Craig Hutchison on 3AW

[tigers80]

gutter rat is another name for him.

 

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gutter rat is  another name for him.

That's pretty close to the mark!

 

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Anyway, FWIW, he's a dogged reporter and gets scoops, admittedly sometimes a little dubiously. And if he's hated by other journos, it's partly because he's very good at his job.

Knocking off messages from your colleagues' desk is not being good at your job!  It's being a *smile*ing dog!  8)

 

[DragaTheCro]

Hutchy actually predicted we would make the 8 a few months back. If he hates us that much, he wouldnt of said that. The boy's alright.

 

[JR8]

Craig Hutchinson is an absolute tool. About 4 years ago, I played Indoor Cricket against him for a season. The manager at our centre was raving about how Hutchies team had never lost. He must have come from another centre because we had never seen him before, nor have seen him since. He aparently had a few top class players in his team. We lost to them the first time, but won all 3 other times against them, including in the finals.

Anyhow Hutchinson is such a knob and plays like one too. When he is bowling, he is constantly trying to Mankad someone. In indoor cricket that isn't as taboo a thing as it is in outdoor, but it is still frowned upon. Especially the way he goes about it. He tries to Mankad several times an over. He even got no balled for attempting to do it too much in an over. He also plays dirty in the way he bowls. He doesn't even allow the batsman to be ready. As soon as you look up, he bowls off just two steps.

You could see the rest of his team thought he was a moron too, but no one said anything to him. It sure felt good beating that cretin.

Excuse my ignorance but what is Mankad????

 

[Tubytiger]

Craig Hutchinson is an absolute tool.  About 4 years ago, I played Indoor Cricket against him for a season.  The manager at our centre was raving about how Hutchies team had never lost.  He must have come from another centre because we had never seen him before, nor have seen him since.  He aparently had a few top class players in his team.  We lost to them the first time, but won all 3 other times against them, including in the finals. 

Anyhow Hutchinson is such a knob and plays like one too.  When he is bowling, he is constantly trying to Mankad someone.  In indoor cricket that isn't as taboo a thing as it is in outdoor, but it is still frowned upon.  Especially the way he goes about it.  He tries to Mankad several times an over.  He even got no balled for attempting to do it too much in an over.  He also plays dirty in the way he bowls.  He doesn't even allow the batsman to be ready.  As soon as you look up, he bowls off just two steps. 

You could see the rest of his team thought he was a moron too, but no one said anything to him.  It sure felt good beating that cretin.

Excuse my ignorance but what is Mankad????

Someone might correct me but it is when you try and run out the non stricker at the bowlers end of the pitch before the bowler actually bowls the ball. It is very rarely tried by a bowler - more often tried in one days then test matches.

 

[Knighter]

Excuse my ignorance but what is Mankad????

Basically it means that you are in the action of bowling the ball but at the last second as the batsman is leaving his crease in anticipation of a run you don't let go off the ball and instead break the stumps at the bowlers end and in effect 'run' the batsman out.

Pretty low act that isn't allowed in the traditional game anymore just the indoor stuff.

 

[Ready]

Running in to bowl and then running out the non-striker if he has left his crease to "back up" in anticipation of the striker playing a scoring shot. Named after Vinoo Mankad who played 44 Tests for India from 1946 to 1959.

The most famous incident of this method of dismissal involved the Indian bowler Vinoo Mankad. It occurred during India’s tour of Australia on 13 December 1947 in the second Test match at Sydney. Mankad had previously warned Bill Brown to stay in his crease. He then actually ran out Brown when, in the act of delivering the ball held on to it and whipped the bails off with Brown well out of his crease. This was the second time Mankad had dismissed a batsman in this fashion on this tour, as Mankad had done it in an earlier match against Queensland. The Australian press strongly accused Mankad of being unsportsmanlike, though some Australians, including Don Bradman, the Australian captain at the time, defended Mankad’s actions. From this time onwards, if a batsman is given out this way, he is said to have been Mankaded.

Since then the Laws of cricket have changed, so that a bowler may no longer Mankad a batsman once he has entered into his delivery stride. However, under Law 42.15 of the Laws of Cricket it remains possible for a bowler to run out a non-striker who has strayed outside his crease after he has started his run up, but before he has entered his delivery stride.

http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2005/03/26/mankad-mankaded-mankadding/

 

[Razorgang]

Since then the Laws of cricket have changed, so that a bowler may no longer Mankad a batsman once he has entered into his delivery stride. However, under Law 42.15 of the Laws of Cricket it remains possible for a bowler to run out a non-striker who has strayed outside his crease after he has started his run up, but before he has entered his delivery stride.

However in the interest of sportsmanship, I believe that the bowler in question would in fact warn the offending non striker
that he intends to run him out >

 

[Larrikin]

Since then the Laws of cricket have changed, so that a bowler may no longer Mankad a batsman once he has entered into his delivery stride. However, under Law 42.15 of the Laws of Cricket it remains possible for a bowler to run out a non-striker who has strayed outside his crease after he has started his run up, but before he has entered his delivery stride.

All people are Correct in describing what a Mankad is.  The laws of cricket changed for outdoor cricket as you describe Razor.  In Indoor cricket, you can still Mankad the traditional way  (ie Bowler runs in, rolls the arm over, but does not release it, instead taking the stumps down at the bowlers).  I believe over the last few years, the rules in outdoor cricket changed so that you can still mankad but not after rolling the arm over.  The reason Mankad's often dismiss the non striker is because he sees the bowler roll the arm over and anticipates him bowling the ball and takes off at this moment, but instead holds on to it after rolling his arm over and takes the bails off at his end.   I am not sure that's how you describe the change to the law Razor but this is how I understood it at the time I heard it, and it makes sense because Mankad's essentially wouldn't work without being able to roll the arm over before attempting one.

The main difference in Indoor Cricket is that when you are dismissed, you lose runs for your team.  However you still get to bat until your 4 overs are up (each batting pair bats for 4 overs regardless of how many times they go out, and each player bowls 2 overs per match).  In outdoor, once you go out, you sit in the pavillion for the rest of the innings.  So whilst Mankading is more legitamate in indoor cricket  for this reason, it is still a low act and very few do it.  Even then, no one would dare try it more than once per match, but not Hutchison.  I kid you not, but Hutchinson would try it 3 times an over.  The umpire had to actually warn him that more than 2 unsuccessful Mankad attempts in an over was actually a no ball (I had never heard of this rule before, perhaps the umpire made it up because it was pissing him off too).  This coupled with his 2 step run in to try and bowl to someone who is not fully ready showed how dirty he was.