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interesting pic

I'm not a cricket tragic but this is from a suburban game in Melbourne over the weekend ... Took out the middle stum
p but left the bails in place ... Americans, we will resume normal broadcasting again :)
KiwiBird36-40, F Best Comment
Law 28 of the Marylebone Cricket Club's Laws of Cricket dictates, "the disturbance of a bail, whether temporary or not, shall not constitute its complete removal from the top of the stumps", meaning just because the bails had moved, it doesn't necessarily mean it's out.

The MCC-produced Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring spells goes into more detail; if both bails remain "on top" of the stumps, or if any part of a displaced bail is above unbroken stumps, the stumps are not deemed to be 'down'.

In this case, both bails were on top of stumps, right? The bails weren't "displaced", and they were both technically above "unbroken stumps", weren't they?

Sure, but keen cricket followers would of course know the first part of Law 28 also states that a wicket is considered down if a stump is "struck out of the ground".
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QuietSophie26-30, F
@ozgirl512: Haha! No, nursing.
ozgirl51226-30, F
@QuietSophie: so much for deduction lol ...
Mastermadman61-69, M
@Steph: lol admitted American. What? That sounds crazy. Baseball is a bore too.

TamAngelF
So what happened to the cricket?
ozgirl51226-30, F
@TamAngel: Mortein I think ... 馃
Not many women your age know who Marlene Dietrich is. Please explain.
ozgirl51226-30, F
@funfan: f definitely ..Mae was right ahead of her time .. she set the pace the change I think
@ozgirl512: she was thoroughly modern
funfan46-50, M
@ozgirl512: She definitely was ahead of her time, the first sassy platinum blonde to become a superstar. Hmmm...I seem to remember others named Marilyn and Madonna???
69mrsmith6951-55, M
Well technically the batsman wouldn't be out! The bails need to be knocked off for you to be out!
ozgirl51226-30, F
@69mrsmith69: it was out .. if a stump is knocked from the ground .. it took some searching of the rule book apparently
69mrsmith6951-55, M
Ok interesting! Always good to learn something new :)
ozgirl51226-30, F
@69mrsmith69: agree :)
GlassDog41-45, M
Wow. I'm English, so I'm probably allowed to comment on this. That really is something. I'm not even sure how they're keeping each other up.
ozgirl51226-30, F
@GlassDog: :)
funfan46-50, M
Is cricket the world's most beloved and most complicated sport? We Muricans can't get our heads wrapped around it. After all, look who's our President. XD
Shutterbug56-60, M
@funfan: we don't find it complicated.....馃槑

I think it's the second most followed sport after soccer...
Shutterbug56-60, M
Well not out. Strange as it is
ozgirl51226-30, F
@Shutterbug: nope... He was out
Shutterbug56-60, M
@ozgirl512: yeah I know, but it wasn't as the bails weren't dislodged. But it's got us all talking
ozgirl51226-30, F
@Shutterbug: article in the paper quoted a rule about a stump being dislodged from the ground with no qualifier about the bails .. I'm certainly no expert .. but it can be fun to get down to the level of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin detail :)
KiwiBird36-40, F
Typical...an Aussie bowling underarm again...馃榾
ozgirl51226-30, F
@Steph: lol ... you guys never forget :)
but it was shameful ..
Rida0236-40, F
Wow!! that's not out
ozgirl51226-30, F
@Rida02: it was :)
Jackaloftheazuresand26-30, M
I prefer croquet
TheSirfurryanimalWales61-69, M
Not out.
ozgirl51226-30, F
@Pedromartinez: it was out ...
TheSirfurryanimalWales61-69, M
@ozgirl512:
but the bails didn't fall.Intriguing.

 
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