the big bambino
International Captain
Is that the Gayle lbw? because cricinfo's commentary isn't controversial. Stone dead this time around they say. Even says the WI retains their review.
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10th Match - Australia v West Indies
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Beamer
International Vice-Captain
I think any team that has 4 bad decisions against them (reversed or not) and their best batsman given out on what should have been a free hit have pretty reasonable grounds to be annoyed. I have said three times now that I don't think it changed the outcome of the match, but complaints are certainly justified and we must not have another match that is so terribly officiated in this World Cup.
the big bambino
International Captain
Not really, or atleast the WI haven't been singled out. Umps haven't been calling no balls for ages. Sharma bowled a boat load that weren't called in a tight test against Australia but you just cop it. You can be impartial in the interests of the game and say the umps need to start calling no balls again. But when you are motivated to complain because you reckon your man should have had a free hit then I don't think its credible.
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Stapel
International Regular
That just shows you how bad cricinfo commentary can be.
the big bambino
International Captain
I'm thinking the eyesight of people on here is the problem.
the big bambino
International Captain
I commenting on your posts.
TheJediBrah
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I don't think so tbh. If anything I think WI should be pretty happy that they were getting away with bowling 4 bouncers an over, which did probably have an actual impact on the match
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
Annoyed. Why? West Indies had one no-ball not called and it's ridiculous to hypothesise what would have happened from there, anyway. Gayle could have conceivably been run out off it. Or out the next ball.
DRS worked. Move on.
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stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I just saw the Maxwell-Holder review. It looked dead live and on replay the only thing that saved Holder was that it pitched about 2cm outside leg.
In isolation all of the overturned decisions that I've seen were reasonable decisions. The leg side Starc overturned lbw looked worse live due to Gayle falling across his stumps and the ball swinging very late at 150kph.
Honestly WI can count themselves lucky that DRS saved them on numerous occasions.
Oh and Australia weren't excessively appealing either.
In isolation all of the overturned decisions that I've seen were reasonable decisions. The leg side Starc overturned lbw looked worse live due to Gayle falling across his stumps and the ball swinging very late at 150kph.
Honestly WI can count themselves lucky that DRS saved them on numerous occasions.
Oh and Australia weren't excessively appealing either.
Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
The ICC should chop off a finger for every incorrect decision until both forefingers are gone. Then they should sack them because they would be unable to give anyone out.
Borges
International Regular
The umpiring in this game was crap; these two gentlemen should not be allowed to officiate in any game where just one of the big three is playing.
It makes it very unfair on batsmen chasing a competitive score if they suspect, with good reason, that every close decision is going to be given against them; one wrong call and they wouldn't even have any reviews left.
It makes it very unfair on batsmen chasing a competitive score if they suspect, with good reason, that every close decision is going to be given against them; one wrong call and they wouldn't even have any reviews left.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah the umpiring wasn't great, but watching the decisions in isolation, all of them were justifiable mistakes. They just all happened to occur in the same innings. It was 4 bad decisions in total.
The first was the ball hitting the stump which both sounded and looked like it was an inside edge in real time.
The second was an lbw where the batsman fell across his stumps to a 150kph inswinger. It looked much closer live than it was on replay.
The third was an lbw decision which was overturned because 30% of the ball pitched in line with the stumps instead of the minimum 50%.
The final one was an lbw for a leg spinner that hit the batsman on the back leg which was in front of middle and leg having pitched in line. It didn't turn as much as it needed to but live it looked very good.
Each of the four were overturned and two of them were so difficult they barely count as mistakes. EVERYONE thought the Gayle "edge" was out live. The Maxwell lbw was only pitching a fraction down leg.
The quality of the umpiring was nowhere near as bad as the media are making out.
Borges
International Regular
The umpiring was atrocious. It was a disgrace.
TNT
Banned
So WI had doubts about these umpires before the match, still its quite odd for batsmen to worry about things they cannot change.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I wouldn't go that far. Atrocious was touring Asia before neutral umpires.