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Apologies for revisiting the ghosts of series past, but you may feel as I do: Jonathan Trott’s time-wasting antics in the first two Tests of the recent series against South Africa were never properly addressed.Or rather, they were - we just never heard anything official about it. His crease walkabouts disappeared in the final two Tests, shortly after an official complaint was lodged with the umpires by Graeme Smith in the second Test.Clearly somebody took the time to read the laws of cricket. When they did, they would have discovered the truth about Trotty’s routine: it was illegal.There is a good article in the "Ask the Laws" department of the...   See the complete post here

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