Well an umpire wouldn't think in those clinical terms but they'd think that a ball trimming the bails is not out vs a 1/4 of a ball hitting the stumps is out.
I don't think he's really critiquing the Kettleborough decision though? Just the protocol that led to it being upheld as out.
Yeah the errors by Buttler on day 1 are hurting so much right now.
Just a bit.
Is it the only reason? of course not, there is the matter of poor fielding, some poor selections, and Pakistan just bowing better. But the point is still valid - a failure to read the match situation, pro-actively assess conditions and how well players are performing. It’s not rocket science. Bowling your worst bowler against unsettled batsmen who have grown up belting better quality spinners than Bess is brainless. We aren’t playing WI today so I’m not sure what 3 tests ago has to do with this series.
We had Root needs to be sacked, Anderson is finished etc etc.
Nah he is specifically bagging umpires being inconsistent. His view is umpires call means umpires should always give it not out, which removes any context of the individual decision.
Right but that requires a fundamental change in the protocol. The third umpire isn't making a "decision", he's simply applying the protocol as currently exists.
I wouldn't put it in like the top ten reasons why England is in the position it's in, not least because the person mainly responsible for Bess leaking a stack of quick runs on a pitch that should be really suited to spinners is Bess himself.
Don't want to kick him too much as to be fair to him he has batted as well as he has in tests in the last couple of games under immense pressure for him personally and gamewise but the glovework has got to the standard that Prior was dropped for years ago.Just a bit.
Why does it? The protocol is that umpires call means there isn't evidence of an umpires mistake, not that the umpire can't be sure it's out if it's umpires call. That isn't what umpires call is saying but he has created his own interpretation
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Anderson isn't looking his usual self and at 38 it is easy to put it down to age. Hardly staggering, in a low scoring game he has 1-100 and is going at a very expensive 3.5 an over by his own standards.
No he isn't, did you even listen to him? His whole point is that the umpires make a mistake it they give an LBW that turns out to be umpires call because they can't be 100% sure. That is patently nonsense.
Yes but that requires a change in the protocol to implement. Currently such projections are hardwired in the code of Hawkeye to return umpire's call. It would require rewriting the protocol to make such projections return as a not out decision in order to get the outcome he seeks. You could easily do this if you wanted to.
Exactly. All it would need is a redefinition of the DRS protocol, which they've actually done recently by shrinking the umpire's call zone by line. IMO they need to do the same by height.
We had various comments about Anderson. Mine was simply about his figures this summer, others thought he may be finished. It's a valid discussion about a 38 year old fast bowler. Ditto Root. Lots of people specifically criticised his handling of Bess this afternoon. My comment about this being a sacking offence wasn't entirely serious, but granted I didn't add an emoji to make that obvious. But it's just a bunch of people talking about cricket. We have opinions, and they won't always be fully rounded when our side isn't doing well. It's a conversation, not a series of balanced essays on the matter. And some of the opinions may be wrong, but it's probably better airing them here than boring our loved ones with them. What I don't really understand is people turning up to have a pop at guys having said discussion. That seems odd to me.
