FAWAD ALAM WAS OUT: AS PER NEW ICC RULES According to the currently published Laws of Cricket, Law 41.7 states: Any significant movement by any fielder after the ball comes into play, and before the ball reaches the striker, is unfair. In the event of such unfair movement, either umpire shall call and signal Dead ball. Significant movement is defined for a slips fielder in Law 41.8 (a), which states: For close fielders anything other than minor adjustments to stance or position in relation to the striker is significant. The application of this Law would mean Smiths catch should not have been a dismissal. However, the ICC Match Officials ODI Almanac, which has been inspected by cricket.au, states that the MCC has varied its position around significant movement according to the timing of when a close catching fielder can move. The passage goes on to state: They will be redrafting this Law when next a rewrite occurs, so we are going to apply the revised intent that is in keeping with the games progress. That revised intent changes the definition of significant movement to the following: As long as the movement of a close catching fielder is in response to the strikers actions (the shot he is about to play or shaping to play), then movement is permitted before the ball reaches the striker. However, the passage also offers ambiguity leaving it up to the on-field umpires to decide if the movement is unfair. On the day, if the umpires believe any form of significant movement is unfair (in an attempt to deceive the batsman), then the Law still applies.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:40:27 +0000
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