Should one stand or walk?
In Supercricket , Pommie Mbangwa feels the referrals system in umpiring has a few loopholes and is not safe to try it out yet
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In Supercricket, Pommie Mbangwa feels the referrals system in umpiring has a few loopholes and is not safe to try it out yet. He also raises the issue of 'walking' and asks whether a batsman who stands his ground knowing he has no business to be there be labeled a cheat.
Some players walk and others do not. Does that mean that some are bad and others are good, is it cheating to stand? Of course this subject cannot be discussed without talking about how the umpires feel about it all and what part they play. There are some people who say that they are traditionalists and would like the umpire to continue to have a role to play in the game so would take the rough with the smooth as things even out over time. Others feel that human error has too much influence on Test matches.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo