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Jap Stammer

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In light of recent events, and some of the comparisons being made - Do you walk or stand and wait for a decision when you nick it thorough to the 'keeper?

Me personally - I walk. I was always taught that was the right thing to do and have stuck to it apart from one occasion when, in the middle of an awful patch of form about 25 years ago, I gloved one down the leg side and stood my ground.

I was given 'not out' but I felt f@@king desperate afterwards, even though I went on to get a few that day and afterwards regained a bit of form, and I swore never to do it again.
 

Always walked, was the way we were brought up. At the end of the day ye just cheating the game and a local fella who gives his time up on a Saturday afternoon for a tenner, a cuppa and a filthy cheese and onion sarnie.

Was umpiring a junior game one day and one of our lads nicked one and didn't walk. At the start if the next over he confessed thinking I'd be impressed. Quickly informed him that me and the other fella at the other end don't give our free time up to made a prick of.

A week later he came up to me and informed me that he's walked in a senior game and we was well proud of himself which was really pleasing to see.

At the end of the day, local umpires will suss who is who so if you're a walker you shouldn't get the short end of the stick as much. Umpires don't really mind either way but it's those that sometimes do and sometimes don't that gets their goat.
 
Jose Sandshoe said:
At the end of the day ye just cheating the game and a local fella who gives his time up on a Saturday afternoon for a tenner, a cuppa and a filthy cheese and onion sarnie.
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That sums up exactly how I felt on the occasion I stood my ground.

Never done it since and, like you, always tell the young 'uns at our club if they know they've hit it they should walk.

Once had an umpire thank me at tea after I'd walked, telling me he wasn't going to give me out. I joked on with him, saying that was me done with walking from now on, but inside I was actually chuffed. Felt really good about myself and that's what I try to get across to the juniors - you've got to be able to look at yourself in the mirror afterwards.
 
Jap Stammer said:
That sums up exactly how I felt on the occasion I stood my ground.

Never done it since and, like you, always tell the young 'uns at our club if they know they've hit it they should walk.

Once had an umpire thank me at tea after I'd walked, telling me he wasn't going to give me out. I joked on with him, saying that was me done with walking from now on, but inside I was actually chuffed. Felt really good about myself and that's what I try to get across to the juniors - you've got to be able to look at yourself in the mirror afterwards.
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Aye, spot on for me. Mind I once had an umpire who knew me well give me out. I was stunned. Bought him a pint and hunted him down out afterwards and he apologised. Could see why he would give it to be fair but asked for a bit of trust in the future as I wasn't trying to con him and he agreed.

It's better for the game if ye bring the young'uns up this way as it teaches them a bit of respect for the game and umpires at an early stage which for me is crucial.
 
Only time i've ever had a decision to make was when i edged behind to the keeper. It wasn't a very thick edge but it made plenty of noise for some reason so i stood there waiting for the umpire to give me out, when i realised the finger of doom wasn't coming i apologised to the keeper and walked off.

Jose Sandshoe said:
It's better for the game if ye bring the young'uns up this way as it teaches them a bit of respect for the game and umpires at an early stage which for me is crucial.
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This. Or you end up with a load of Warners, Smiths and Bancrofts.
 
Walk in principal, but if I was playing against the Ozzies who were sledging me, slagging people I care about etc.
I'd be tempted to think "Fk you" and stand my ground, because I would not return the sledging which is worse imo.

Obviously they would think that I had crossed the line while they had not.
 
dangermows said:
Never walk. That's the umpires job to give someone out. Plus, umpires will sometimes make mistakes and send someone on their way wrongly.
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That's one side of the argument. But in my experience that scenario is much less common than someone nicking it and standing their ground.

We all understand that umpires are human and can make mistakes. The one's at local level don't have any of the modern aids available to the professional umpires and in my opinion need all the help they can get. Walking wehn you know you've nicked it takes the pressure off them and also makes for a better atmosphere during the game. Just my opinion, like.

In saying that you still get some real odd decisions. Last season one of our lads was given out LBW and the umpire said to the lad at the non-strikers end "He must have been out. <Bowler's Name> never appeals unless he knows it's out". :eek:
 
Always walked as i dont think i'd want to be thought of as a cheating kernt - play the game hard but at the end of the day you have to be fair, to me any runs you would get after not walking just wouldnt feel right imo.

Couldnt imagine celebrating getting a 50 or 100(however unlikely it would be for me to get there) knowing i should have been out earlier.
 
Walk. Walked this summer when the umpire was not giving me out. Keeper and everyone else knew I got a feathery edge. I think the manager was impressed as he kept giving selecting me.
 
Jap Stammer said:
In light of recent events, and some of the comparisons being made - Do you walk or stand and wait for a decision when you nick it thorough to the 'keeper?

Me personally - I walk. I was always taught that was the right thing to do and have stuck to it apart from one occasion when, in the middle of an awful patch of form about 25 years ago, I gloved one down the leg side and stood my ground.

I was given 'not out' but I felt f@@king desperate afterwards, even though I went on to get a few that day and afterwards regained a bit of form, and I swore never to do it again.
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I'm glad you've brought this up, because a lot of people in the MSM, generally those who know fuckall about cricket are saying the two are the same.

Morally, they may indeed be the same thing.

However the laws of cricket prohibit you from 'tampering' with the ball. There's nothing in the laws of cricket that says you MUST walk if you've nicked it though.

Worth remembering I think when asking that question.
 
Depends for me.

If I'm playing against a team I have nothing against, or if the standing umpire is one I respect, I'll immediately walk off.

If I'm playing a team of shithouses, I'll stand my ground, wait until the Ump is out of earshot and wink and say something like "good Umpire, him" so they know that I know I've nicked it.
 
Walk, always. I'm happy to enjoy my cricket knowing I haven't been twatful. Umpires jobs are tough enough without me behaving like a tool
 
SAFC2403 said:
Always walked as i dont think i'd want to be thought of as a cheating kernt - play the game hard but at the end of the day you have to be fair, to me any runs you would get after not walking just wouldnt feel right imo.

Couldnt imagine celebrating getting a 50 or 100(however unlikely it would be for me to get there) knowing i should have been out earlier.
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Given that every time you're out caught it's after twatting it to mid or long off it would be hard for you not to to be fair ;)

But yeah I agree. Nicked one before going on and getting my first ever 50 and it felt a bit hollow afterwards.

One of the naffest things in local cricket is lads who don't walk abusing others for not walking too!
 
Generally, with the stumps all over the place it wasn't an issue :lol:

I read an article a few years back where a batsman nicked off, umpire gave it not out but the batsman walked. The umpire chased after him and told him to get back to the crease because he'd given him not out and that it wasn't his decision to make

Moral of the story, the umpire is there to make a decision. The players need to respect that
 
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