Is there a reason that LBW's outside the line of off stump aren't given? Seems a bit of a mindless rule to me, I understand why balls pitched outside leg aren't out, but I don't get this one.
LBW's are hard to get in any event, with everything horribly skewed towards the batsman, it just seems a bit unfair that the ball has to hit on the line of the stumps as well, which means that it the delivery is swinging like a demon or sharply turning, it's usually going to miss the stumps if it hits in line and then not out.
The exception when not playing a shot is a tacit admission that it's a crap rule. It's also infuriating that umpires continue to play into the whole bat behind that pad non-shot that batsmen play way too often.
LBW's are hard to get in any event, with everything horribly skewed towards the batsman, it just seems a bit unfair that the ball has to hit on the line of the stumps as well, which means that it the delivery is swinging like a demon or sharply turning, it's usually going to miss the stumps if it hits in line and then not out.
The exception when not playing a shot is a tacit admission that it's a crap rule. It's also infuriating that umpires continue to play into the whole bat behind that pad non-shot that batsmen play way too often.