***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

[mr_mister]

yeah im over it now. still think aleem took a wild guess

 

[TheJediBrah]

wow so Smith was 2.8m down the crease

does the technology even work optimally at those distances

I haven't really been following what this whole discussion has been about (don't watch the lunch time show), but just watching the replay live I think it's more than fair to say that the Smith lbw was a very questionable decision.

I wouldn't trust the technology at that distance at all. Not saying it was definitively "wrong", but probably should have been given not out.

Not that anyone should complain, the decision was proven to be at least close.

 

[Starfighter]

Oh ffs, had this problem last time here as well.

 

[Dan]

Now for the "you can't be given out from around the wicket when the ball hits above the knee roll" discussion about Marsh's LBW

 

[Starfighter]

What he do yday?

Tried bouncing Rabada out rather than, you know, bowling him out.

 

[StephenZA]

I haven't really been following what this whole discussion has been about (don't watch the lunch time show), but just watching the replay live I think it's more than fair to say that the Smith lbw was a very questionable decision.

I wouldn't trust the technology at that distance at all. Not saying it was definitively "wrong", but probably should have been given not out.

Apparently there was a change to 3m... assuming it came out recently after the testing of the system.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It's umpires call because it's uncertain. Technology has its limits.

Uncertain isn't a reason to call the umpire wrong.

It's why I said he was 'correct enough' in his decision for it to be accepted as the correct decision. It was so tight that even technology couldn't confirm nor deny it, so we decided to stick with the original call because ultimately we have to make a decision one way or another, and without conclusive enough evidence to show the umpire as being wrong, why will be decide that he is wrong.

So ultimately, the umpire wasn't wrong.

So to continue to argue that the umpire was wrong is to argue against the facts that are present to us.

Which is scummy.

Thats all well and good. Buy its absolutely not black and white like you were suggesting.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Steyn has a fracture. Great. Just ****ing great.

 

[Starfighter]

Hope Smith gets about 60-odd next innings just to stop the sort of faff that's dominated the past couple of pages.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

What absolute rubbish *****



By your logic then every bad decision that was given before DRS was invented was the right decision because the law says that the umpires decision is final, therefore it must be the right decision

You are taking this debate to a wrong direction.

Dar gave it out because he thought the ball was hitting the stumps. End of. And Dan cleared about the benefit of the doubt thing.

So what do you expect from Dar that to give it not out even if he thinks its going to hit stumps?

 

[StephenZA]

How the heck did he get a fracture?

 

[OverratedSanity]

How the heck did he get a fracture?

It's the same issue he had before wasn't it? His recent shoulder issues involved a broken bone somehow.

 

[cnerd123]

No Steyn?

Good thing they picked Duminy for his bowling then

 

[Starfighter]

Am I the only person who doesn't give Steyn much time left? He's been injured a lot recently, and this one's pretty serious, and he's 33, which is pretty close to when many quick guys begin to fade.

 

[Black_Warrior]

**** so Steyn is out? And this was his last series in Australia

 

[Stace]

God bless that man

Just rewound it and Ponting didn't say it was a fantastic decision he said it was a magnificent decision, WAG.

 

[Gob]

What he do yday?

Said Khageso's mom was fat

 

[OverratedSanity]

Am I the only person who doesn't give Steyn much time left? He's been injured a lot recently, and this one's pretty serious, and he's 33, which is pretty close to when many quick guys begin to fade.

Yep. Not looking good. Especially when the same injury keeps flaring up repeatedly.

 

[Burgey]

Do I trigger you too?

Just having a lend man.

Too much seriousness in here about the decision when the real issue is starting tomorrow I'm spending a week here, so you can all gagf:

While you lot suffer through a weekend arguing over whether Dar got that decision right, I'll be sitting in that pool like a ****ing beached whale yelling out to the chef telling him what to cook me for breakfast.

It will be a hearty breakfast, full of bacon, eggs, fresh veggies and also fruit. With Bloody Marys to boot. Which is why Seminyak produces so many great players.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Am I the only person who doesn't give Steyn much time left? He's been injured a lot recently, and this one's pretty serious, and he's 33, which is pretty close to when many quick guys begin to fade.

There is a part of me that's saying that but I don't want to hear it