Re: Just in case someone's connection to cricinfo is frozen ...

sfrthomas <sfrthomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Nikhil Devanur wrote:
sfrthomas <sfrthomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


anyway, what i am trying to show you is that your principal,
whatever you call it cannot be objectiively applied at all.
if you would only try to answer my question as to which "fact"
you'd pick, 1 or 2, then you'd see the difficulty yourself.

The umpire had no evidence as to overstepping and

the umpire had no evidence that the fielder stayed within the boundary
throughout.

we are pretty sure
that the fielder was within the boundary when he started taking the
catch.
Therefore the catch stands. I don't see the difficulty. The
umpire cannot or should not substitute assumption for evidence, leaving

please make up your mind. was there enough evidence to make a conclusion, or was there not?
if there was, then there is no question of doubt. hence no benefit of doubt.

i thought the whole freaking point was that there was not enough evidence.
hence the question of substituting assumption for evidence does not arise.




the doubt about overstepping to benefit the fielding team.


"Batsman gets the benefit of all doubt" really is not fair as a

it is not benefit of all doubt.
it is the benefit of doubt whenever the question is regarding his dismissal.
again, because of the one chance argument.

I disagree. From the fielding team's perspective, there is a six to be
concerned about if we accept your principle (giving the batsman the
benefit when a dismissal is in question). Why should the fielding team
be forced to concede a six when there is no evidence that the ball
crossed the boundary?



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