Assume this scenario: Steve Waugh is batting on 99, the striker. Langer is the non-striker batting on 55. Hoggard bowls, Waugh hooks, mistimes and the ball goes high into the air. the wicketkeeper hovers under the ball. Langer and Waugh cross over for the single. Just as the keeper is going to grasp the ball, Langer (Waugh's #1 sycophant) delibrately pushes the keeper so that the catch is not taken. Of course, Langer is ruled out for obstructing the field.
The problems now: Shouldn't Waugh be given out too? Should the single be allowed? Isn't Waugh getting a century he does not deserve? Isn't the wicketkeeper robbed off a catch? Isn't the bowler denied a wicket he deserves to have?
And to compund the problem further, what if it was a one-run-to-win situation of the last ball of an ODI?
2006-11-01
20:50:14
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