YES
NO
Harvey Grout, club
Oliver Clayson, Head of
cricketer and huge
Cricket, Trent College,
cricket fan!
Nottingham, MCC member
1. Players no longer ‘walk’ when they hit the ball
and Minor County cricketer
and hope the umpire has not heard the nick.
1. The picture of Andrew Flintoff consoling Brett Lee after
2. Sledging has become a ‘tactic’ teams use to
the infamous 2005 Ashes Test Match just shows the spirit
disrupt the batsman concentration.
of the sport. I can’t see an opposing footballer consoling an
opponent after missing a penalty?
3. Batsman use to take the word of the fielder in
the case of a close catch but now wait for
2. The MCC extensive touring programme sees elite
technology to decide if the catch has carried.
cricketers play against schools and local clubs with the
players assisting the youngsters to improve and
4. Recent incidents such as Paul Collingwood
understand the wonderful spirit of the game of cricket.
claiming the run out of the New Zealand batsman
who had been accidently tripped up as he
3. Despite international umpires often making some awful
attempted the run just show that winning has
mistakes and incorrectly giving batsman out none of them
become more important that maintaining the spirit
ever question the decision or argue with the umpire
of the game.
because they show respect for them and the game.
GAMESMANSHIP:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
‘Bending’ of the rules to
Fair play and keeping to the
seek an advantage
‘spirit’ of the game.
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