Reckon they should bring back the runners rule for lame batters, but the runner has to carry the batter on piggy-back. Sedan chair is an alternative, but needs two runners?

It’s how the game was intended to be played. Probably.

Now let us never speak of it again. When does the Test match start?

A swimming lane will likely mean they’ll drown a lot. All that kicking and thrashing will look unseemly.

Arrival onto the middle via a Sedan chair would be far less unseemly. Same mode of transport to apply to departure from the middle as well.

Maybe have said transport for the bowler as well for each run up.

Nay, fielders too.

Was 2007 really 15 years ago?! 🙁

I feel old.

This raises some difficult questions for cricket. If walking can cause serious injury, cricket is going to have to seriously consider other ways of getting batsmen from the pavilion to the middle. Players can’t just be allowed to walk there all by themselves willy nilly. It could be carnage. No, the only answer is that they will have to swim there. And I hope none of the counties will quibble about the cost of installing a swimming lane to the crease, not when player’s safety is at risk.

Metaphorical steak works best for a metaphorical black eye.

We’re metaphorically leaping to our feet and inadvertently spilling ale over the person in front of us.

…the named replacement is Ben Duckett who is, if I am not much mistaken, himself a wicketkeeper.

Your article is saved, KC, saved.

Jonny B bowled you a metaphorical shocker down the leg side destined for a clipped four,, but Ben Duckett has metaphorically pulled off a blinder to take a metaphorical strangled catch one-handed at full stretch.