***Official*** England in West Indies 2015

[Spark]

That's out. That's clearer than most isn't it? Why are the comms so sure it hit the ground?

yeah i thought that bounced off the fingers the moment i saw the zoomed-in

 

[Spark]

it bounced ya goon

off his fingers

 

[Antihippy]

Frame-skips and foreshortening makes that really tough to tell honestly. Too much doubt.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good start then.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Why are they bowling samuels before their specialist spinner though?

Not even MS Dhoni would do that.

i remember Dhoni did it a lot with Raina and Mishra v England in 2011, probably for the same reasons.

Lord's 2011. Ishant bowled a freak spell to reduce England to 60 odd for 5 at lunch and brought India back into the match. MS comes out after lunch and at this crucial juncture, tosses the ball to his premier strike bowler: Suresh Raina

 

[Spark]

Frame-skips and foreshortening makes that really tough to tell honestly. Too much doubt.

yeah maybe, but i thought i saw it bounce pretty clearly off his fingers. idk

 

[Howe_zat]

Have they actually done the clinical testing to see if Joe Root cures cancer?

just saying, don't rule it out

 

[LegionOfBrad]

This just illustrates how much they will be rigging the pitches this summer for the Aussies. They'll be slooooooowwwwwwww.

 

[Antihippy]

yeah maybe, but i thought i saw it bounce pretty clearly off his fingers. idk

Like I said though, they could have skipped the frames where it shows the ball touching the ground.

I wonder what cameras they use for that. Do they just use the regular TV cameras which probably can't do ultra slo-mo? Could probably invest in some really fast cameras that can shoot up to 10,000 fps for those decisions.

 

[Spark]

This just illustrates how much they will be rigging the pitches this summer for the Aussies. They'll be slooooooowwwwwwww.

your loss long-term if you do

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Like I said though, they could have skipped the frames where it shows the ball touching the ground.

I wonder what cameras they use for that. Do they just use the regular TV cameras which probably can't do ultra slo-mo? Could probably invest in some really fast cameras that can shoot up to 10,000 fps for those decisions.

They use the regular cameras. Would be an expensive job to do the hi frame rate cameras as with the speed the nicks go you'd need them trained on the fielders at all times.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

your loss long-term if you do

Am not suggesting its the right thing to do. Just that it's probably what the will do.

The 2013 pitches were sluggish as well. Wouldn't have mattered either way then though as Aus couldn't bat.

 

[Antihippy]

They use the regular cameras. Would be an expensive job to do the hi frame rate cameras as with the speed the nicks go you'd need them trained on the fielders at all times.

Yeah, thinking about it now the logistics for it would be a nightmare. Though getting ultra slow-mo cricket moments would be pretty badass.

 

[Furball]

True. It's weird because it's not like he'd never played short fast bowling in his life before that tour. Reckon this weakness of his has a lot to do with his head.

He was pretty piss in South Africa in 2009. His success in Australia in 2010 was based largely on how Australia bowled at him - I assume prior to the series the Australian plan was to test him out against leg stump half volleys.

 

[Cabinet96]

What has happened to Cook's cut, jesus christ.

 

[Cabinet96]

Er...

 

[wpdavid]

Well that's 3 complete freebies out of 4.

And Moeen isn't looking like staying long either.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That felt weird. Had resigned myself to the fact that Root would get a big score.

 

[Niall]

Not watching to much due to the snooker, but is Gabriel injured?

 

[Spark]

odd so far. can't quite explain how wi have managed to take four wickets...