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Laughter, disbelief and outrage over video appearing to show Saltburn player tricking umpire into giving batters out A t the Saltburn over-60s ukulele club there was a unanimous reaction to news that the town’s cricket club were being compared to the Argentina football team: laughter. Then a spirited rendition of I Love to Boogie. On the seafront, a litter-picking volunteer was looking forward to the Wednesday night quiz just to get the gossip. But she had her own view. “All I would say is it’s just not cricket, is it?” Bill Peters, a retired steelworker on a day out from Middlesbrough with his wife, Janet, reflected on what would have happened in St Lucia where he played cricket growing up. “There would have been a big fight,” he said slowly and purposefully.
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One wit on Facebook remarked: “It’s official, Saltburn are the Argentina of local cricket.” Neither Saltburn nor Norton have commented on the affair, which is being investigated by the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League.
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