Ian Chappell doesn’t like it.
Harsha Bhogle is almost out of breath talking about it.
Ian Bishop refuses to say the last name of the guy who did it.
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Fluke.
It’s pretty cool, but I really think it ought to have been six. Like rugby or basketball, the last area you touched should be where you’re considered to be when you’re in the air.
Anyway, after Voges and now this, someone really needs to headbutt a ball back over the boundary. Or do a Rene Huguita:
Then I’ll be impressed.
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Actually I’m talking crap, rugby doesn’t do it like that at all. Duh.
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This make no sense to me. Does his mean that you can field in the stands, jump, catch and throw before you hit the ground and it’s not a six??
I think it is amazing piece of fielding. Damn you cynics! Comeon, give the guy his due – he even hit the stumps!!
Agree with Martin. But this is a gray area.
Isn’t it a rule that the ball has to remain inside the boundary at all times?
I VAGUELY remember a incident during the ’99 WC (if i remember right) when a fielder (C. Vaas?) caught the ball inside the ropes and during his celebration threw the ball that went outside and was declared a six (instead of out).
If that was the case, the ball did go over the line (cutting the plane of the boundary ropes). Hence you could argue that it was a six.
Angelo Matthews doesn’t sound like a genuine Sri Lankan name to me. Graheemmee Labroy anybody?
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I think its amazing and if its not legal, they should change the law to mean it is. The ‘in the crowd’ bit is easily worked around by saying that any piece of fielding has to begin within the playing area.
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Loved it- fantastic athleticism – I don;t get why it should be 6- gotta reward anything that adds to the spectacle – also don’t agree with Chapelli’s whining about the reverse sweep – sure Chapelli, lets legislate to remove innovation from the game. Personally I reckon Pietersens reverse sweep off Murali for 6 in a test a while back (admittedly not the kind of reverse sweep that Chapelli wants outlawed) is the single most breathtaking shot I’ve seen (and I was at every one of the 5 days of the last Adelaide test and screamed my eyes bloodshot when Warnie bowled the twat aroung his legs)
Great piece of work.
Also I think it should be alright, otherwise it would be hard to define what’s a six and what’s not…
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Nope if he’s making the jump from the infield tats okay wit me.. u can’t jump wen u r anyways outside the paying area.. this absolutely whomps me.. rubbish, absolute rubbish cricket.. but nice to see once in a while.. but if such incidents change the course of a game then its poor sight anyday. I can see why Chappel doesnt like the switch hit(not the reverse sweep- he’s ok wit that) maybe the bowlers shud be allowed to bowl with either of their arms without prior notice to the umpire. u know 4 balls right arm, 5th one comes out from his left and 6th he can try any he likes.. Cricket Freaks are gonna be around for a long time..
Wish a jacob oram or David Warner had done this – then this debate wont be there, It would have straight gone into acceptable territory
Are bowlers required to notify umps of a change in bowling hand? – a fast bowler certainly doesn’t have to notify anyone of a chaging down from 140k to 100, a hidden intention to swing or seam the ball, or his intention to bowl from 3 foot behind the popping crease (as happened to Jayasuria in the same game. You could argue that the switch hit it a batsmans answer to the doosra or googlie. I reckong both those last add a lot to the game (bent elbow debat aside) and wouldn’t want their legitimacy challenged any more than that of the swtcheroo- which to be fair is as risky as it can be rewarding.
ian chappell doesn’t like it? fark…based on his mumblings in the video he hasn’t got a clue what has happened there.
and if they allow the switch-hit for batsmen, then this is completely kosher. the free ride is over for them.
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