There is no way you can get it hundred percent right, no matter how good technology gets- even laser guided missiles get their trajectory wrong, what hope is there for hawkeye and hotspot? So, to wait for perfection is to postpone the adoption of technology. There will always be errors in the game of cricket, and we have to accept that.
There is a way to get round this, and to suggest it is near blasphemy- fine the batsmen if they don't walk. Let the bowlers appeal to the batsmen, and when the batsman refuses to acknowledge that he is out, the umpire on the pitch comes in, and when he is not sure, they all go upstairs. And when it is proved that the batsman was indeed out, he is fined ten percent for not telling that he indeed got an edge.
All batsmen, however great or small, who refuse to walk cheat, relying on the fallibility of the system to pile up some more runs. They need to be made accountable for at least some of the errors that plague this insane game that has become a religion in these parts of the world.
There is a way to get round this, and to suggest it is near blasphemy- fine the batsmen if they don't walk. Let the bowlers appeal to the batsmen, and when the batsman refuses to acknowledge that he is out, the umpire on the pitch comes in, and when he is not sure, they all go upstairs. And when it is proved that the batsman was indeed out, he is fined ten percent for not telling that he indeed got an edge.
All batsmen, however great or small, who refuse to walk cheat, relying on the fallibility of the system to pile up some more runs. They need to be made accountable for at least some of the errors that plague this insane game that has become a religion in these parts of the world.
Yes mostly batsmen will know when they snick it but then if pad is also involved then the problem. There could be doubts as to which came in contact with the bat first? Pad or the ball especially when time difference nanoest seconds. Then there are cases faintest snicks. It's not easy to tell whether the batsman intentionally stayed on or not. Best thing is to take in technology and improve as you move on. Hawk eye, hotspot and snicko together would be more accurate than most of the umpires' decisions may be barring Rauf, Dar and to some extent Taufel.
ReplyDeleteBatsmen are not the only ones who cheat. A bowler stepping on to the danger zone, intentionally, is also a cheat. He knows he will be cautioned first, may be again then warned thrice before being taken off. So punishing batsmen alone will not be correct and even there too you cannot be 100% sure in all cases that the batsman was cheating.
ReplyDeletewhatever happened to TCWJ?
ReplyDeleteI guess Soulberry wants to free himself of the burden of being a regular cricket watcher and blogger. It does eat into one's productive time and other important responsibilities. I am also not posting much on cricket nowadays. May be TCWJ lived its day.
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