In the DRS era I don't see why you should have to walk. It's up to the umpire to give you out or the other team to review. And TBH, if you know you've hit it the other team will almost certainly know too. Some edges are too thin to know 100% you've hit it.
The vast majority of cricket is played without DRS. Children learn the game at school, or more often at club level, where their older teammates and coaches give them the benefit of their experience. At club level most players (not all, admittedly) would walk if they know they have nicked the ball. If it’s too thin an edge to be perceptible to the batsman, then it probably wouldn’t ever be given out anyway I know what you are saying, but the unwritten code of walking has always been one of the things that sets cricket apart. I’m with @MorgansBitOnTheSchneid on this one.
Two wins in a series in Pakistan after previously only having two wins there - ever! What an achievement.
Fantastic test match! Really ebbed and flowed with both teams on top at different points in the match. Brilliant to win a first test series in Pakistan for over 20 years as well.
Always an interesting discussion. I played my fair share of club cricket and was given out enough times when definitely not out, bat to pad given out lbw. Given out caught behind when it flicked just the pad, even twice when it hit my arm not the glove. LBW, when it pitched outside leg stump. It seemed to me you had to abide by the umpires decision without dissent. After that it was a personal choice..
Many years ago I read a tale about one of the all time great cricketers (for the life of me I can’t remember who) who would always walk - except when losing his wicket at that moment might seriously impact on the result of the match or him missing a personal milestone, such as being close to a century. By walking he had built up a level of honesty that stood him in good stead when, on getting a thin edge to the wicket keeper at a crucial point, he wouldn’t walk, with the umpires regularly giving him the benefit of doubt and not raising a finger.
18 year old leg spinner Rehan Ahmed will make his England debut tomorrow - he will be the youngest man to play Test cricket for England.
