by Anura Guruge
on December 9, 2021
There are plenty more videos of this on YouTube if you are interested.
That was 13 runs that went a begging!
That is NOT right. In a low scoring match, as this might be, 13 runs can make a difference. This is NOT right.
Just Googling this for this post I see that the authorities are blaming the technology. Up until that point I was NOT sure whether technology was used — though I knew that it would NOT be hard to use technology to spot over-stepping. So, it appears technology is indeed used.
But, in this instance technology should be an aid, an adjunct.
The third umpire should be able to check for no balls by sight — having technology to back him up.
Come on. In the old days the on-field umpire had to do it all. Of course no balls went uncalled. But, I get a feeling that of late umpires miss more no balls than ever in the past.
I hope this AMUSING incident, with Ben Stokes & David Warner, brings this sorry no ball situation to a head. It has to stop. It has to be straightened out — once & for all, at least for Test Matches. I really don’t care about the other matches. Let’s just concentrate on Test Matches. Test Matches are SPECIAL. Let’s not sully them.
