Rules are rules? - Page 2

With the cricket thing...I think they should have continued play! Not because of any rules! Like a suspect is innocent till proven guilty! In the same way the winner can not be declared till the last ball has been thrown!

Also in the semi-final match Aus-NZ...For the Aussies to win they needed an expected run-rate of 3! Now if they were on an average of 4 runs per over till the 25 over mark! Do you think they could have stopped play and declared Australia as the winner?

You can't live according to rules! It's like the thing in the hospital where if it's a murder case of something the paitent won't be treated until the police arrive or something! You can't allow someone to die like that because of SOME rule! Rules should be allowed to be bent according to the situation! They need flexibility!

Originally posted by: Maya_M

So rules should be applied based on the scenario. In this particular case of Cricket teams should play till the end because so much money is at stake in forms of sponsorships and tickets. That is why even when a team is sure to be out from next league is still compelled to play. Felt bad for Pak team because they were forced to play just a day after their Coach's death. But Australia plainly refused to play in Sri Lanka when sub continent hosted WC and no actions were taken, only two points reduced

Am saying rules should be twisted/tweaked/broken based on certain scenarios😊

"should play till the end because so much money is at stake in forms of sponsorships and tickets.... Pak example" - Maya Agreed with yaa in case of - if Australia is give target of 43 runs against holland in 50 overs, even though win is definate - they have to come and play, same for Pak playing......... But Yesterday's situation was different.

Originally posted by: Yosh

You can't live according to rules! It's like the thing in the hospital where if it's a murder case of something the paitent won't be treated until the police arrive or something! You can't allow someone to die like that because of SOME rule! Rules should be allowed to be bent according to the situation! They need flexibility!

Yoshji - Factual example taken.. when life and death is in question breaking rule is evident But yeah at certain times in life there is a need for rules to tweaked for common good. Yeah I agree "You can't live according to rules!"

Thanks everyone for the Responses!!