EDITOR’S NOTE

Unwritten laws rely on civility. When beneficial unwritten laws are overtaken by written legislation, a society normally has a problem. An over-legislated society tips over from orderly to oppressed. Some unwritten laws, it’s true, are ridiculous. Many others make the world work. Have you ever noticed what happens when you go into a shop and pay for something on your card? Without exception, normal people adhere to an unwritten law: they look away just as you key in your pin number. Cricket has had its share of unwritten laws. The nonsensical ones have prevented the game progressing creatively. But one has endured for very good reason. The approval of incessant short, fast deliveries to tail-enders has done away with an important safety net. Of all the old “gentleman’s game”, “spirit…

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Inside Cricket (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2018

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