Senor Moto Gadili wrote:Armchair expert wrote:Spirit of cricket died tonight
Always intrigued by the "spirit of cricket". If it's within the Laws of cricket, how can it be against the spirit of the game? What's worse from a spirit of cricket perspective ....
1. Silk retiring hurt
2. Ponting taking off his pads for the last ball, when he was at the non strikers end
3. A bowler mankading a batsman
All are within the Laws
I'm fine with mankad, I think it's cheating when the non-striker leaves the crease early.