I was opening the batting tonight for my U14 cricket team. I was on 12 when I got a massive outside edge to the keeper (a guy from my school) and the umpire (our team's deaf umpire) gave me not out. After about a minute of the other team trying to get me to walk, the umpire makes us get on with the game. 2 balls later, I let a wide ball go through to the keeper and he throws the ball back at the stumps. My back foot was firmly planted in my crease, but the square leg umpire (the other team's) gave me out stumped. Has anything dodgy like this ever happened to anyone else?
You should have walked you dirty cheat...
In standard village fare, we had to have a young lad doing square leg umpiring. Ran a quick two, and had to dive to make my ground, which I did comfortably as the keeper dropped the ball, smashed the stumps with his hands and then picked the ball up again to carry on the appeal that had been begun by the 6 foot tall, possibly 6 foot wide, chap at square leg who had been moved there shortly after we sent out the young lad to umpire. The young lad of about 11, seemed to be caught up in blind panic that such a large man was screaming so vociferously into his face from point blank range that he instinctively put his finger up.
I couldn't really have been more annoyed being triggered so unfairly whilst on 36 off just 5 overs, so I went straight out to umpire and the fat bloke was their main middle overs bowler. Never in my life have I turned down so many appeals, and never again will I say no to something quite so clearly plumb.
Needless to say the game wasn't played in the best of spirits, and knowing that their umpires would cheat, I went out and picked up 6-20 off 11 overs with 5 wickets bowled through the gate after drawing the drive. I wish I could take that pitch with me everywhere, as it literally turned square!