*Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

[Gnske]

Strand him on 99 you dogs, do it.

 

[ataraxia]

No Starc run-a-ball 30, phew.

 

[Burgey]

That’s piss poor cricket from Starc. Deserves a rocket for that. So selfish.

 

[Starfighter]

How is that not a wide? It was outside the return crease.

 

[Starfighter]

Take that you dog Southee.

 

[ataraxia]

How is that not a wide? It was outside the return crease.

It's a wider line in tests I think.

 

[Spark]

Well played. Quietly compiling a very solid record for someone still quite young.

 

[Starfighter]

It's a wider line in tests I think.

Outside the return cream is out of reach batsmen who don't have ape-proportion-length arms. Usually such balls will be called wide in any format.

 

[Spark]

Outside the return cream is out of reach batsmen who don't have ape-proportion-length arms. Usually such balls will be called wide in any format.

I banged on about this heaps during the Ashes but it's pretty obvious that umpires are not following the actual rule when it comes to wides in Tests, i.e. "too far away to play a reasonable cricket shot". Now it just seems like "it has to be really really really bad to be a wide".

 

[Spark]

That looks a lot more out than the last one.

 

[Starfighter]

Wager's inability to lift a good length delivery looks to be coming to his rescue again.

 

[Spikey]

geeeeeeeeeee

 

[Spark]

Well that should just be out. Really is absurd that umpire's call on height is set below the bails.

 

[morgieb]

Jesus, how is that umpire's call?

 

[Starfighter]

It doesn't get any closer than that.

 

[stephen]

You know an innings is going poorly for the bowling side when the overs exceeds the speed gun.

 

[Starfighter]

I banged on about this heaps during the Ashes but it's pretty obvious that umpires are not following the actual rule when it comes to wides in Tests, i.e. "too far away to play a reasonable cricket shot". Now it just seems like "it has to be really really really bad to be a wide".

I can only think of the number of deliveries the Archer would have had to re-bowl had the law been interpreted properly. He had them sailing most of the time.

The two bouncers rule is also one that has received some neglect recently.

 

[Starfighter]

Now bringing out the T20 shots.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I banged on about this heaps during the Ashes but it's pretty obvious that umpires are not following the actual rule when it comes to wides in Tests, i.e. "too far away to play a reasonable cricket shot". Now it just seems like "it has to be really really really bad to be a wide".

Starc would average 30+ if wides were called properly

 

[Starfighter]

You know an innings is going poorly for the bowling side when the overs exceeds the speed gun.

For Bangladesh that's usually about 94.