***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2012

[BeeGee]

When it comes to catches, I reckon it should be out unless there is conclusive evidence that it isn't.

Benefit of the doubt with the fielder.

AWTA one quadrillion percent.

 

[Blakey]

Well, as long as you have linked your Sky Account it should work.


Maybe just keep on trying. Use different browsers?

I'm watching it right now, so it's just you. It's funny how iSKY is ahead of my TV by about a second.

Strange - have tried it on a couple of different browsers but no luck. Their live chat feature is **** house too. Completely hopeless.

 

[NasserFan207]

Nah, that's bull**** comms.
Who says the benefit of the doubt HAS to go to the batsman?

You hardly ever get enough "evidence" to give a catch when it is reviewed. You think these guys would realise this given there job is to sit there and watch a **** load of cricket.

Call me old-fashioned but I think you can tell purely from the immediate reaction of the fielder for the most part

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Call me old-fashioned but I think you can tell purely from the immediate reaction of the fielder for the most part

Yeah, I agree with this too.

Reminds me of the NcCullum catch against Sri Lanka in the World Cup. Just by the reaction you knew he had caught it. But Mahela stands his ground, and whaddya know theres not enough evidence to give the catch.

 

[Mike5181]

Call me old-fashioned but I think you can tell purely from the immediate reaction of the fielder for the most part

Plus his fingers were under the ball. It's no surprise Richards thought it wasn't out.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Strange - have tried it on a couple of different browsers but no luck. Their live chat feature is **** house too. Completely hopeless.

Is it just the LIVE TV that's not working? Or can't you watch anything on CATCH UP either?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Plus his fingers were under the ball. It's no surprise Richards thought it wasn't out.

Indeed. How the **** does he get his finger clutching the ball with his hand level to the ground if the ball has basically yorked him?

Commentators struggling with physics.

 

[Flametree]

To be fair to Rigger, he's not alone - none of the radio guys think it was a fair catch... I don't have Sky so haven't seen it but they're talking about slo-mo pictures showing grass being disturbed by the ball.

 

[Neil Pickup]

To be fair to Rigger, he's not alone - none of the radio guys think it was a fair catch... I don't have Sky so haven't seen it but they're talking about slo-mo pictures showing grass being disturbed by the ball.

Or disturbed by fingers... Rob Nicol's hand's in the way; it really doesn't help.

I've got no dispute with it being give at all.

 

[Immenso]

To be fair to Rigger, he's not alone - none of the radio guys think it was a fair catch... I don't have Sky so haven't seen it but they're talking about slo-mo pictures showing grass being disturbed by the ball.

The TV I'm watcvhing on is about a 19" CRT, so not crystal clear.

Looks like a catch, the grass being disturbed is by the 3rd slip diving across?

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Or disturbed by fingers... Rob Nicol's hand's in the way; it really doesn't help.

I've got no dispute with it being give at all.

Yeah, this.

Knuckles scrapping the ground, Nicol's hand. It's not like there was only one possibility.

Not enough evidence to say he didn't catch it.

Commentators needing something to talk about.

 

[SteveNZ]

Nah, that's bull**** comms.
Who says the benefit of the doubt HAS to go to the batsman?

You hardly ever get enough "evidence" to give a catch when it is reviewed. You think these guys would realise this given there job is to sit there and watch a **** load of cricket.

Have to agree 100 per with this. An amazing piece of skill and we're looking for ways to disprove it. It ****s me when it happens in league with tries and it ****s me with catches. They dig and dig to try and find fault with it when if it basically looks like a catch, or there's benefit to be given, it's out.

 

[Mike5181]

To be fair to Rigger, he's not alone - none of the radio guys think it was a fair catch... I don't have Sky so haven't seen it but they're talking about slo-mo pictures showing grass being disturbed by the ball.

It was Guptill's fingers under the ball scraping the grass. It wasn't Nicol and it wasn't the ball. It was a clear catch.

 

[Days of Grace]

Cricinfo back up, I think.

EDIT: maybe not.

 

[_Ed_]

Cricinfo back up, I think.

Still not loading for me. I'll stick with blackcaps.co.nz for now.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Peter Younghusband

 

[Days of Grace]

What a name.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

What a name.

Imagine the day he marries someone twice his age.

 

[Blakey]

What do you think it tells you that Southee had to wait 20 overs to be given the ball?

 

[TT Boy]

Three things; I’ve never Kallis look this bad (improved in the past 15 minutes), Trent Boult has bowled proper filth this test match and Ian Smith has really let himself go. South Africa 300 runs away from a defendable total here.