‘It’s not cricket’: cheating row as ‘Clicky Ponting’ appears to dupe umpire
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#779NX)
Viral video apparently shows a Saltburn 2nd XI fielder clicking his fingers to mimic a batter's nick
The ball is bowled, the batter plays a shot and it's caught by the wicketkeeper to cheers all round. The batter is clearly bemused. Did he hit it? Or ... did a fielder click his fingers to mimic a nick?
A row has erupted in the normally friendly, if ultra-competitive, world of English club cricket after footage went viral of alleged cheating. Australian cricket will always have Sandpapergate. The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League now has clickgate - or, as it has been christened online, Clicky Ponting" - a play on the name of the former Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
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