SJS
Hall of Fame Member
You misunderstood mate. When I said 50:50 I did not mean the decision was close and could go either way.
I meant the mentality to think that for every two de visions you challenge one should go in your favor. Many tennis players go with a similar make up challenging line calls and they lose most challenges. Then there are those like Federer who rarely challenges unless very sure and his success rate is amazing.
India started cribbing during a series in Sri Lanka I think when someone (I think Shastri) even made the stupid comment that it was strange that Sri Lanka seemed to have so much more success when they challenged and India hardly ever !!
It is not 50:50. If you challenge just because you don't want to leave the crease or because the junior at the non-strikers end does not have the guts to say, "Sorry Sachin "sir" but I think you should go." . . . then you can have zero percent success and not the 50% you think is your birthright.
I meant the mentality to think that for every two de visions you challenge one should go in your favor. Many tennis players go with a similar make up challenging line calls and they lose most challenges. Then there are those like Federer who rarely challenges unless very sure and his success rate is amazing.
India started cribbing during a series in Sri Lanka I think when someone (I think Shastri) even made the stupid comment that it was strange that Sri Lanka seemed to have so much more success when they challenged and India hardly ever !!
It is not 50:50. If you challenge just because you don't want to leave the crease or because the junior at the non-strikers end does not have the guts to say, "Sorry Sachin "sir" but I think you should go." . . . then you can have zero percent success and not the 50% you think is your birthright.