Frothing over in the Lord's Long Room
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The Problem With Umpiring in Cricket
There was a lot of mileage from Stokes turning back into his crease when he sees the throw coming, which indicates that he thinks that the ball is still alive at that point. The vista hasn't left his crease because the umpire has reached for the cap. And so maybe there, you know, maybe we could be more gracious as a cricket in country. But I don't think that necessarily has to apply at a test match level. If Usman Koasha was stumped by Johnny Besser this way, we'd be having exactly the same conversation,. except I'd be getting called on Australian for advancing the view that Koasha was sloppy and lazy. It's
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