{"id":198152,"date":"2026-07-28T09:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198152"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:45:01","slug":"meet-clicky-ponting-the-fielder-accused-of-faking-edges-to-fool-umpires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198152","title":{"rendered":"Meet \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d \u2014 the fielder accused of faking edges to fool umpires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71277656\">An amateur cricketer has become a viral sensation online after \u200ballegedly using finger clicks to mimic the \u200csound of bat-on-ball edges, fooling \u200bumpires into giving batters out.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060North Yorkshire and South Durham league has launched an investigation into a Division Two \u200cmatch between Saltburn Cricket Club and Norton, where the Saltburn \u200cfielder was caught on camera clicking \u200chis \u2060fingers as deliveries passed the \u2060bat.<\/p>\n<p>The player, who fields at slip or silly point, appears to have perfected the art \u200bof creating fake \u200cedge sounds just as batters make tentative prods at deliveries subsequently caught by the wicketkeeper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Saltburncc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Saltburncc<\/a> First slip clicks his fingers to imitate an edge, bat nowhere near it and given out.<br \/>This is about the worst case of cheating I&#8217;ve ever seen in cricket.<br \/>Apparently, their keeper has a huge amount of catches this season.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/talkSPORT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@talkSPORT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bbctms?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bbctms<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkyCricket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkyCricket<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TailendersPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TailendersPod<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iM7lZfKF5q\">pic.twitter.com\/iM7lZfKF5q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Mummery (@ben_mummery) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ben_mummery\/status\/2081666886089965943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Videos circulating online show \u200cthe fielder\u2019s alleged finger-snapping antics, earning \u200bhim the nickname \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d, a pun on the name of \u2060former Australia captain Ricky Ponting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe League have received a formal complaint regarding alleged \u200cincidents in a Division Two game on Saturday 25th July 2026,\u201d the league said. \u201cA full investigation has been initiated and until such time as the formal processes are complete \u200cno further comment will be made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saltburn crushed Norton \u200bby 159 runs. Their wicketkeeper Josh Bowes also took eight \u2060catches in a 22-run victory over Shildon \u2060Railway the previous weekend. The record in test cricket is seven \u200ccatches by a wicketkeeper in one innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 28, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/clicky-ponting-cricketer-england-fooling-umpires-click-sounds-to-generate-edge-cheating-sports\/article71277656.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An amateur cricketer has become a viral sensation online after \u200ballegedly using finger clicks to mimic the \u200csound of bat-on-ball edges, fooling \u200bumpires into giving batters out. The \u2060North Yorkshire and South Durham league has launched an investigation into a Division Two \u200cmatch between Saltburn Cricket Club and Norton, where the Saltburn \u200cfielder was caught &#8230; <a title=\"Meet \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d \u2014 the fielder accused of faking edges to fool umpires\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198152\" aria-label=\"Read more about Meet \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d \u2014 the fielder accused of faking edges to fool umpires\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2225462381.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":197608,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=197608","url_meta":{"origin":198152,"position":0},"title":"WI vs PAK, 1st Test: Pakistan 199-3 at stumps to trail West Indies by 112 runs","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Shan Masood made an unbeaten 88 in his first Test innings since being relieved of the captaincy to put Pakistan in a strong position at stumps Sunday on the second day of the first Test against West Indies. 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