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***Official*** Australia in India 2012/13
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Spikey
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perfectly obvious that he touched it
ankitj
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That's how it should be isn't it? The third umpire must stay with on field umpire's call on the edge in absence of conclusive evidence, much as it happens in actual drs.
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there was pretty ****ing conclusive evidence - just look. what I mean is, if the umpire thought he hit it straight away, why didn't he walk over to square leg straight away? it wasn't until pattinson started walking to him that he decided to go upstairs, for whatever reason...i don't think he went up there to just check if it carried.
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They did.
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But the point is Erasmus can't go upstairs just to see if he edged it, he must go upstairs to see if it carried after first thinking he edged it.
Now, Erasmus could conceivably be cheeky and go upstairs to see if it hits the bat, but then if he does that, if it's not conclusive that he hit it, but not conclusive he didn't hit it, it must be given out (provided it carried).
Basically, going upstairs is a concession that the umpire believes he hit it, and there must be conclusive evidence to say otherwise to change it.
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That's a peach from Doherty #thingsineverthoughtidsay
ankitj
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I know it was conclusive. And I agree that he wanted to check more than just the carry. But I am talking about a hypothetical situation.
ankitj
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Or what benchy said. It's a conundrum that the umpire must be aware of if he's trying to be cheeky in checking the edge while pretending to be checking the carry.
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Probably misses his old glasses.
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Snicko did settle it. He hit it.
dermo
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silentstriker
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What do you guys think - should India even declare today? The pitch is still good, and ~200 runs can be gotten in a good couple sessions. You only want to bat once, and giving the other team five sessions should be more than enough - the pitch is still too good to allow the Aussie batsmen to get too settled in IMO.
This is assuming, of course, that India can bat that long. But just theoretically speaking.
.What do you guys think - should India even declare today? The pitch is still good, and ~200 runs can be gotten in a good couple sessions. You only want to bat once, and giving the other team five sessions should be more than enough - the pitch is still too good to allow the Aussie batsmen to get too settled in IMO.
This is assuming, of course, that India can bat that long. But just theoretically speaking.