Expressway76
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Broad won't have bowled much better for no reward. Been good today.
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*Official* Third Test at Old Trafford
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Cabinet96
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Prince EWS
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The reason for this is the fact that very few HawkEye decisions come down to whether or not the ball would hit off or not. If only 45% of the ball is hitting off then it'll more than likely not be hitting in line, and when the batsman doesn't play a shot and the impact is irrelevant, the umpire's call is very, very often 'out' anyway. The margin set for off stump is the same as leg stump but it never becomes an issue.
Swingpanzee
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Oughn't a team to get at least 3 reviews in a test per innings?
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You'd think left-armers would have a few tight ones, or off-spinners going around the wicket. I suppose there aren't that many left-armers around these days though.
Ruckus
International Captain
never get tired of seeing Copeland send down some missiles
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I have no words.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Just on the losing a review to umpire's call thing, I feel like the margins for ump's call are so generous that you'd just get almost every vaguely close LBW decision reviewed, which they obviously want to avoid. Just off the top of my head it feels like the clear majority of referred LBW decisions are umpire's call somewhere along the line, clipping a stump or pitching on the edge of the line of off stump or whatever. We'd get a lot more reviews if they changed that. On the plus side, you'd get less strategising about effective use of reviews since you could just go look at anything close, but it's debatable if that would be a good thing from the ICC standpoint.
It's definitely an issue though.
It's definitely an issue though.
Prince EWS
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Yeah, now that Australia are 2-0 down they'll be competitive for the rest of the series, and lose 3-1. Exactly what they needed.
wpdavid
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There was certainly a massive over-reaction to it by most sections of the media. We saw at Trent Bridge that the sides are closely matched, which was obvious to anyone who'd seen England play anyway. Most sides can be dire once in a while, so writing off Aus after Lord's was like judging the 2010/11 England side on how they went at Perth.
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Cabinet96
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Interesting to hear the commies talk about how well Clarke has been leaving the ball. I was talking to my old man earlier and was telling him Clarke was someone who liked to go at the ball quite a lot. Has clearly managed to refrain from that to an extent today, and he's got runs possibly as a result.