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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 949381" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Your reasoning is stupid.</p><p></p><p>Why would a fielding team risk throwing the ball at a moving target to "stop overthrows" when the task could be done more simply by throwing it to the keeper. If you throw at the player, and miss, you are more likely to give away overthrows (and you lose a chance to run him out), because the chances are that there will be no player backing up, When the ball is thrown at the stumps, everyone knows it is going there, and players train to get into back up positions.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Bul<span style="color: #000000">ls</span>hit. Protecting the players isn't even considered in that Law, its not even mentioned.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and it doesn't happen <em>"rarely"</em> either.</p><p></p><p>Finally, in the spirit of the game, players often don't attempt to take overthrows when that happens. Stokes didn't, he stayed even though it was plain that he could have easily run another two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 949381, member: 20605"] Your reasoning is stupid. Why would a fielding team risk throwing the ball at a moving target to "stop overthrows" when the task could be done more simply by throwing it to the keeper. If you throw at the player, and miss, you are more likely to give away overthrows (and you lose a chance to run him out), because the chances are that there will be no player backing up, When the ball is thrown at the stumps, everyone knows it is going there, and players train to get into back up positions. Bul[COLOR=#000000]ls[/COLOR]hit. Protecting the players isn't even considered in that Law, its not even mentioned. Oh, and it doesn't happen [I]"rarely"[/I] either. Finally, in the spirit of the game, players often don't attempt to take overthrows when that happens. Stokes didn't, he stayed even though it was plain that he could have easily run another two. [/QUOTE]
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