The other day, I saw Simon Jones duck into a Brett Lee bouncer, get hit on the head and the ball thudded onto the stumps. But the bails did not come off and Jones survived. The rules say that the bails have to be dislodged. Fine.
Now the question: Why is the lbw mode of dismissal still prevalent then ?? Why can't the batsman or umpire claim that yes, the ball would definitely have hit the stumps, but I can't be 100% certain that the bails will be dislodged. And hence the benefit of the doubt has to go to You-Know-Who.
Fair question, ain't it ?? After all, this is a batsman's game.
And just FYI, the question did not occur to a cricketing guru like me. It occured to my mom - any justifications you experts can give to the lay cricket fan ??
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