reserve wicketkeeper?

Ric

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Aug 15, 2005, 10:20:40 AM8/15/05

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What happens if wicketkeeper is injured? Do teams plan for such an
eventuality (ie a designated reserve keeper on the team)? Has it happened?

dmo

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Aug 15, 2005, 11:55:58 AM8/15/05

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"Ric" <osamab...@grubbycave.com> wrote

> What happens if wicketkeeper is injured? Do teams plan for such an
> eventuality (ie a designated reserve keeper on the team)? Has it happened?

There would often be at least one player with some sort of wicketkeeping
experience, perhaps from club cricket or such like. I think most teams would
have this built into their planning.

In recent times, I can remember Marcus Trescothick keeping wicket for a
session or two due to an injury to (I think) Alec Stewart. Before Tresco, I
can recall John Crawley doing some wicketkeeping as injury cover.

Generally it works just fine for seamers and the like - the problems really
start against spin bowling ;)

And it's very infrequent - I've seen it just a handful of times in 13 years
of watching test cricket!

Mad Hamish

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Aug 15, 2005, 12:30:10 PM8/15/05

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It has happened quite a bit.

Under the current rules a substitute cannot keep wickets, so a normal
fieldsman has to do the job.

In the Australian team Langer has kept a little, I think Ponting might
have as well

Matt

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Aug 15, 2005, 2:17:26 PM8/15/05

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"Mad Hamish" <hnewsun...@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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There was a game at Lords, probably 20 or so years ago now, where the
England keeper got injured and the opposition captain allowed Bob Taylor to
take his place, Taylor was just at the game as a spectator.

adbuttery

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Aug 15, 2005, 2:38:50 PM8/15/05

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I think that it was Bruce French who got injured

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Robt P

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Aug 15, 2005, 4:03:26 PM8/15/05

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Matt wrote:

> There was a game at Lords, probably 20 or so years ago now, where the
> England keeper got injured and the opposition captain allowed Bob Taylor to
> take his place, Taylor was just at the game as a spectator.

He was working for Cornhill, in their hospitality tent.

There were actually 4 England keepers in the innings.

Bruce French (injured) then Bill Athey (already playing the match) then
Bob Taylor and finally Bobby Parks (drafted in).

IIRC, the gracious opposing skipper was Jeremy Coney?

Cheers
Robt P.

Andrew Dunford

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Aug 15, 2005, 5:27:30 PM8/15/05

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"Robt P" <robert....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> Matt wrote:
>
> > There was a game at Lords, probably 20 or so years ago now, where the
> > England keeper got injured and the opposition captain allowed Bob Taylor
to
> > take his place, Taylor was just at the game as a spectator.
>
> He was working for Cornhill, in their hospitality tent.
>
> There were actually 4 England keepers in the innings.
>
> Bruce French (injured) then Bill Athey (already playing the match) then
> Bob Taylor and finally Bobby Parks (drafted in).

And just to complete the chain, French was fit to resume his duties in time
for day four, a stint which lasted exactly one ball when NZ lost its last
wicket to the first ball of the day.

> IIRC, the gracious opposing skipper was Jeremy Coney?

Indeed. Unlikely it would happen today.

Andrew

Mad Hamish

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Aug 21, 2005, 1:32:23 AM8/21/05

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Impossible for it to happen today.
Under the 1980 code the opposing skipper could permit a substitute to
keep.
Under the 2000 code

"2. Objection to substitutes
The opposing captain shall have no right of objection to any player
acting as a substitute on the field, nor as to where the substitute
shall field. However, no substitute shall act as wicket-keeper. See 3
below.

3. Restrictions on the role of substitutes
A substitute shall not be allowed to bat or bowl nor to act as
wicket-keeper or as captain on the field of play."