Because the wobble isn't straight and is wobbling in at Ali's foot and back out after nobody has any idea if he was on or behind the line/wobble as drawn on the pitch. If you look at the pictures with the tramlines on he was clearly behind bits of the line and not other over the entirety of the line. He was clearly behind the line as drawn at the start of the match and where it was in his eye line when taking guard.
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***Official*** 1st Test at Brisbane
- Thread starter Spark
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S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
It is iffy I do not deny but it is completely pointless discussing the thing really considering England couldn't get one bloody wicket for the 170 runs they ended up getting regardless. I mean if England had batted superbly and not like idiots we'd be only here talking about a draw.
TNT
Banned
Now that you are drunk are you going to headbutt or punch someone?.
In this match it's made no difference to the result but I'm sure the ICC will do something to make sure it doesn't happen again. The only real impact is on Ali's own test record and over the games he's played hes been on the wrong and right side of iffy decisions so it's not that significant.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Oh well. We competed for the first three days of the Series, which is better than I expected after seeing the tour party.
Spark
Global Moderator
I have absolutely no idea what this post is trying to say.
TNT
Banned
That was calculated to get Ali's wicket.
TNT
Banned
What he was trying to say was there were tramlines in the way and then the guard on the tram got in his way and poked his eye and he couldent see the wobble, I think.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I've started reporting him because it's blatant trolling.
Arachnodouche
International Captain
I've always though creases in Aus are abnormally thick. Isn't there a law to normalize breadth?
TNT
Banned
No law, why, because it makes no difference.
Hennybogan
U19 12th Man
The pitch is warped around the crease so parallax effect can distort the line especially if the camera is off by some margin.
TNT
Banned
I wouldent bother with it mate, some people have seen tramlines from paint and you cant get more solid proof than that (other than Wikipedia of course).
Arachnodouche
International Captain
hmm with broad creases you're shaving millimeters from a batsman's potential extension. It's well and good to say he'd been out there for a while and so should know where to plonk his backfoot, but in any other place in the world, he would have been safe making the exact same sequence of movements.
TNT
Banned
Makes no difference, the distance from the stumps to the crease line is 1.22m regardless of how broad the line is.