Talk:Douglas Jardine

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To see the tactics of Jardine in a fair light, it is worth noteing that there are various ways of getting a batsman out on a cricket pitch apart from bowling him out. This was what struck Jardine while watching the reels of Bradman playing. Instead of bowling the Australians out, he figured out a way to catch them out - a very fair and ingenious tactic. The ball was not pitched at the head: it was pitched elbow high, to the chest... the only way to deal with the delivery was either to pop a catch, or to get out of the way. Perfectly fair. - unsigned comment by 61.17.134.172 on 24 April, 2006]

It may have been fair under the letter of the rules of cricket at the time, but it was outside the spirit of the rules, and outside the rules as they stand today, which were changed precisely to prevent this sort of dangerous tactic happening again. You can apologise for Jardine all you like, but the facts tell the story. -dmmaus 23:23, 24 April 2006 (UTC)