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***Official*** Australia in South Africa

Viscount Tom

Viscount Tom

International Debutant
Are you Australia in disguise?...oh wait...

I thought well done to the Aussies after they bowled the Saffers down to I think 77-9 or something at one point then the battery on my phone died and by the time I got home the Aussies were 3 down for nothing.

Ponting should alter his game a bit namely no more referring pointlessly and trying to hit a ball before hits hit hos pads.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Shri said:
Pretty difficult for the players to decide if a decision is marginal or not in the heat of the moment I guess. For example a bowler is the only guy in the bowling team who has a clear, straight view of the stumps in a lbw appeal. Easy to miss fractional things in the follow through. A marginal call might feel plumb to them.
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Clearly, judging by the way bowlers tend to appeal for anything they feel most things are out.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
pup11 said:
The game isn't played to satisfy an umpire's ego therefore the emphasis should be on getting the right decisions made and only way that can be done is by letting the 3rd umpire call the shots during a DRS referral.
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Thats a possible approach but the amount of resistance to that is tremendous. In fact the major resistance to the DRS system is the reduction in the powers of the umpires. I think a lot of that sentiment is misplaced. What we have today is a very good system considering where we are with technology. We cant say we are getting all decisions right but a lot of wrong decisions are being corrected. Those that are not are not making the situation worse than it would have been without the DRS.

What needs to be done is to work on the technology and make it as close to being fool proof as possible PLUS make it mandatory for individual boards to comply. Of course when a board thinks it has amandate to run world cricket, it becomes a bit difficult I guess :)
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
marc71178 said:
Clearly, judging by the way bowlers tend to appeal for anything they feel most things are out.
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That's why I think there should be a uniformity when it comes to DRS decisions, an on-field umpire shouldn't have the right to let his prespective influence correct implementation of technology, you shouldn't have instances where different decisions for similar appeals are being given by the on-field umpires because it makes both the implication of DRS and umpiring decisions pretty inconsistent.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
pup11 said:
That's why I think there should be a uniformity when it comes to DRS decisions, an on-field umpire shouldn't have the right to let his prespective influence correct implementation of technology, you shouldn't have instances where different decisions for similar appeals are being given by the on-field umpires because it makes both the implication of DRS and umpiring decisions pretty inconsistent.
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I dont think its a case of different decisions.

The decision has been made, for example, to consider half a ball or more to be the criteria to over turn an element of the on field umpire's decision. A quarter of a ball hitting the stumps is not. This is not to reduce the power of the third umpire but to accept that there is an element of error-margin still in the technology. The half ball or more is to try and mitigate that error margin. It does not mean the third umpire disagrees with on field umpire.
 
Woodster

Woodster

International Captain
I find it impossible to sum up today's play. Movement in the pitch, good bowling and poor batting have all played their part, probably in equal measures, which is why we had such a ridiculous number of wickets fall.

Then South Africa put together a solid looking partnership (barring Amla's loose shot last ball) towards the end of the day's play just to really confuse matters. Both Smith and Amla looked in good touch, and while it's dangerous to predict anything happening in this game, SA have somehow got themselves into the favourites chair imo, which is crazy when you think they were bowled out today for 96!

Vern Philander bowled superbly today, a pitch that seems made for his style of bowling, and Shane Watson too, was the first one to really turn this game on its head with his spell of 5-17. Ryan Harris is a solid bowler and he got rewards today aswell, as did every bowler that deserved them through consistency in areas and keeping the seam upright to extract movement from this willing pitch.

Throw in dropped chances, DRS referrals, overturned decisions, potential pitch complaints, injured players, just avoided follow-ons, and crickey, you've got an half decent day of Test cricket.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

123/5
Went to bed. Woke up this morning. checked the score.

Just, what the ****?:lol: what on earth is going on? Are these bowlers on crack in this game?
 
M

miscer

U19 Cricketer
Went to sleep and woke up to ridiculousness. At this point it's saf's game. But if aus win then Michael Clark's innings will go down as the top 10 in test match history. I mean... Holy living ****.
 
Zinzan

Zinzan

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pup11 said:
That's why I think there should be a uniformity when it comes to DRS decisions, an on-field umpire shouldn't have the right to let his prespective influence correct implementation of technology, you shouldn't have instances where different decisions for similar appeals are being given by the on-field umpires because it makes both the implication of DRS and umpiring decisions pretty inconsistent.
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I actually agree with that now. I know some will ask the question as to why bother with on-field umpires at all if this is the case, but it's the only way to get real consistency & that's ultimately what players & fans want. Whether that means it's half a ball hitting in line on hawkeye or the whole ball doesn't really bother me as long as there's consistency & players are told about the guidelines in advance.

As an aside, what an incredible days cricket that must have been, quite a freakish scoreboard to wake up to with Aust so close to stealing that famous record of 26 from NZ.
 
morgieb

morgieb

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Haha jeez!

Bowl them out for under 100, then get bowled out for under 50! Bloody hell!

Is the pitch doing a lot?
 
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