***Official*** Sri Lanka in England and Ireland 2014

[Spark]

Always a cringeworthy way to get out, caught at short fine leg

 

[viriya]

That was a decent enough review.. It was Bell and it was close enough to be umpire's call.. I've seen much worse reviews.

Bell isn't a problem anymore though..

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Always a cringeworthy way to get out, caught at short fine leg

Even worse when it buckets down straight away.

 

[91Jmay]

It was a ****e review, no chance that was hitting leg on a full red. Everyone knows Umpire's call gives them a fair margin.

Awful way to get out, should have been a boundary. Not sure this D/L thing Nasser is talking about will have much of an effect.

 

[viriya]

It was a ****e review, no chance that was hitting leg on a full red. Everyone knows Umpire's call gives them a fair margin.

Awful way to get out, should have been a boundary. Not sure this D/L thing Nasser is talking about will have much of an effect.

If the umpire had given him out and Eng had reviewed it would've stayed out, so I fail to see how the review was completely off.

 

[Spark]

Jesus, that's a hell of a storm. Looks as if it's midnight outside the studio.

 

[Spark]

If the umpire had given him out and Eng had reviewed it would've stayed out, so I fail to see how the review was completely off.

This is a strange way of looking at it to say the least. The decision was a dumb one because they should have known that it clearly wouldn't be hitting enough of the stumps, this stuff about 'oh well there've been worse reviews' is pretty irrelevant

 

[Maximas]

If the umpire had given him out and Eng had reviewed it would've stayed out, so I fail to see how the review was completely off.

Yeah, the fact is that it wasn't given out, and it was pretty clear to the naked eye live that the decision wouldn't be overturned, when you only have one review in ODIs it's a bit silly to be gambling them away like that

 

[91Jmay]

If the umpire had given him out and Eng had reviewed it would've stayed out, so I fail to see how the review was completely off.

Because it was never, ever going to be hitting the stumps enough to be a red.

 

[Howe_zat]

Our new ODI kit appears to look exactly like Scotland's kit. Can't we at least pretend to be someone good?

 

[viriya]

Because it was never, ever going to be hitting the stumps enough to be a red.

Ok, maybe I didn't see it well enough on my small screen on the web, because it looked close enough to review for me. The commentators also seemed to think it was a fair review considering it was Bell as well.

 

[91Jmay]

Unless Ian Bell bats infront of bigger stumps, I don't see how that's relevant.

Interesting to see how many overs we lose.

 

[viriya]

Unless Ian Bell bats infront of bigger stumps, I don't see how that's relevant.

Interesting to see how many overs we lose.

It's relevant because he was a well set batsman and probably Eng's best after Cook.

 

[viriya]

Watching the Eng vs SL WT20I match replay makes Hales being ignored for ODIs seem like a completely nonsensical decision.

 

[Maximas]

lol, some guy on cricinfo reckons it should be a rule that play gets underway no longer than 45 mins after the rain stops

 

[Maximas]

still a 39 over game, I might not end up getting any sleep at all tonight

 

[YorksLanka]

perfect for me as i just got in from work and done now so can chill out and watch some cricket..better not be like this on sunday and wednesday or i am gonna be

 

[viriya]

You have to favor SL now to take this game...

 

[Maximas]

good win for Sachi, was gonna be a challenge bowling to Morgan in these conditions

 

[grecian]

Groundhog day, Bell getting a start not going on, clueless against the spinners, we'll be about 60 short.