37. Peter May

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. John Holder's official answers appear in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday. John Holder The most important factor in your decision is when the offence occurred. So if the kicking of the pitch occurred before the run-out, then you would award the five penalty runs to the batting side and the match is over, with the batting side winning by one wicket. However, if the act of kicking occurred after the run-out, no penalty runs would be awarded and the fielding side would have won by one run. Nonetheless, the bowler would still be reported for dissent and deliberately damaging the pitch. This week's strip was created by Paul Trevillion for the You are the Umpire book – available from Guardian Books . Click here for more on Trevillion, here for the full You Are The Ref archive, and here for the new Ref book.