That run out, in nz v england one day, what are your views, whos right/wrong?
I think England were 100% correct. The batsman who faced the delivery could see: (a) The batsman at the non-strikers end was to his right (b) The ball was also to his right, therefore Ryan Sidebottom was going to go to his right also to try and run out the batsman coming from behind him. For me, the batsman who faced the delivery should have been given out for “Obstructing the field” before the bails had even been removed. Equally, he was not that injured as he ran like mad to get to the other end to avoid being run out. If we moan at soccer players for faking injury then we should not treat cricket players with sympathy. The batsman who faced the delivery should have gone to his left and left Sidebottom and the batsman behind him to have their ‘race’ of a quick single. Instead, he (at worst) obstructed the field and (at best) seriously ricked the collision that happened. Furthermore, New Zealand did not have to take the run. In the last over New Zealand turned down a run for fears of
Technically the batsman was out , but the umpire did appear to try and direct Collingwood to withdraw the appeal Unfortunately Collingwood failed to do that even although there was a fair bit of time given to allow this I don’t accept the excuse later on that it was heat of the moment , he made an error of judge met which he admitted later but tried to cover with the lame excuse about heat of the moment Even with this run out they still couldn’t beat a very inexperience New Zealand side , and to top that off got hammered at Lords today .
