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Message: <blockquote data-quote="amila_90210" data-source="post: 4888793" data-attributes="member: 111009">Starring Angelo MathewsThen there was the curious incident of the six that never was. <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/49764.html" target="_blank">Angelo Mathews</a>' one-man volleyball-style acrobatic display did momentarily flummox the umpires, but after a brief delay they concluded that no six-action had occurred. Yet the chaps in the Sky commentary box were not sure. Nasser Hussain knows which way up to hold a book and he had apparently been scouring the laws for a definitive answer, without success. Had the umpires dropped a clanger? I decided to venture into the arcane and mysterious world of cricket lore myself. After literally five seconds' searching, I located Law 19 on boundaries. Ten seconds later, I had uncovered the incredible truth. The umpires were right. Dan Brown it wasn't.   But out there in cyberspace, the citizens were revolting. Emails pinged into inboxes like angry bees returning to the hive. You would have thought poor Angelo had just punched the Duke of Kent in the face and set fire to the Lord's pavilion. One correspondent to Cricinfo suggested that teams would now take the precaution of stationing players in the stands, ready to leap into action at a moment's notice, barge down the steps, jump over the advertising boards, dodge the stewards and bat a potential six back into play. Whilst keeping both feet in the air. I suppose it would be something for Rob Key to do. "We've been getting a lot of emails on the subject," said Sky's presenter, Ian Ward. Wisely, he didn't read any out.   Andrew Hughes is a writer currently based in England © Cricinfo</blockquote>

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