If the umpire fails to give you out, and you fail to walk, are you cheating?

Answer 1

No, not at all. If the umpire fail to judge, and either if the batsman couldn´t judge if he was out or not, that doesn´t mean that you are cheating (in my point of view). And I even think that you shouldn´t walk even after knowing that you are out. Because in that way, you will be cheating to your team. You might get respect from the peoples, like Adam Gilchrist. But if your team loses only because of your decision to walk, what will you do? Won´t that affect your countries, or your teams respect? So, in my point of view: Your first priority should be your team. Only then comes the question of your respect. So, you shouldn´t walk-off.

Rawal.

Answer 2

If you always leave it up to the umpire in these cases (when you know you should be given out) then you have no right to question any decision even when the umpire mistakenly gives you out.

Michael Holding explains this as his point of view on walking.

And disputing a decision is not cheating if you are walking...you obviously know the umpire has made a mistake if you know you should walk.

Answer 3

In the game of cricket there has been only very few instances
where the batsman walked before the umpire given him out,
It is dependending upon the conscious of the batsman. If
the batsman does not walk when the umpires are not given him
out, it cannot be considered that the batsman is cheating, as
the batsman are victims of wrong umpiring decisions in many cases..

Answer 4

In the modern game the answer to this seems to be a resounding no. People argue rightly or wrongly that batsmen cop enough bad decisions that if they can get away with being given not out when they know that they are that this goes a little way towards evening it all up...

I think really it depends on the level of the game that you play. As a professional....I think it is fair enough not to walk as you should do all you can to enhance your performance for the benefit of yourself, the team and of course your employers.

As you drop down the ranks into club cricket......then it becomes more of a morale decision. Certainly there is nothing that gets the blood racing quite as much as an opposition batsman who doesn't walk when you know that he is out. Nevertheless it still happens....

As the rules of the game do not state that you should walk I guess ultimately each individual has to make their own mind up on this......

Answer 5

Duhh...??? If u know u are out y not walk away? Cricket is a true gentlemen's game. But is it today? I would say no. The intention is to win somehow or other. So some won't walk even if the umpire gives them out.

Answer 6

The rule is that the umpire's ruling stands, if he says you are not out then you are not out. Not walking is within the rules but it's frowned upon and seen as not being "In the spirit of the game".

But essentially the umpire decides whether or not you are out, in my opinion a few "Not outs" when you were out balances out all the times you are given out when you're not.

Answer 7

Well, if the umpire wrongly gives you out and you fail to walk, are you doing the right thing?

Answer 8

No, as because when umpire gives out when actually he is not out is not a cheating so other way round is also not a cheating.

Answer 9

As an umpire, if I know the batsman is out, I give him the opportunity to walk and if he doesn't and I know he is out, then I of course give him out. Where there is an element of doubt - other than consulting with my colleague as to whether a catch was good, if I can't be certain he is out, I don't give him out. No one's really cheating.

Answer 10

No because its all part of the fabric of cricket.. Why do think the game lasts for 5 days????
Seriously, if the umpire doesn't raise the finger you stay put and thank him upstairs for the luck and makee sure you go on to your century.