With Paul Collingwood having nails inserted through his hands, today is the perfect day to talk about Australia going back to number one on the one day charts.
The fact that they went past South Africa is even more perfect.
Why?
Here are two teams that would not hesitate to run out a batsman who had been knocked to the ground.
The great Brendon Julian did so in the Caribbean, knocking little battler Sherwin Campbell to the ground in what appeared to be a pre mediated hit, and then Australia ran him out.
South Africa would not hesitate to knock someone over and run them out, they probably just haven’t thought of it yet.
We now know England can join that list, whether that improves their one day prowess is yet to be seen.
The fact he apologised and was guilty about it says they probably won’t do it again, remember there is nothing more important to a cricketer than public opinion (IE: what his sponsors will think).
New Zealand getting upset is a bit much. Stephen Fleming used his go slow tactics to edge Australia out of a one day tournament, and McCullum doesn't mind running out a batsman who is celebrating their team mates mile stones.
Even the great West Indies once ran out the legendary Dean Jones when he was bowled off a no ball and he started walking off, with Dujon telling Jones afterwards, yeah we knew it was against the rules.
Then again, knowing Deano, he probably deserved it.
India recently sent out a batsman with two right hand gloves, that was suspiciously close to the end of play, that suspiciously looked like time wasting. And have had more infringements than any other team in the last 10 years.
Pakistani players got away with more ball tampering than anyone other than Michael Atherton, or a man with crabs.
Sri Lanka allowed their captain to cheat every third time he batted for years, calling for a runner because of how fat he was.
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