Re: Is "Not Walking" cheating just like "Grounding the ball and claiming" ?
We have to understand here that the umpires are the ones that will give someone out. Having said that, the general practice is that the umpire will ask and assume that when a catch is claimed, its legitimate. From a batsman's point of view, I admire people that walk, but I will not call people that dont walk as cheats. Do batsmen get an option to stay back when they are given out when they didnt nick it? or edged it onto the pads and still got given out?? Batsman doesnt have a choice, if hes given out, he has to walk no matter what... so they have a right to not walk if they are given not out... I do believe in that 'balances out in the long run theory' because they get given out when they arent as well... if they started walking,,, thats just doubling your badluck by having no goodluck, and having the badluck to still get some bad decisions and walking.
I do consider claiming the catch as cheating if you 'KNOW' that u grassed it... in the international matches, they could probably go to the 3rd umpire if unsure.