***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

[Adamc]

Does retired out count as a dismissal in your stats? or is it the same as a retired hurt and hence is put down as a not out in your stats?

Counts as a dismissal.

Looks a good total, 342/5.

 

[archie mac]

This can't be right all in agreement?

After Bill O'Reilly had his leg taken off, he wrote a lettet to Parkinson

"I just sit here watching the kitchen wall in case someone runs off with it. It is a very boring occupation but I have to tell you that it is infinitely more interesting than watching one-day Cricket"

 

[Nate]

Counts as a dismissal.

Looks a good total, 342/5.

Whoa, I didn`t know that. Bit odd.

 

[Adamc]

Whoa, I didn`t know that. Bit odd.

It's fair enough, I think. If a batsman just says "I don't want to bat anymore" without a good reason (i.e. injury), they should be penalised. Certainly, the shouldn't be allowed to go back in to bat. The only instance of this happening in a Test match that i can remember was when Atapattu (202-odd) and Jayawardene (140-odd) retired against Bangladesh.

 

[Barney Rubble]

If retired out, then he couldn't!

Never knew that - thought it was like retired hurt. I've never seen it happen before, so no wonder I didn't know!

You can come back when you're retired hurt, right?

 

[Adamc]

Never knew that - thought it was like retired hurt. I've never seen it happen before, so no wonder I didn't know!

You can come back when you're retired hurt, right?

Yes, at the fall of a wicket.

If players were just allowed to retire for no reason, and go back into bat, they could just rotate whenever they felt like it, which would have obvious advantages, especially in uncomfortable conditions.

 

[PY]

Well you learn something new everyday, I didn't know it went down as an out in the stats. I knew they couldn't return but thought it'd count as a not-out.

 

[Adamc]

This is the match I was talking about. Sri Lanka are recorded as being five wickets down even though only three were actually taken by Bangladesh.

 

[King_Ponting]

yeh thats someting i didnt know either. Interesting stuff.

 

[Adamc]

Looks like it's going to be all-or-nothing for Somerset, Graeme Smith and Jayasuriya opening. Not much in the way of batting after that, it would seem.

 

[PY]

What you on about? Ian Blackwell is in at 6......

 

[Barney Rubble]

Looks like another ten sixes from Blackie should do it!

And Somerset do have a pretty fearsome opening pair for a team so rubbish. Not for much longer, though, Jayasuriya's off home soon.

 

[Adamc]

Australia must be sending down some real rubbish atm...

 

[King_Ponting]

what a great start by somerset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Australia must be sending down some real rubbish atm...

It's not THAT rare that Smith makes a fifty?

 

[Adamc]

It's not THAT rare that Smith makes a fifty?

It's rare that McGrath has 6-0-37-0 next to his name.

 

[King_Ponting]

yeh GREAT start from watson....... why not just give them the game and gift wrap it as well. Nice going mate....

 

[Magrat Garlick]

It's rare that McGrath has 6-0-37-0 next to his name.

This comes close

 

[Adamc]

Looks like England have enlisted South Africa and Sri Lanka to try to demoralise Australia ahead of the ODIs. Granted, Smith and Jayasuriya are world-class batsmen, but really:

Lee 4-0-26-0
McGrath 6-0-37-0 (1w)
Kasprowicz 4-0-41-0 (2nb)
Watson 2-0-28-0 (1w)

RRR down to 6.18 now.

 

[King_Ponting]

Somerset run rate 8.59!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring on clarke!!!!!!!!!!!