What a good idea!

[DJ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3682441.stm

See-through sight-screens! Brilliant! Hopefully that should put an end to those meatheads who keep walking in front of the screens, holding play up.

 

[Craig]

Personally walking in front of the sight screens when the ball is about to be bowled is a really inconsiderate thing to the cricketers.

People see that the ball is about to be bowled or is in the middle of the over, yet it never occurs to them to wait until the over is complete.

It's simple logic.

I was writing it from a cricketer out in the middle prespective and as a TV spectator.

 

[Linda]

Wait a second, how do those screens stop people walking in front of the screens? They are to create better seating as far as I can tell...
If they appear white to the players, if someone walks in front of them (security guard, photographer ect) its going to have the same effect as the old screens...

 

[DJ]

I guess because people walk in front of the sight-screens so that they don't miss any of the action. Now they can walk behind them and still see everything. Sometimes it's not just people walking in front of them, but actually going and sitting in front of them. Now those idiots can go and sit behind them.

 

[Linda]

So your sightscreens arn't on the fence then?
I dont know about the rest of Australia, but they are at the WACA. No one can sit in front of them.

 

[DJ]

No, not at Newlands, nor at any of the other cricket grounds I've been too. Actually, I don't think I've ever seen a sight-screen on the fence. It makes sense for them to be there for the reasons you said, so I don't know why that is.

 

[Sehwag309]

Tendulkar will be be very happy

 

[Linda]

Waussies are just bloody intelligent is all

 

[DJ]

Tendulkar will be be very happy

Why's that? Does he blame his choking on people walking in front of sight-screens while he's batting?

 

[Sehwag309]

Why's that? Does he blame his choking on people walking in front of sight-screens while he's batting?

Good one
This would be a nice reply to toextracool BTW, no coz he is the who complains abt sightscreens more than anyone

 

[Craig]

I have seen it at Headingly that they have warden's preventing people from walking in front of the sight screen during the overs. They then let people walk in between overs.

Now this is a good idea.

 

[Langeveldt]

Hahaha.. the guys at Somerset are too busy hiring the latest Middlesex 2nd XI star (or aussie captain lol)
Actually i dont think there is any space to put a sightscreen, so they just drape a cloth rather haphazardly over the stand...

 

[chris.hinton]

people who work past sight screen are stupid and dont understand the laws of the game