3rd Test (Lord’s) - 10 July to 14 July

[Calm_profit]

Root following footsteps of Brook

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Smith's really the game here.

 

[Johan]

Not a good one from Root but might prove very valuable.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Root following footsteps of Brook

Nah, sweep was on and Root's a master at it. Gotta give WS some credit.

 

[slowfinger]

so they do the hard work of playing out Bumrah, Siraj and Jadeja and then lose their heads to the trundlers

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Hope they continue with spin to Smith. I'm not fully convinced he can play defense with soft hands against the turning ball.

 

[centurymaker]

Umpires call is a scam and should be removed from the game. Dumbest rule.

The margin - "50% of the ball has to be hitting" needs to be reduced to 25% of the ball.

Technology has improved so much that they need to decrease these margins.

 

[Daemon]

Games would end real quick tbf. Turns out a lot more balls are hitting the stumps than we realized before DRS.

LBW is also just a lesser dismissal in general, so I'd sooner just have those not out than always given

Agree. If it’s clipping leg, not out.

Listen to yourselves. Terrible arguments.

 

[Ju7]

Smith's really the game here.

I like the way Smith plays.Simple and classical technique without too many moving parts.Clean striking and a solid defence.

 

[slowfinger]

why can't Bashir bowl like Sundar

 

[Calm_profit]

Nah, sweep was on and Root's a master at it. Gotta give WS some credit.

I was just joking

 

[Spark]

Listen to yourselves. Terrible arguments.

Nah. LBW has become too prominent as it is; the LBW law has been adjusted in the past to ensure it remains in good balance with the rest of the game, there's no reason it can't be adjusted again to prevent it being even more prominent. It simply isn't healthy for the game to have a large proportion of dismissals based on what is ultimately a hypothetical.

This isn't exactly an opinion I've just come up with either, I've been banging this drum for ages. The idea that you can get given because the ball might have clipped the top 1mm corner of leg stump is frankly ****.

 

[Ju7]

The umpires should tell Siraj and Jadeja to stop running down the pitch.

 

[ImpatientLime]

I like the way Smith plays.Simple and classical technique without too many moving parts.Clean striking and a solid defence.

Disgusting amount of bottom hand tho makes him way less attractive

 

[cnerd123]

The margin - "50% of the ball has to be hitting" needs to be reduced to 25% of the ball.

Technology has improved so much that they need me to decrease these margins.

You can't just arbitrarily reduce the margins wtf. The makers of Hawkeye are the ones who said the error margins are half a ball. It's possible the tech is more accurate now, but that would have to come from Hawkeye themselves, backed with some evidence to support it

 

[honestbharani]

Listen to yourselves. Terrible arguments.

Nah, I kinda see their point. The odd one like today's should not take away from the fact that the umpire's call is based on the margin of error with the projections.

Umpire's call on impact can gagf though.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

The umpires should tell Siraj and Jadeja to stop running down the pitch.

Eng would hope the umpires don't.

 

[BigBeefy]

India got England where they want them here, given Englands lack of real potent spin 250-300 should be chaseable?

 

[honestbharani]

The umpires should tell Siraj and Jadeja to stop running down the pitch.

We are gonna bat last. Aren't they creating an issue for themselves?

 

[Johan]

India got England where they want them here, given Englands lack of real potent spin 250-300 should be chaseable?

4 of the wickets have come from pacers