Cricket Still a Gentleman’s Game
We’re lucky in the cricket world that it is still a gentleman’s game. And that was kind of shown yesterday when I personally don’t think that much wrong at all was done in a competitive game of cricket, yet Collingwood has said that he maybe did the wrong thing. If you don’t know what I’m on about, go and read the report quickly at the BBC website.
As I was watching it on Sky and the Kiwi commentator was going completely over the top about the incident, Nasser Hussain’s comments that “something didn’t feel right” were my feelings also, but it was the sort of feeling that you couldn’t pin down.
Looking at the replays it is obvious that Sidebottom is going for the ball, Mills is running like a madman when there wasn’t really a run there and Elliot choose the wrong side of the wicket to run. Collision occurs, two players are down but Elliot gets up and continues running without hobbling or holding his leg. It is only after he is run out that he starts hobbling and suggesting he is injured - but seriously, look at the incident again and he gets straight up at the time of collision.
They were attempting a run, a collision occured but it is part of the game and there are situations it has happened before (KP being run out in SA a few years ago for one) - it wasn’t willful obstruction and I don’t see why Collingwood should have called him back. The fact he apologised for maybe being wrong in upholding the appeal does put quite a quick end to any ill feeling but I don’t feel he should have to.
Maybe I’m not being a “gentleman” about it all, but the situation does make us feel lucky being cricket fans when you compare it to a football game where any advantage people can get they will take. Maybe cricket is headed that way, with the money involved currently a big talking point and we could see more contentious situations in the future, but at least it makes life interesting!
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What an eventful week for Paul Collingwood….anyone else think that if KP does well as captain this woul dput Colly and possibly Vaughan under a bit of pressure?