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

[NUFAN]

Spark I did too. Doolan did well first bat if I'm remembering correctly.. Everything is a blur though these days though.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Lol Amla throws like he catches

 

[Blocky]

Alright, here comes the sauce...

Can Khawaja resist another set... he's been immense here, single handedly created the conditions for Smith and Handscomb to flourish in.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Phew. Would be a bit rough to be given out for that tiny brush on the pad.

That's a bit of a blind spot to the rules maybe IMO. Lbw is there because the ball would hit the stumps if the pad wasn't there, to stop you from just playing with the pad.

In a situation like that where you're middling it anyway seems very harsh for that to be out lbw, which it technically would be were the ball hitting the stumps.

One to think about

Spark I did too. Doolan did well first bat if I'm remembering correctly.. Everything is a blur though these days though.

Do you get that where the first 3-4 years you watched cricket you remember everything incredibly clearly, year-by-year, then it all just blurs into one?

If that's what you're talking about I get it too.

 

[vic_orthdox]

That's a bit of a blind spot to the rules maybe IMO. Lbw is there because the ball would hit the stumps if the pad wasn't there, to stop you from just playing with the pad.

In a situation like that where you're middling it anyway seems very harsh for that to be out lbw, which it technically would be were the ball hitting the stumps.

One to think about

By that logic you could have your bat tucked behind your pad for every ball.

"If it didn't hit my pad, it would've hit the middle of my bat."

 

[adub]

Quiney's 9?

Surely that was better than decent.

 

[Blocky]

Balls not doing much,.

 

[Furball]

That's a bit of a blind spot to the rules maybe IMO. Lbw is there because the ball would hit the stumps if the pad wasn't there, to stop you from just playing with the pad.

In a situation like that where you're middling it anyway seems very harsh for that to be out lbw, which it technically would be were the ball hitting the stumps.

One to think about



Do you get that where the first 3-4 years you watched cricket you remember everything incredibly clearly, year-by-year, then it all just blurs into one?

If that's what you're talking about I get it too.

How do you offociate that? Would make the lbw law far too subjective IMO.

 

[Dan]

What's the deal with that bridge? Looks half finished on atial view.

There's a bit of it that hangs out as a bit of a viewing platform I think, so maybe that was it?

 

[Daemon]

Philander's got not much left in the tank atm. Not good signs with a new ball and 20 overs to go.

 

[TheJediBrah]

How do you offociate that? Would make the lbw law far too subjective IMO.

Absolutely. Definitely not saying it should be changed outright, but it's interesting to think about being out lbw in that situation, and how counter to the point of the lbw law it is.

 

[Spark]

Philander's got not much left in the tank atm. Not good signs with a new ball and 20 overs to go.

Abbott's pace is well down too.

 

[TheJediBrah]

NOT OUT by a foot


edit: brilliant diving technique

 

[Spark]

Thought his bat bounced tbh

 

[Blocky]

Tired South Africa, remember that Philander and Rabada both had to pick up the slack in the absence of Steyn, and Abbott bowled his heart out earlier in the set... not looking good at this point for them.

 

[StephenZA]

What Warner could not do.....

 

[Furball]

Thought his bat bounced tbh

IIRC that doesn't matter any more as long as you've managed to intially ground the bat.

 

[Daemon]

That replay took about a minute longer than needed.

 

[TheJediBrah]

This has been such an impressive innings from Handscomb. Got to 41 so quickly and you hardly even noticed him scoring those runs.


Gives weight to my call pre-series of just sending the Victorian Shield side out to represent Aus.

 

[adub]

Do you get that where the first 3-4 years you watched cricket you remember everything incredibly clearly, year-by-year, then it all just blurs into one?

If that's what you're talking about I get it too.

Loved Kepler's fielding as short leg during WSC