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KiWiNiNjA

KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
The problem is that once the umpire calls over, the over is over. Over?

I don't see how it's the fault of technology, it's the fault of the humans using the technology, or not using it in this case.
 
KiWiNiNjA

KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
Straight Drive said:
You will always need humans to use technology until we can get 3PO or R2-D2.
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But with DRS, there is actually procedures in place when it comes to using it.

Technology isn't the problem, it's teaching the fallible humans better and more efficient ways of using it.

With the counting of the balls, it is a simple thing that the umpires should be able to handle themselves. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. There are many other more frequently occurring problems and situations that will be more of a focus than the counting of the balls in an over.

At the end of the day, the umpires ****ed up. Period. Technology has nothing to do with it. Nada.

There's one guy out in the middle who is responsible for counting to 6. He miscounts, and there is a 5 ball over. I'm sure his fellow umpire would be thinking "hey was that a 5 ball over? Nah, I must have miscounted" Same goes for all the other officials, and by the time the scorers have consulted and realised that it isn't their mistake but the umpires, then it's too late and the next over has already started.

It's not common enough for everybody to be up with the play. Yeah, the scorers should have a direct line to the umpires, of course they should. The whole using hand signals to alert the scorers is so out-dated, I can understand keeping it as a tradition but surely they can open up two-way communication between scorer and umpire to boot.

But at the end of the day, umpires should be able to count to 6.
 
benchmark00

benchmark00

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Need some **** to answer me here:

If India make it to the final, with g00tam g00mhir in g00d form, what happens with him Tendulkar and Sehwag?

Does g00tam or Tendulkar drop down to three? If so, what about Kohli?
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

International Coach
benchmark00 said:
Need some **** to answer me here:

If India make it to the final, with g00tam g00mhir in g00d form, what happens with him Tendulkar and Sehwag?

Does g00tam or Tendulkar drop down to three? If so, what about Kohli?
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One of them would be injured come the first final.
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Just drop Sehwag like they did back in 2007/08 when they won the finals series 2-0.

Had the balls to do it then, should do it now.

If Sehwag is scoring well, then drop Rohit I guess. He's not delivering despite his awesomeness.
 
ganeshran

ganeshran

International Debutant
Trolling the Indian team - Indian Cricket Fans :laugh:

Even the most patient of saints have to get angry sometimes. Vishwamitra had it easy, he only had Menaka to contend with. Now if only he had seen the Indian team's performance down under, the world as we know it, might have changed. Also, its more fun to go to the dark side. So here's my feeling about the Indian cricket team, who otherwise, are great blokes (yeah, right!)



Trolling the Indian team


Sehwag- Dude is so bad that coaching manuals use his shots as examples to teach children what not to do. The reason Boycott's mom-in-law gave up cricket was that she saw Sehwag opening overseas for an international team. The members of the Indian paraplegic team for the Special Olympics have better foot-work than Virender Sehwag. Instead of hair transplant, should have gone for a brain transplant. Afridi's brain is still awaiting donors



Gambhir-With one eye on the captaincy and the other on Ponting at slips, is it a wonder that the bloke is playing as he is? Gambhir should let Aussies fire their fielding coach and sign a contract with them. He provides them with much more catching practice than the fielding coach ever did. Plus the dude has a mouth which never stops.



Dravid-I have seen nameless, paint-less walls visibly cringe when Dravid is compared to them. 100 year old haunted mansions walls are made of stronger stuff than him. If Dravid was an actual wall, insurance companies would pay premiums to the people owning him. The gap between his bat and pad is so perfect that doctors use it as the dilation standard for a woman's ****** while delivering healthy babies. ICC is also reconsidering changing 'bowled' (b) to 'Doing a Dravid' (dd). Oil sellers are using footages of Dravid in slips to promote the effectiveness of their product. The song 'Chikani-Chameli' was a tribute to Dravid's slippery palms



