One good deed deserves another

There were two acts of sportsmanship in a recent game between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire

25-Feb-2013

There were two acts of sportsmanship in a recent game between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. Chris Read walked when he thought he had been caught but the fielder had dropped the ball. Read, who was out of his crease, was then run out but Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale withdrew the appeal and let Read bat on. With so many dangers lurking just beyond the boundary, such men are the tonic cricket needs, says Ted Corbett in Sportstar Weekly.

At a time when cricket is in a lot of trouble it is good to see such ancient ideals as fair play being remembered and Gale, who is being considered as a Test batsman and a long way in the future as Test captain, has done his chances of a bright career no harm at all by this single action.

He has only been in charge at Headingley for one season but good reports of his leadership are everywhere and in a world in which change for its own sake seems to be the rule he ought to get himself measured for an England blazer soon.

Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo