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A poet’s guide to the new code
from Daisy Cutter 003
On the first day of October 2022 the blue book I carry at the bottom of my gear bag became obsolete once again. Change is the law of life. Luckily, cricketers are nothing if not adaptable. From cloud cover to the colour of the pitch,weareusedtomakingourexternalcircumstances work for us. Cricket, like all sports, is an arbitrary set of rules, no more or less than the laws that govern it. There’s beauty in that. Confusion at times too. So here are the most significant changes that came into force in October,intheseventeen-syllableHaikuformat.
The same as before. The code just removes any crisis of conscience.
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Deadball
Stray dogs and streakers. The random acts of others don’t alter fates here.
NoSaliva Covid changed the world but spit never really helped with swing anyway.
Judgingawide
A batter’s movement is consequential before the bowler’s last stride.
Battersreturningwhencaught New batter takes guard where the last one departed. Ashes to ashes.
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