silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
You could have 50 umpires on the elite panel, and it may improve the situation a little bit. It's not a solution though.
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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series 2007-08
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pup11
International Coach
Yeah i am all for the use of technology, but having more umpire on the panel won't hurt either.
adharcric
International Coach
Yeah, it's certainly not the solution and I'm certainly in favor of technology as well. However, one does wonder how this crop of umpires (apart from Taufel and one or two others) is supposed to be the "elite" in international cricket. Either they're burdened with too much - in the sense of packed schedules as well as simultaneously looking for the front-foot no ball and possibly the lbw appeal - or they're simply not the "elite", because umpiring at a high standard should not be as difficult as you'd think looking at a few of these guys. Overall, umpiring in cricket is pretty poor compared to what you see in football and basketball for example, and those sports are more difficult to referee. Maintaining a high standard of human umpiring is just as important as complementing that with the appropriate technological tools.
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dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Carn Hads.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Why thank you.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Now India's Minister for Science and Technology is in the commentary box. He's tried his hand at commentary, and although he sounds a little sleepy, he's quite good at it. A pity Harsha didn't let him talk too much, as he's a welcome edition to our commentary box, and always talks sense when not talking politics.
Harsha: "You're lucky for India, they're playing so well when you came in"
Kapil Sibal: "Well, I have better luck with the weather aspect as I take care of the weather in India"
Harsha: "You're lucky for India, they're playing so well when you came in"
Kapil Sibal: "Well, I have better luck with the weather aspect as I take care of the weather in India"
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
Indiaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You guys are GUN TO THE MAX AND YOU ROCK MY SOX!!!!
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nah, good cricket from India.
pup11
International Coach
The decision to pick Haddin and Clark was dire, more than anything else, the hasn't played much cricket off-late and he replaced a guy like Hopes who was adding good depth and variety to the side with both bat and ball, tinkering with a winning combination was unnecessary especially considering the conditions at the G ain't hugely different fron the SCG, though today's pitch seems to be tad quicker from the one we had during the T20 game.
pup11
International Coach
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Hopes is injured apparently. Once Hopes was out, they decided they didn't want 20 overs of spin and that they didn't quite trust Hogg at #7, so we ended up with the side we have. Not really an awful decision, even though I would have preferred Noffke to come straight in for Hopes instead.