Protocol
I say!
One cannot fail to have noticed that with the news from The Oval, the cricket world is in crisis.
It has been caused by a breach of protocol.
On Sunday afternoon, the umpires went out. They were not followed by the Pakistan team, so after a short wait, the umpires went in.
After a few minutes, the umpires went out again, this time accompanied by the not-out England batsmen. Once again, they were not followed by the Pakistan team, so after a short wait, the umpires and the not-out batsmen went in.
After a few more minutes, the Pakistan team went out. However, this time, neither the umpires or the England not-out batsmen went out. So after a short time, the Pakistan team went in.
This left no-one out in the field, so play could not resume.
These things are all clearly not the correct protocol. The correct protocol is for the umpires to go out, followed by the fielding team (in this instance, Pakistan), followed in turn by the not-out batsmen.
It could hardly be clearer that that, and so it's not surprising that the game was abandoned after only three and a half days play. One has to keep to the correct protocol.
MM III
One cannot fail to have noticed that with the news from The Oval, the cricket world is in crisis.
It has been caused by a breach of protocol.
On Sunday afternoon, the umpires went out. They were not followed by the Pakistan team, so after a short wait, the umpires went in.
After a few minutes, the umpires went out again, this time accompanied by the not-out England batsmen. Once again, they were not followed by the Pakistan team, so after a short wait, the umpires and the not-out batsmen went in.
After a few more minutes, the Pakistan team went out. However, this time, neither the umpires or the England not-out batsmen went out. So after a short time, the Pakistan team went in.
This left no-one out in the field, so play could not resume.
These things are all clearly not the correct protocol. The correct protocol is for the umpires to go out, followed by the fielding team (in this instance, Pakistan), followed in turn by the not-out batsmen.
It could hardly be clearer that that, and so it's not surprising that the game was abandoned after only three and a half days play. One has to keep to the correct protocol.
MM III
posted by zomba at 4:50 AM
3 Comments:
MM - is this the same furore as the ball-tampering one? Whoever heard of a neutral Aussie umpire?
I could meet you in the Fatherland, but I won't be visiting Old Albion. Will you be anywhere near the Reichstag in September? We could have a schnapps.
Wow, why did that happen?
I say,
It was all to do with an alleged tampering with the ball. The court case will be held soon. One hopes that Inzy comes out of it with his head held high.
MM III
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