***Official*** India in Australia

[duffer]

Anyone who thinks Stevie should be standing at Perth is having a laugh surely?

Shauno bowling at around 150 into the wind. Would love to see the heat he can get with it at his back.

 

[Burgey]

Anyone who thinks Stevie should be standing at Perth is having a laugh surely?

Shauno bowling at around 150 into the wind. Would love to see the heat he can get with it at his back.

He's not the umpire he was, but it sets a hell of a precedent though.

In 2005 we copped some shockers, principally from Bowden, in England. Is it now ok to bitch about an umpire and get him removed from the next test? If it is, they'll need shed loads more umpires than the 8 or so on the panel atm.

 

[Top_Cat]

Geez, what's up with all this good length bowling from Tait? Smell de leather, mon!

 

[Captain Cricket]

Dropped! That Was A Sitter!

 

[duffer]

He's not the umpire he was, but it sets a hell of a precedent though.

In 2005 we copped some shockers, principally from Bowden, in England. Is it now ok to bitch about an umpire and get him removed from the next test? If it is, they'll need shed loads more umpires than the 8 or so on the panel atm.

You must've been away when CW was almost broked with the bickering that went on here? The arguments been done to death now.

To sum up my feelings on the issue, I think the right decision was made but the circumstances in which they had to come to the decision were unsavoury. At the end of the day though the right thing was done.

 

[NZTailender]

Dropped! That Was A Sitter!

It didn't bounce first so it was always going to be a bit more difficult than Clarke would've liked

 

[Burgey]

It didn't bounce first so it was always going to be a bit more difficult than Clarke would've liked

Very good.

 

[duffer]

Heh

 

[Top_Cat]

From Cricinfo;

27.2 Lee to Dravid, no run, oh Clarke's dropped it! Dravid goes fishing way outside off stump, gets a thick outside edge, very late into the shot as the ball comes onto him quickly, but Pup drops it at second slip, squeezing at it as he moves to his left and spills a sitter!

Like I said, Clarke should not be in slips. Get him out of there, put Rogers in. Great ground fielder and has an awesome arm but doesn't seem to be a natural slipper as he shelled a few.

 

[chalky]

Clarke drops a sitter but looked like another no ball from Lee judging by the last replay I saw.

It's inevitable Lee is going to get (or not) more wickets with no balls in this series as he is just so close to the front line each delivery. The question is I suppose will the umpire call it.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Heh

No, mate.

 

[burr]

Did anyone here the radio when Roebuck first came on? I really want to know if he tried to defend himself and if any of the radio comms had the guts to take him to task b/c I bet you most didn’t agree with him.

 

[sideshowtim]

Amazing...I don't think I can recall one innings by Dravid in Tests this tour in which he has not been dropped or dismissed off a no ball...and yet his highest score is 50 something...Really a black mark on him if he can't capitalise and score a big century here.

 

[NZTailender]

Because New Zealand have no bowlers.

I meant NZ didn't have bowlers decent enough to dismiss Sehwag.

I'll admit Vettori and Bond are world-class with Martin not too far behind them. But Mills, Oram, Franklin and Styris? I think not.

Haha,

 

[Burgey]

From Cricinfo;



Like I said, Clarke should not be in slips. Get him out of there, put Rogers in. Great ground fielder and has an awesome arm but doesn't seem to be a natural slipper as he shelled a few.

Does he field there for WA?

 

[Prince EWS]

Does he field there for WA?

He does.

 

[Johnners]

Did anyone here the radio when Roebuck first came on? I really want to know if he tried to defend himself and if any of the radio comms had the guts to take him to task b/c I bet you most didn’t agree with him.

Don't think he's been on yet...

 

[burr]

Anyone hear Richie suggest that Steve Bucknor was eating lunch back in Jamaica, with sacrificial lamb at the top of the menu?

I guess we know how he feels now.

Classic Richie. I loved it. Richie's actually in good form today.

Is this wicket actually that fast? Bit over-hyped I reckon. I'm dissapointed.

 

[burr]

Don't think he's been on yet...

Yeah he has but I didn't hear him at the very start. Oh well

 

[Johnners]

Wait until he's on with O'Keefe, reckon he'll mention it.