. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. VEXED QUESTIONS IN CRICKET 229 chivalrous instincts of cricketers and appealto them to play out the game in the spirit ofsportsmen and not in the temper of men atenmity. As an outcome of this incident, and the agi-tation- to which it gave rise, the law concerningfollow-on innings was amended by the , sothat a compulsory follow-on innings is occasionedby a deficit of 120. The question whether thelaw should be further amended, if not, indeed,abolished altogether, is still discussed in cricketcircles. Some experienced cricketers
. "", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections. VEXED QUESTIONS IN CRICKET 229 chivalrous instincts of cricketers and appealto them to play out the game in the spirit ofsportsmen and not in the temper of men atenmity. As an outcome of this incident, and the agi-tation- to which it gave rise, the law concerningfollow-on innings was amended by the , sothat a compulsory follow-on innings is occasionedby a deficit of 120. The question whether thelaw should be further amended, if not, indeed,abolished altogether, is still discussed in cricketcircles. Some experienced cricketers hold thatthe leading side should have the option of doingwhat they think best, while others advocate theabolition of any rule involving a follow-on inn-ings. The question is an open one, capable ofbeing view^ed from several standpoints. Some-times the compulsory follow-on innings confersa distinct advantage upon the batting side, whohave an opportunity of repeating their inningsagainst exhausted bowlers and tired the other hand, the follow-on in
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