Final - New Zealand v Australia (29th March)

[Primrose_D12]

I assume it's impossible to have them light up only after the bails have been dislodged. They're not sentient beings or anything. It's to do with the weight of contact on the stumps i think. in this case obviously the ball only rolled onto the base and didnt even activate the light

It's theoretically possible in one of two ways, one of which is destructive:

1) Small wires that allow some give but are thin enough to break if the bails are fully dislodged. Obviously this would only work once and then you'd have to replace the wire.
2) Near-field communication that lit the stumps and bails up if the bails separated from the top of the stumps by, oh, say, 5cm or so (whatever you like). Seems unreliable in the heat of the moment though.

Better video technology is probably more feasible for looking at reviews of close run outs or stumpings, in my opinion.

 

[Zinzan]

Interesting WC SRs were the same in '96 as '03.

 

[jonbrooks]

Nice to see Henry got a wicket. He's bowling well. Pity Milne was picked ahead of him in the first place.

Looks like Oz has shut up shop now and will cruise to the end. Can NZ pick up a few cheap wickets to at least give us some hope?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Time to pull out all the stops and start Mankading.

 

[Cabinet96]

No third man for that slash.

 

[viriya]

 

[Spikey]

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seems like grant learnt a lesson from this

 

[jonbrooks]

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Sums up Oz cricket nicely. It's sad though as Oz is so damn good they don't need to do this. I can understand a weaker team trying to get under the skin of a stronger team. But you just look a pack of assholes when you do that to a lesser team.

 

[Flem274*]

australia are stalling a bit. doesn't really matter but henry would have 2 or 3 here if they were chasing something substantial.

relentless bowling.

 

[BigBrother]

Nicholas is such an annoying commentator. Talks about the same ass stuff all the time and never let's that go.

 

[Flem274*]

clarke wac

 

[Primrose_D12]

Time to pull out all the stops and start Mankading.

How about underarm bowling?

 

[jonbrooks]

Ouch, just wide of gully. Would have been great for the game if it had been taken.

 

[TNT]

With such big bats the bowlers should be able to bowl underarm.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Boo

 

[Spark]

that back foot twitch of clarke's is making me uneasy for some reason

 

[Flem274*]

clarke tayloring hard with that cut slash

 

[Spikey]

Nicholas is such an annoying commentator. Talks about the same ass stuff all the time and never let's that go.

this isnt really the criticism of nicholas that comes to mind tbh

 

[viriya]

Everyone knows ODI is dead cricket. T20 is where it's at.

IPLBoyz

 

[Salamuddin]

I think it's been an okay WC without being an amazing one, but I still think it's been better than probably the last two? I dunno, quite a few decent games in the group stages, entertaining semi finals, final might end up being something of a walkover, might not. Quarter finals were crap.

2007 was the worst WC I've seen and 2011 was sort of similar to this one. I remember a lot more really exciting games in 2003 and 1999.

2011 was a better world cup than this one.

Barring NZL v SA, don't think there has been a memorable game this wc.