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davidweller · 22-08-2006, 00:04

Ian Botham was saying this morning that between Cooke getting out and the ball being changed only one boundary was scored and that was a 4.

The ball would have been viewed by the umpires when the wicket went down, and was ok then. When they looked at it a little later, they obviously felt that the condition had been changed beyond normal wear and tear.

They may not have seen anyone actually tamper with the ball, but in their opinion this was the cause of the change of condition.

Perhaps it would have been better if they had just changed the ball as no longer fit for use.

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davidweller Inactive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wallington, Surrey Age: 71 Services: Telewest Digital, Blueyonder Broadband, TVDrive Posts: 46	Re: Cricket Ian Botham was saying this morning that between Cooke getting out and the ball being changed only one boundary was scored and that was a 4. The ball would have been viewed by the umpires when the wicket went down, and was ok then. When they looked at it a little later, they obviously felt that the condition had been changed beyond normal wear and tear. They may not have seen anyone actually tamper with the ball, but in their opinion this was the cause of the change of condition. Perhaps it would have been better if they had just changed the ball as no longer fit for use.