Alphabet said:Lol at the shouts of catch when the ball is slamming into the middle of the pad, a good 10 cm from bat or glove.
With the way the umpiring has been going, it would have probably been given
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Alphabet said:Lol at the shouts of catch when the ball is slamming into the middle of the pad, a good 10 cm from bat or glove.
movingtarget said:This has to be the partnership for the Aussies.
darwin553 said:Not this one but the Haddin one. I've got a bet on him at $13 that he's going to be Australia's top-scorer
movingtarget said:Bookmakers have the odds even for both teams. No surprise. Aussies would have reviewed that one !
Alphabet said:Memo to Clarke: That's how to use DRS. Don't chuck reviews away on speculative lbw's.
Waterloo Sunrise said:Shame he then wasted it trying to con the umpires later.
Clearly worse than Broad, who merely accepted someone else's error, but will get less stick and he's less of an ostentatious *** than Broad.
Alphabet said:Now that's harsh, hotspot showed that he barely scraped that. It wasn't a clear-cut edge like Broad's.
The problem with batting captains is that they like to review 'tactically' when the team is batting, which is just fancy talk for 'Let's use up our reviews on batsmen, because bowlers are worthless and you never know, it may have been a no ball'.
movingtarget said:The review system needs an overhaul.
Alphabet said:Agreed. I'm not sure where to begin though. It depends how you view the problem.
If you're okay with tactical reviews, then the first step probably should be 2 reviews per day rather than 2 per innings. If you want DRS to be what it was supposed to be for- eliminating howlers, then take it out of the hands of the captains altogether and have the third umpire review every close shout and every dismissal. It will slow down the play, yes, but over rates are already pathetic to begin with these days so what difference would it make?
movingtarget said:even in sports like Rugby League, some decisions are mystifying.
darwin553 said:The only positive outcome I see from Australia getting bowled out in the morning session is that I can then devote my total attention on the climb up Ventoux.