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Goughy

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Dravid's dismissal was even greater IMO, considering it was in a ****ing Test match!

YouTube - Brendon McCullum - One of the greatest wicketkeeper catches ever
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Very good keeping. People are doing it a lot now. I remember a couple of years ago arguing on here, with Scaly IIRC, that it was good keeping as an England keeper tried to anticipate the paddle by moving to leg, the batsman missed the ball and it went for byes. It was still the right idea as McCullum showed here.
 
Daemon

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Law 41 states that: "Any significant movement by any fielder after the ball comes into play and before the ball reaches the striker is unfair. In the event of such unfair movement, either umpire shall call and signal Dead ball."
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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Daemon said:
Law 41 states that: "Any significant movement by any fielder after the ball comes into play and before the ball reaches the striker is unfair. In the event of such unfair movement, either umpire shall call and signal Dead ball."
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Define "significant movement".
 
Daemon

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Prince EWS said:
Define "significant movement".
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I'm not going to define anything I didn't come up with, that's straight from the rule book. My stance on this is it shouldn't be allowed because the batsmen played the shot knowing that the area is vacant. When he was about to play the shot, suddenly that gap was covered without his knowledge. Bit harsh IMHO.

Although I admit its pretty ****ing awesome to pull something like that off :happy:

Maybe keepers, but definitely not first slip running to leg slip
 
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Daemon said:
I'm not going to define anything I didn't come up with, that's straight from the rule book. My stance on this is it shouldn't be allowed because the batsmen played the shot knowing that the area is vacant. When he was about to play the shot, suddenly that gap was covered without his knowledge. Bit harsh IMHO.
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Yeah but even if strictly against the rules, there's a greater good to be mindful of. Good cricket like an incredible bit of anticipation/athleticism shouldn't be penalised by rule changes.

Harsh, life is harsh. Unfair, no way.
 
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