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  1. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Thanks. The [code] tabs don't work on my mobile, so it's a pain to check it unless I go fire up the desktop.
  2. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Who is up? [/lazy]
  3. Matt79

    India: Deserved of No. 1?

    Do I always miss the point? Jesus wept. You don't question the validity of the system but question that India is number one under that system? Has someone been fiddling the books in PwC? You're arguing that they don't deserve to be number one because they don't satisfy a criteria that is...
  4. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Is there some other pool of equally proficient umpires willing to do the job outside the current panel? No? Then maybe we should give a **** about the welfare of the current crop.
  5. Matt79

    India: Deserved of No. 1?

    That's a pretty dumb argument. Number one team means you're better than all the other teams at any given time, not that you meet some empirical stNdard. If you wanted to debate whether it's a "great team", that argument would be relevant.
  6. Matt79

    India: Deserved of No. 1?

    I likes your old avatar better.
  7. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Not if it drives otherwise good umpires away.
  8. Matt79

    India: Deserved of No. 1?

    Really? Is there as clearly a "best" team at the moment as has been the case in other periods? No. Does India have the highest current ratings accordig to the agreed system? Yes. Are there other teams with a demonstrably better claim to the number 1 slot? No. Rating deserved. [/thread]
  9. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    aS it stands, the system certainly doesn't eliminate wrong decisions. Bollinger had an lbw turned down today that was out (precipitating a dickhead display from the twit) but couldn't refer the decision because the two referrals had already been used up.
  10. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    This is probably close to my objection. The umpires, whether we like to admit it, perform a difficult job where one of the key requirements is the confidence to make a decision. Such confidence can easily be damaged. That confidence has been increasingly put under pressure by improved technology...
  11. Matt79

    India: Deserved of No. 1?

    When did CW CC devolve into such a bunch of precious, prissy fanboys? :(
  12. Matt79

    Selct ONE spinner: Best of 00s

    Paneser, given the time frame.
  13. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    nah. SS encourages equal opportunity boorish behaviour from all teams. Unless it involves tests in Sydney between Oz and India.
  14. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Damien Fleming genuine swing bowler with an outstanding record in the subcontinent as well as home. Unlucky not to play more than 20 tests. Strauss, Vaughan, Younis, Flower, Flintoff, Streak, Fleming, MacGill
  15. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Furbie up btw
  16. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Should add i'm not necessairily endorsing Benson's action, but umpires feeling undermined or humiliated is a fairly predictable issue, and performance suffering as their confidence is affected is equally predictable. There's already issues in attracting and retaining umpires. All this for a...
  17. Matt79

    Questions surrounding the Refferal System

    Yeah, both are being used.
  18. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Nup. A decision of his was upheld, after which he got sledges by Bollonger and Ponting, and then another decision was over ruled but the considered opinion of everyone EXCEPT Asad Rauf was that his original decisin had been correct, or at least that there wasn't grounds to overrule it.
  19. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Should be fixed now.
  20. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvwi09/content/current/story/438322.html was against it before they brought it in, and on what we've seen so far, it's definitely a step for the worse for cricket. One less umpire on the elite panel and again the ICC utterly shaft their own on field proxies.

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