By Justice Katju
When I was in Allahabad I used to play for a cricket team,
Once we played against a rival team and were all out for 1 run.
Naturally we were feeling very despondent, and thought the match was over.
Seeing our crestfallen faces the umpire came over to us and asked why we were feeling so sad.
We told him we had lost the match.
He said ” Why do you worry ? I am here. All you have to do is that when your bowler bowls the ball all of you shout together ‘How’s that’, and leave the rest to me ”.
So when our bowler bowled the first ball, which was promptly despatched by the batsman to the boundary, we all shouted in unison ” How’s that ”.
The umpire immediately lifted up his forefinger, and declared the batsman out.
” How out ? ” asked the furious batsman, enraged by the umpire’s decision.
” Judgment is judgment ” said the umpire, with a deadpan countenance, and the batsman sheepishly left the field.
The same thing happened when our bowler bowled the next ball to the batsman who followed, and to the one’s who came thereafter.
In this way our rival team was all out for 0, and we won the match.
