Bush Lawyers,
Cricket and the Law.
Got a few lazy hours up yr sleeve and a horsehair wig?
Maybe five years for a law degree?
Keep up.
After 17 years, the MCC has had a go at a new lot...piffle and poppycock it is mostly...and mucking about with the numbering system for no good purpose, while still leaving the answer to life, the universe and everything at 42.
https://www.lords.org/assets/2017-Law-Changes-Summary-Paper.pdf
Red and yellow cards disguised as really weird arm and hand movements?
Flapping about like a chook with its head cut off.
Who's kidding who?
Law 42 becomes an insane jumble tumble of a Mad Woman's Breakfast.
Most unruly players would be more than happy to call a cunt-a-cunt at the risk of a warning and a five run penalty, no?
Strengthening the "Mankad" Law?
The sad demise of the Lost Ball?
Where's it gone; outer space?
Outlawing super-duper thumper bats, but they are still four and a quarter inches wide?
Tethering the bails to the stumps with brightly coloured ribbons to avoid eye injuries?
Could go on and on and on without end.
What would MJ Clarke do?
Folk who have difficulty with the Queen's English now eligible, in theory, to officiate?
My arse.
Reckon you'll need to be a QC before you can become an Umpire.
Of course, in legal circles, the new legislation will quickly become known as "The Cake Code".
