4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[Son Of Coco]

Gill plays some wonderful shots. Other times he looks like this:

 

[Spark]

Mind you, on replay, that certainly looks like a shot to me. So maybe the two dubious calls cancel each other out.

 

[Spark]

Wasn’t It umps call on impact anyways?

No shot offered, somehow. Weird decisions all around

 

[Prince EWS]

Wasn’t It umps call on impact anyways?

Was actually outside but he wasn't playing a shot so it didn't matter.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Is smith going to bowl today

Please dear god no

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not convinced that wasn't a shot offered tbh. Looked like he was just done by the turn.

 

[Daemon]

No shot offered, somehow. Weird decisions all around

Haha what, looked like a shot was offered to me

 

[Teja.]

hope Pujara doesn't listen to the losers and haters of the INTENT brigade and bats naturally.

 

[Spark]

Has there ever been any rationale for why they don't?

Not that I'm aware of. Have said it consistently since the beginning of DRS being a thing that umpire's call should start from the outside of the actual stumps, not some line inside them. They changed it for the line calls but not for height for some weird reason.

 

[DriveClub]

Lol why isn't there a leg slip for Lyon, should go all out attack, India is not trying to chase this

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Wasn’t It umps call on impact anyways?

Nah it was Outside Line (No Shot)

 

[Alex0paul]

Surely Paine must get sick of the sound of his own voice

 

[OverratedSanity]

hope Pujara doesn't listen to the losers and haters of the INTENT brigade and bats naturally.

"just play your natural game but only if you natural game isto play lots of attacking shots" is usually how those dumbasses go

 

[DriveClub]

Not that I'm aware of. Have said it consistently since the beginning of DRS being a thing that umpire's call should start from the outside of the actual stumps, not some line inside them. They changed it for the line calls but not for height for some weird reason.

Pretty dumb tbh

 

[Spark]

Paine has to be one of the biggest ball-chasing captains I've ever seen. Never seems ahead of the game field-wise.

 

[Burgey]

Wasn’t It umps call on impact anyways?

He didn't play a shot

 

[DriveClub]

Nah it was Outside Line (No Shot)

Didn't look like a no shot to me even though the umpire considered it so. Just looked like he was beaten for turn

 

[Spark]

Yeah I would describe that as absolutely a shot. We'd be hearing a lot if that had been overturned on the basis of no shot offered. He wasn't hiding his bat behind his bat, he pushed at the ball and simply got beaten in flight.

So, you know, we got to the right decision in an incredibly roundabout way.

 

[vcs]

What's the weather forecast @Spark ? Did the showers blow over overnight?

 

[Spark]

What's the weather forecast @Spark ? Did the showers blow over overnight?

Yeah they stopped around 2am based on the last radar I saw. It certainly looks pretty decent for the rest of today.