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A sad day for the game of cricket

Roar Guru
1st December, 2015
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Nathan Lyon sweeps the pink ball at the Adelaide Oval. (photo: AAP)
Roar Guru
1st December, 2015
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The Nathan Lyon non-dismissal was an absolute farce and made for a sad day for the game of cricket.

There was conclusive evidence that Lyon had hit the ball with Hot Shot and Snicko verifying this after the decision was referred to the DRS. Yet he was given not out.

For Lyon to start to walk off, and then return to the crease, showed bad sportsmanship and would seem to suggest that Lyon has the attitude of ‘win at all costs’.

An even more bewildering point that should be noted here is that the main reason for the introduction of video technology was to stop howlers from getting through the system. Well, in this case, it has failed badly and questions whether the game needs to bother.

If it’s not going to be used properly and if the people adjudicating don’t have the courage to overturn incorrect decisions, what’s the point?

Once again the reputation of the Australian cricket team has been brought into question. More importantly, the integrity of cricket has been tarnished.

When sport is played in good sportsmanship – hard and fair – it is in its purest form and a joy to watch. But when it’s not played in the spirit of the game and brought in to disrepute it’s a sad day for sport.

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