Easy win for the Welsh Fire men, who, even if they do nothing more from here, have been so much more competitive than in their first two seasons.Originally Posted by The Bloop
As for Glamorgan, I mentioned in the Hundred thread how Warwickshire had cheated their way to victory and, although Nick Webb was trying to be all even handed in his commentary and say it was a touch and go decision, I believe the fielder concerned, Ethan Brooks, knew he'd not taken a fair catch to dismiss Tim Van Der Gugten. It was one of those catches which you see so often these days where the catcher throws the ball infield before they cross the boundary and then step back into play and catch it - there was nothing wrong with that part of Brooks' "catch", but, in the process of making it in the first place, video pictures from no more than a few feet away of the play show him making contact with the boundary rope before throwing the ball up again for him to get back on the playing area.
My issue is that Brooks must have felt the rope on his foot as contact was made and yet still celebrated the catch. With no means to study the close up video pictures, the umpires had no option but to give Van Der Gugten out, but the crowd had seen what had happened and gave Brooks the stick he deserved - the guy's a cheat.
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