Just keep walking ... or not
The walk-or-don’t-walk debate that began with Michael Hussey’s insistence on leaving the decision up to the umpires has continued with Paul Nixon throwing in his two cents’ worth in The Age
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
The walk-or-don’t-walk debate that began with Michael Hussey’s insistence on leaving the decision up to the umpires has continued with Paul Nixon throwing in his two cents’ worth in The Age. Nixon says even though he’s no walker himself, it won’t stop him sledging Hussey to the hilt.
"If I feel strongly that he's nicked it and not walked I will give him a bit of stick and rightly so. The Aussies would be exactly the same if it was the other way around. I am not a walker. You get the rough with the smooth. But if you don't walk you're going to cop a bit of stick and that is fair enough."
Hussey started the discussion a few days ago in the Daily Telegraph where he explained why he’ll never give up his wicket unless the umpire gives him out. But his brother David Hussey, the Victoria batsman, also weighed in and says his brother should be more honest and walk when he knows he has hit the ball.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here