A Gentleman's Game

I loved cricket from a child. The men in my community growing up all played cricket and we would make regular trips to the neighboring communities to play against them. The game is often times described as being a gentleman's game and i endorse this up to this day. If individuals decide to bear down their disgraceful demeanor upon the game, they should be scuffed out and dealt with appropriately. The game cannot be impacted by the decisions of hoodlums...the gentleman-ness of it should be allowed to prevail.

Cricket and gentlemanliness are synonymous with Fairplay so to that end it is no loner a gentlemans' game.


When the ICC allows batsmen to stand their ground after knowingly middling a caught ball, but chastises fielders you have automatically created a two tier system, a system which allows double standards and a form of cheating!


However, for me, the ethos of gentlemanliness is about your own deportment and I have never intentionally cheated!

If you expect everyone to walk who's supposed to why have umpires?   

timmyj51,

The thread is about A Gentleman's Game and that is what used to happen.

If we stick with your question is why have Umpires if we now rely so heavily on technology?

However my point was really about the ICC creating a two tier system between batsmen and fielders, the latter being accused of unsportsmanlike conduct, bringing the game into disrepute and not playing in the spirit of the game etc!

I expect rules to be consistently applied.

Did you think Stuart Broad was justified in standing his ground, against the Suffers, when he had clearly middled the ball and even the third Umpire saw this? I use my countryman as an example as it was one of the most blatant situation I have seen!

This is neither an isolated incident nor applicable only to England but when a fielder does it, it is everyone up in arms! Surely if the Umpire adjudicated, as is your argument, not out and an appeal showed otherwise the fielder is chastised as was the case of Ramdin!

So my point is, Cricket is not a Gentleman's game anymore and it is supported by unbalanced ICC rules!