Mixed feelings on that VAR ****. I felt it worked

[Rich]

The trick is to make immediate eye contact with the umpire and look extremely surprised and not a little offended that there should be such an obviously frivolous appeal. If you're feeling bold, you can add an indulgent look that says 'Oh, these over-enthusiastic children, eh? Bless 'em'.

This has worked more often than it should have done.

I would often show the keeper a slightly loose strap on my pad in an attempt to pacify him.