Sachin-Sachin's quest for his 100 is more elusive than the quest for the Holy Grail or the fountain of youth. Things likely to happen before his next ton;
Aliens visit Mumbai with placards calling for Sachin's retirement.
Rakhi Sawant wins the Nobel Prize for Physics
An honest Indian politician serves 2 days in office
Petrol prices come below Rs 50
Advani completes his 100th rath yatra
Raj Thackery marries a bride from UP


Sachin is like the proverbial bad penny which is useless yet is not thrown away because of sentimental value. He is as useful as Mahatma Gandhi's portrait in a government office. Grandparents get nostalgic when they recall the happy times in their youth when they thought Sachin was going to retire. Watching him play is like stepping into a time machine which got stuck at a useless point in time for 100 years. Government of India is mulling about declaring Sachin's 100th ton a national asset. Something having lots of sentimental value but ultimately useless. Bharat Ratna is being used as a bribe to entice Sachin to retire



VVS Laxman-Laxman's entire tally of runs in the last years is less than syllables in his name. His magic wrists have become rustier than a nail stuck in a mermaid's head. He is so late on his shots that the next batsman is also declared out when he plays a forward defensive and gets bowled. Very, very slow Laxman is a poster boy for retirement homes and used as an example of what happens to you and your close oneswhen you don't have a decent retirement plan


Kohli-You can take a boy out of Delhi but you cannot take the gaalis out of him. Kohli's of the opinion that abuses to a batsman is like the battle cries in karate. He knows the in and out of every incestuous relationship of his and the oppositions players with their families. He is generous enough to include the crowd in his shower of blessing. On the odd occasion that he does score a few runs, he thanks the maker with more abuses. His next plan is to publish a coaching manual with which abuse goes with which shot in cricket. People calling Bradman an all-time great never tested his ability to play and abuse at the same time



MS Dhoni-At a young age Dhoni achieved his ambition of being in every ad ever made for TV. He also plays cricket sometimes out of the generosity of his heart. Dhoni is an expert of deciding the least threatening position in the batting lineup which gives the maximum glory. His technique is studied extensively by those generals whose troops all sacrifice and get bravery awards posthumously, while he gets promotions after promotions. Dhoni also wishes that he could get a time machine and go back and abolish test matches forever. Dhoni's astrologer warned him about stepping out of the country at a very young age. 'The soil of the mother-land', said the astrologer, 'Will bring you great success. While the soil away is the root of all evil' The BCCI can only hope to pry the captaincy out of his cold-dead fingers



Zaheer Khan-A medical marvel who is able to play international cricket despite being entirely made of China, and who, after each match, is wrapped in cotton wool and kept in a clean and dry environment, behind three layers of weather-proof glass. Zaheer injures his tendons while straining on the loo. People are strictly forbidden to give him an encouraging pat for fear of breaking his back. Zaheer is often seen encouraging young fast bowlers even at the risk of injuring his shoulder muscles while gesturing.



Ishant Sharma-Lambi race ka ghoda. That phrase is used to describe not Ishant's career, but his face. The former is usually compared to the Dodo bird. Many firms are offering insurance on the outer edge of the cricket pitches when Ishant bowls. His bowling style can be perfectly described if we picture Romesh Powar on the pitch. Short and wide. One can only conclude that the Indian team are under considerable pressure from under-world dons to continuously include him in the team

Rohit Sharma-BCCI knew that even summers in Australia would be cold and so they brought in Rohit Sharma to warm the cold benches. With his generous back-side, he was able to do the work of three while also providing tutoring and learning from Kohli about abuses. Both often practised the abuses on one another
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biased indian

biased indian

International Coach
this is what he said dont think he was blaming DRS for 5 ball over..just mentioning he is happy with human error..that what i got from it :)

As an afterthought, Dhoni took a dig at DRS. "If this can happen then I don't know why people back DRS so much," Dhoni said. "We have seen people happy with DRS in one series as long as it goes in their favour. Once it doesn't go in their favour, they are quite unhappy about it so. I am quite happy with three individuals. If I am not wrong, two umpires in the middle and the match referee and the scorer [are there], and it has still happened. Better off accepting it because we humans are bound to make mistakes."
 
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