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This seems like one of those cases where if someone frontloads all of the nuance and technicalities attached to a rule, it can come across as massively complicated and arcane - but the practical application of the rule is still actually relatively simple.
A batsman can't use their body to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket.
I'm pretty sure that every sport has at least one rule that could be made out as complicated as LBW if a dedicated fan really wanted to write an internet essay explaining all the fine-grained technicalities of how the rule is applied at a professional level.
Comment by jus10beare at 05/07/2024 at 15:49 UTC
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Your username has me picturing Dragnipur being used as a cricket paddle.
Comment by NorthcoteTrevelyan at 05/07/2024 at 16:16 UTC
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But you see they can. Graham Gooch famously somewhat neutralised Shane Warne by kicking away everything that pitched outside leg. His prodigious turn was taken away. He was very deliberately stopping the ball hitting the stumps with his body.
This applies to junior cricket just as much as test matches.
Comment by Welpe at 06/07/2024 at 06:29 UTC
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In fact I read enough Baseball books as a kid going over weird rules and rulings to know you can definitely make things sound overly complicated.
Fuck it, nothing even too obscure, look at balks in baseball. The idea is super simple, a pitcher isn’t allowed to try and deceive runners by using their pitching motion. Actually enumerating all the ways that can be done is hilariously complicated and most people will give a few examples and then shrug and say “You’ll know it when you see it”.