‘It’s not cricket’: cheating row as ‘Clicky Ponting’ appears to dupe umpire
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. He has been accused of trying to trick the umpire into thinking the ball clipped the edge of the bat before being caught.The bemused batter can be seen protesting to the umpire as Saltburn players celebrate.
- ▪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.
- ▪He has been accused of trying to trick the umpire into thinking the ball clipped the edge of the bat before being caught.The bemused batter can be seen protesting to the umpire as Saltburn players celebrate.
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Cricket player seems to show fielder tricking umpire by clicking to imitate edgesCricket‘It’s not cricket’: cheating row as ‘Clicky Ponting’ appears to dupe umpireViral video apparently shows a Saltburn 2nd XI fielder clicking his fingers to mimic a batter’s nickMark Brown North of England correspondentTue 28 Jul 2026 09.18 EDTLast modified on Tue 28 Jul 2026 09.48 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe 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.
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