This pitch may be flatter than the previous two, but I'd say it actually offers a bit more to the bowlers, if they can use alternative methods. There's more bounce, even if it is almost all completely true, here than at the other grounds. Thus any sideways movement is that much more effective.
I'm not going to pretend I agree with that decision. That said, it has been done and life goes on. Sarwan's now in the form of his life and has scored some big runs under some big pressure.
Oh I haven't been to the Oval since 2003 iirc, and there's obviously been significant change since then (World Cup considered and all), so I'm afraid I can't say. I'll ask my cousin though, as he plays for Queen's Park in the domestic league.
Yeah holmes, where you been at all this time?
If you are waiting for a lost to speak up then its tooo late.
Oh, he most certainly has - his form (as I've mentioned several times so far this innings) has been splended indeed. Nonetheless, the if which applies to him getting one century also applies to him not getting another.
I know what those words mean, but sadly not in that particular order.
Yes, but if a man who has seen several replays for several minutes says that he's pretty sure it's out, you're going to doubt yourself. It's Harper's fault, not Dar's. Dar made the right decision.
This is West Indies cricket. Always remember that.
Indeed he probably would not have gotten into this rich form if he was given out in the first Test when he probably should have been. That's cricket though. That's life. Not a particularly new "what if" scenario.
Just a tongue-in-cheek comment.
Jesus, looks like this is actually right, with the exception that the question was "did he nick it?"
Doing a terrible job of it, though. Nasser really getting into him. Beautiful.
And there is nothing wrong with that.I know what those words mean, but sadly not in that particular order.
Apart from the fact he kept getting the "overruled" bit wrong, he did indeed. Not for the first time, Hussain doing a very good job of this interview business.
In fairness, as I say, he's got to try to defend his fellow employees. He's not authorised, I expect, to criticise Umpires.
But then consider that Harper, apparently, told him that it "might" hit the stumps. And that's after watching several replays for several minutes. So surely Aleem Dar should have thought there was indeed enough doubt to call not out, albeit for a different reason that he originally though. He had the chance to realize his mistake (thinking that the height was not an issue) and correct it himself without it affecting anyone.
Was on purpose IMO. Good journalism.
