to deep mid wicket. Our fielder stood, waiting, kept watching the line, then realised it wasn't going to make it, ran in full dive and it bounced hit him and went infield, Ho got up ran it down and threw it in.

Then one of the oppo on the otherside of pitch shouts "that hit fence and bounced back in its Six you cheating ******

Despite even his own team mates and the batsman that played the shot telling him he's blind. He steamed on the pitch shouting "who dares call me a liar, I'll fight everyone of you"


He was still claiming a six at tea.


I shudder at the muppets that play this game.

[Seniorplayer]

Big skier went up to deep mid wicket. Our fielder stood, waiting, kept watching the line, then realised it wasn't going to make it, ran in full dive and it bounced hit him and went infield, Ho got up ran it down and threw it in.

Then one of the oppo on the otherside of pitch shouts "that hit fence and bounced back in its Six you cheating ******

Despite even his own team mates and the batsman that played the shot telling him he's blind. He steamed on the pitch shouting "who dares call me a liar, I'll fight everyone of you"


He was still claiming a six at tea.


I shudder at the muppets that play this game.

He will fight every one will he ? Hopefully  someone will   take up his offer and knock some sense into him.

[six and out]

Had a quality one a couple of weeks ago.

Oppo tailender comes in and takes guard and umpire says "its Right arm over and there's 3 balls gone".

Tailender replies "so is that 3 left or 3 gone?" 

To be fair i think it was banter rather than being dumb!

[jamielsn15]

In last week's ridiculous heat we got pounded to all parts to the tune of 290-5 off 40 overs.

Towards the end of their innings one of our guys, who thinks his chirping is far better than it is, decides to tell a guy that "his bat edges were getting a hell of a workout." He was 120 not out at the time...

[Biggie Smalls]

In last week's ridiculous heat we got pounded to all parts to the tune of 290-5 off 40 overs.

Towards the end of their innings one of our guys, who thinks his chirping is far better than it is, decides to tell a guy that "his bat edges were getting a hell of a workout." He was 120 not out at the time...

That reminds me of when some fool in the field calls out to a bloke slogging to cow corner for six to bring up run 120odd 'he's only got the one shot' !
Well maybe , but it seems to be pretty bloody effective a.t.m . 

[WalkingWicket37]

He will fight every one will he ? Hopefully  someone will   take up his offer and knock some sense into him.

[Jaffa]

I wouldn't say stupid but I'll mention it anyway. A lad comes in to bat, middle order and you can see he fancies himself. After facing a few balls at one end he's down at the other end and calls for his mark, 'middle'? 'Middle' replies the ump. The next ball he gets clean bowled by a beaut of a late inswinger . On turning away back to the club the ump mutters enough for most to hear it, '...and that was your off stump'.