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**Official** Pakistan v New Zealand in the UAE 2014

Blocky

Blocky

Banned
hendrix said:
Yeah Baz' technical deficiency to that straight ball is becoming more and more pronounced. Not sure if it's his back or his technique has just deteriorated.
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It was hardly straight - it pitched outside off and was striking middle and leg. Late swing and one of the few balls to show any swing.
 
Blocky

Blocky

Banned
Baz you silly bastard.. you get them to put the boundary rider back so you can get easy singles and you decide to give catching practice.

Absolutely horrible way to get yourself out.
 
Blocky

Blocky

Banned
You look at the difference in batting between Misbah, who would've ground us down into the ground after getting himself in and McCullum.
 
the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
Howe_zat said:
My beef with it isn't that an 'umpire's call' outcome exists, it's that the only time they think to employ it is when it's both close and out. If it were really due to inaccuracy then 'umpire's call' would also be for when the ball is narrowly missing the stumps. As it is, the job it does is to keep alive the maxim of 'give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman', which isn't and never has been part of the rules.
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If its missing its missing. You can't really parlay that into saying gee it may have hit. So the benefit of the doubt will always naturally favour the batsmen whether the ball is just missing or just hitting. Bcos of that gray area of doubt. LBW wasn't envisaged to be a method of out in cricket. Its an artifice to keep batsmen playing with their bats instead of pads. So I'm ok with the benefit staying with the batsmen (even if its a convention rather than codified) as we can all see that its been a decision based on subjective opinion albeit governed by guidelines.
 
B

Blakey

State Vice-Captain
Awesome. I finish my dinner and the wife goes to bed.

Reckon I can enjoy 30 mins uninterrupted cricket by myself. Then B Mac does that.

Perfect
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
Listening to Iain O'Brien's interview on cricinfo - he's usually reasonably well-informed, but I hate that he's calling Latham a "limited" batsman simply because he adopts a classical strike rate.

a) watch him bat and it's clear he has shots all around the wicket
b) look at his limited overs innings.
 
Immenso

Immenso

International Vice-Captain
Baz batting like Colombo 2012 (circa Baz 2012 not circa Kane & Ross).

Atrocious. Heaping pressure on his team.
 
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