2nd Test at the MCG, Melbourne, 26 Dec - 30 Dec 2020

[Burgey]

Wade has said that verbal chat with the opposition helps fire him up as a batsman, right?

Yeah it works for some blokes. Others completely ruins their focus

 

[Daemon]

Yeah it’s genuinely noticeable that the chat gets worse the higher the grade you play. The stuff in the park is usually better than in higher grade cricket, which seems better than that at FC level (in Aus anyway).

Weirdly though, I don’t mind Wade chirping back at Pant here from an individual pov. Might keep him focused

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=603867363679157

 

[Burgey]

Just like Brian Lara

Genuinely the only time I ever expect a legit comparison between the two

 

[Gnske]

Yeah it’s genuinely noticeable that the chat gets worse the higher the grade you play. The stuff in the park is usually better than in higher grade cricket, which seems better than that at FC level (in Aus anyway).

Weirdly though, I don’t mind Wade chirping back at Pant here from an individual pov. Might keep him focused

All for it. Hate the Langer doctrine on sledging tbh. Hearing Paine administer the new-wave of sledging can be pretty cringe.

 

[Burgey]

That glance was fine tbh, if we are using the Pujara “he’s genuinely nicked that but something something soft hands” line of thinking

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashwin to Smith has provided some of the best viewing this series. Finger spinner haters in shambles.

 

[Shri]

ash just almost setup smith and got him

didn't carry to leg slip

 

[Gob]

Can't believe what I'm seeing here. TPC could have played Ashlose with a stump in India. Looks clueless here. Should definitely consider getting on top of Ravi a bit more

 

[Daemon]

How glorious would it have been if he got out like that again

 

[Burgey]

Ashwin to Smith has provided some of the best viewing this series. Finger spinner haters in shambles.

Shows how out of form he is tbh that a finger spinner could cause any issues

ooh shot

 

[Prince EWS]

well because imo the ball tracking representation isn't ideal and in truth there should be a cone of uncertainty around the projected point of impact. with those, i think the cone of uncertainty would actually have it as fairly uncertain that the ball is hitting the stumps and in such cases it should be not out.

What's the margin of error for umpires tracking the ball live though? Because that's the only thing that matters here surely.

Yeah I think @Spark makes some great and some not so great arguments about this, and this one falls into the latter category.

The fact that something isn't 100% accurate is not justification for using an even less accurate system. DRS > Bruce Oxenford watching behind the stumps. Deferring to the later on fringe decisions makes about as much sense flipping a coin to determine whether you should take an umbrella out with you because the BOM is only forecasting a 96% chance of rain.

I think the better arguments against changing it in this way revolve around the sensible idea that we just don't want to see that many lbws.
The earliest formal versions of the Laws of Cricket don't include an lbw law at all - it was introduced as a mechanism to discourage a pad-play in 1774. This is important as I think we should view the lbw as a mechanism to make sure the true staples of the game work properly than a staple itself.

Skull joked that what he was advocating could "halve batting averages" - and it might, at least at first - but the bigger impact would come in the form of exactly which batsmen and bowlers were successful. Whether or not you buy into my idea that, more or less, "lbws aren't real cricket, they just enable real cricket", this chnage would be far more significant than other law changes over the years because it would only apply to internationals. We're not going to have DRS in Under 12s or A-grade park cricket, so we'd be effectively creating a subtly different sport at the top level in which there were 3x more lbws than any level below. This could have all sorts of bad consequences beyond just the philosophical concern that batsmen are technically out more than they're given currently.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wade has low key played a great little knock. Has looked in almost complete control.

 

[Gnske]

I maintain that I think Warner and Wade would revel batting with eachother at the top.

 

[stephen]

Nothing a spinner hates more than singles.

 

[Burgey]

Wade has low key played a great little knock. Has looked in almost complete control.

Yeah it’s the best any Aus bat has looked this test so far imo, save maybe Head in the first dig.

and as I say that he goes at one with hard hands lol

 

[Daemon]

Not sure about this around the wicket line to Wade from Bumrah

Also our bouncers have been way too short all game

 

[Gob]

Ffs you fat fat fat ****ing **** shut the **** up god

 

[Burgey]

Haha that second to last ball from Ashwin there was delicious.

Good session that.

 

[stephen]

Love Wade's sledging.

 

[Gnske]

I can't tell whether its the human being or the AFL player in Wade that wants to knock Pant's head off.