YP Letters: Fair play stumped by cheating in cricket '“ and all sport

Stuart Broad acknowledges the crowd after being bowled by James Pattinson, caught Brad Haddin for 65 on day four of the First Investec Ashes Test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday July 13, 2013. See PA story CRICKET England. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only. No commercial use. No Book use. No transmission of moving images. Official sponsor logos only. Call 44 (0)1158 447447 for further information.

Thank you to Tom Richmond for the very timely reminder about Stuart Broad refusing to walk (The Yorkshire Post,  January 23) in the Ashes series in 2013.

At the time, he said that people remember the wins, and forget these things. He was probably right; I’d certainly forgotten, until this reminder.

I suppose we should forgive, but that’s difficult when remembering he knew he’d hit the ball.

Cheating is everywhere, and very sadly in sport it’s apparently rife, perhaps it always was,  but we’re learning more about  it nowadays thanks to the  media.

Cheating is why I’ve never been a footie fan, because apart from the currently disclosed fraud and corruption at international level, every Premier to Sunday league match in recent times sees some form of cheating on the field.

But trickery is just not cricket.

From: Gavin Scudamore, Thirsk.

I AGREE with your columnist Tom Richmond – Stuart Broad will forever be tainted by his refusal to walk during the 2013 Ashes series.

What I despise is how the BBC Test Match Special team hero-worship this cheat.