Broad and walking

Former England captain Michael Atherton also backed Stuart Broad in the Times newspaper.

"Non-walking was introduced to cricket by the Australians, and they became a victim of its charms, when Stuart Broad was judged not out after a thick edge ended up in the hands of Michael Clarke at first slip," said Athers.

i feel you shld walk....BUT...


as KP...and others have said...the umpires are there to make such calls......

so a player has evry right to wait for him to make that call.....

broad waited...and SOMEHOW was given not out....

I do not blame Broad for not walking, particularly after the Trott and Agar decisions before.

I play for my local club side and the amount of bad decisions you get from the league umpires is comical at times.

These days I no longer walk, I got fed up with being triggered a long time ago, so these days let the umpire make a decision.

tbf australians have never played in the spirit of the game, except from that one gilchrist moment.

Very hard to expect other teams to play in the spirit of the game when they are facing the Australians.

U don't get the trott fury.

Hotspot didn't pick up and edge. Snicko which can pick up the slightest nicks didn't pick up anything. The ball was in line. He was clearly out.

Sorry I

Bo$$ the point is not that hotspot "did not show an edge" the third umpire did not have hotspot to PROVE he edged the ball... given that the onfield umpire had given not out - and the slow motion from the front showed the ball deviating in motion the only call he should have been able to give was to agree with the onfield umpire.

However he "guessed" which is why England reported it.

is this Michael holden in disguise lmao

Walking in general is a thing of the past, very few people do it nowadays.

Gilly did walk around 10 years ago once Australia were totally dominating cricket. Seemed like a move to give Australia a "Mary Poppins" (Practically perfect in every way) feel, which we all know is not true. I've heard that Gilly himself has claimed some dodgy catches in his time.

Tendulkar followed suit in the World Cup 2011 in some dead rubber match which was another Mary Poppins move as he was being lauded by the whole world at the time. I have seen Tendulkar not walk in matches where he's clearly been out.

As for Broad, I don;t think people mind when someone doesn't walk, but when the edge is so clear, it heightens the lack of sportsmanship. However, it was a truly awful decision.

Dar (usually a good umpire) made a howler and it's sad to see so many goood umpires making bad decisions. Steve Bucknor was another that suffered. Maybe umpires are getting too complacent with all the technology thats being introduced.

Ok lets put it this way. Both teams England and Australia agreed that its upto the umpire to decide that, not for the players. they didnt make a fuss of this, why are we?