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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
I think Lawson is saying that if he know's he's edged it he would walk. Thin edges are hard to notice. When I played cricket there were countless times when I genuinely was not sure if I had edged it or not, so waited for the umpire to decide. If I knew I'd hit it then I'd be off. So the difference is whether you know you played it or not.
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I know what you mean but that is not how it came across to me. Australians are renowned for not walking and Adam Gilchrist was very much the exception. As I said before, plenty of cricketers have refused to walk in the past.
Talking of the 'spirit of the game' I recall when Greg Chappell ordered one of his bowlers to roll the final ball in a match against New Zealand in order to prevent the required 6 being scored. I've not been too keen on lectures on morality and the 'spirit of the game' from them ever since.
Interestingly in my searches relating to the Broad incident and walking, I notice that that Ricky Ponting has, in the past, had quite a lot to say about Sachin Tendulkar being one of those who never walk. Hard to swallow from an Aussie who admitted the same policy...
http://www.topnews.in/sports/never-k...ponting-217944