***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

[Athlai]

Which is very strange.

LBW's - yeah sure, I'd give them that.

Catches? Nope.

Sorry, there is no evidence either way, benefit of the doubt goes to MEEEEEEEEE!

This. 100 times this.

 

[straw man]

Anyway, I'm still holding out for that "real-time snicko" technology that was mentioned on Cricinfo a couple of weeks back. Will really help in situations like this.

Me too. Should make a real difference in about 80% of cases.

... though will only increase confusion in the other 20%

 

[Bahnz]

Which is very strange.

LBW's - yeah sure, I'd give them that.

Catches? Nope.

Sorry, there is no evidence either way, benefit of the doubt goes to MEEEEEEEEE!

But there is evidence that he hit it. A loud woody sound at the exact moment the ball passed the bottom of the bat.

 

[hendrix]

I am actually very happy with the system being the way it is. it gives the umpires the confidence to make decisions without fear of being undermined by the third umpire.

Still very surprised at how capable NZ have been against Swann.

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah, I mean by what Athlai says it would have been immediate, but it wasn't, he knew he was out, he was out, no proof he wasn't out, can we move on without swearing at each other ****s.

Haha. Who's swearing? I'm as happy as a clam in butter sauce, I'm sipping away on a Kahlua ****tail as we speak.

 

[straw man]

I blame Ed for this disaster.

Finally someone gets to the crux of the issue here

 

[Cabinet96]

But there is evidence that he hit it. A loud woody sound at the exact moment the ball passed the bottom of the bat.

Yup. There was plenty of evidence that he hit it. In fact, I think he did hit it.

 

[grecian]

Nah, Taylor didn't call for immediately, but he did immediately act befuzzled.

It's hardly damning evidence that he knew he hit it.

His captain was at the other end, he went down to make sure.

In fact, Taylor's behaviour made it pretty obvious that he believed he didn't hit it, not the other way around.

So a professional cricketer, doesn't know to appeal right away when he knows he isn't out, but looks befuddled and needs a talk with his captain, who may have mentioned he was the most important wicket they had, and hey let's appeal.

 

[Athlai]

So a professional cricketer, doesn't know to appeal right away when he knows he isn't out, but looks befuddled and needs a talk with his captain, who may have mentioned he was the most important wicket they had, and hey let's appeal.

Taylor isn't deaf and he'll know that sometimes you don't feel thin edges. But he also knew that he didn't think he hit it.

Surely you can see it from his POV.

 

[grecian]

Haha. Who's swearing? I'm as happy as a clam in butter sauce, I'm sipping away on a Kahlua ****tail as we speak.

Athlai that was swearing, mind you it was a cheap-shot, as I'm one of the sweariest people on this ****ing site.

 

[Cabinet96]

This incident reminds me of Ian Bell at Sydney in the last Ashes. In both incidents I think the batsman hit it, but upon review hotspot showed nothing. There was plenty of criticism then and they reversed the decision. Either way they went today they would have drawn criticism, because they'll always bee two sides of the argument. I personally think they got it right.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Hell, maybe NZ have a "no reviewing with out consulting the non-striker" policy.

I'm just saying that he looked hard done by from the very second he was given not out. And was furious when the decision was upheld.

Anyhoo, it's not like the game wasn't over before that wicket....

 

[Athlai]

Poor stuff there from Franklin.

Game over.

 

[straw man]

good shot Franklin

Short and there to be put away.... somehow spoon back to bowler

 

[hendrix]

This is exactly why Ian Smith's logic fails. Just because you're scoring at 2 an over doesn't mean you won't lose wickets.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

I blame Ed for this disaster.

Haha, indeed.

 

[grecian]

Taylor isn't deaf and he'll know that sometimes you don't feel thin edges. But he also knew that he didn't think he hit it.

Surely you can see it from his POV.

Well if he'd gone for it right away, and I wished to believe every cricketer in a tight situation was correct, I'd go with your opinion, but neither are true. Still you are doing well at deflecting your ****ing awful display here, well done.

 

[Zinzan]

Such a typical Franklin dismissal. Lazy lazy lazy. Spine of a wet-fish.

 

[Athlai]

Good effort to try make it personal mate.

 

[Zinzan]

Poor stuff there from Franklin.

Game over.

You're about 2 hours too late with that call.