Switch hit?

[TumTum]

seriously how dumb is he. this is simple stuff, and he is making it hard.

I am just showing a different point of view and not jumping into conclusions like your "cross hands, against the spirit of the game".

So how can you say KP's is good whilst Warner's is not? :doh

 

[Dare]

I am just showing a different point of view and not jumping into conclusions like your "cross hands, against the spirit of the game".

He was told by the umpires that its not in the spirit of the game, I cant say if it is or not but If the bowler cant change hands the batsman shouldn't be allowed to switch sides.

 

[aussie1st]

After seeing KP shot, Warner might get to that point differently but it doesn't change the fact he also is exploiting the open field and if he got hit on the pads the same LBW issues would occur and if he bowled down leg side the same wide issues would appear. And if Harbhajan bowled that ball wider I'm sure KP could have played a cover drive so really its not different to what Warner was doing. He might have a different grip but as I understand that isn't against the law.

 

[angryangy]

I think they should do away with the ball can't pitch outside leg rule.

It's been talked about since they allowed the ball to pitch outside off for lbw. It's a tough change to make. It would to some extent contradict the bodyline laws and also the laws on negative bowling.

So it would encourage negative bowling and punish the great batsmen of the game, not to mention the effects it might have at lower levels, but what would it do against a batsman swapping stance? Like the field, such a player's stumps are defined by the guard he takes at the start of the bowler's run up. The batsman does not gain advantage in the current lbw laws by doing this.

It's much the same with the law regarding wides. Although there is no lawful obligation for the umpire to adjudge anything behind the pads to be wide, we know that it is the accepted interpretation of the instruction "apply very strict and consistent interpretation in regard to this Law" that is part of the limited overs playing conditions. However, if a batsman moves across his stumps and is bowled leg stump, is the ball called a wide? Of course not. Such movements by the batsman increase the area in which it is considered fair for a bowler to bowl.