***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series 2007-08

[Pratters]

Shame on you Silva. Always annoys the hell out of me when a batsman is batting like gold and the other batsman makes no attempt to stick it out there in the middle. Why the **** was he playing all his flashy strokes? Nonsense.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Shame on you Silva. Always annoys the hell out of me when a batsman is batting like gold and the other batsman makes no attempt to stick it out there in the middle. Why the **** was he playing all his flashy strokes? Nonsense.

To be fair - it was a fairly safe shot and would've been four if it weren't for Symonds taking a freak catch.

 

[Pratters]

Good lord, what a catch by Symonds.

Great effort but not a great catch apparently. Star Sports replays show that it was grounded. [Not that Silva would last much longer the way he was playing]

 

[biased indian]

SL has a weak batting line up Mahroof @ 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit: Cricinfo chnaged it to Kapugudera (sp)

any way still a weak line up for me

 

[wpdavid]

Crikey - Maharoof's batting a bit high at number 6 isn't he? I knew SL's lower middle order was a bit flakey, but I hadn't realised how soon we're into the bowlers. Sangakkara's going to have to produce something quite special now if this is even going to be close.

EDIT
Cricinfo now reckon Kapugedera's come in at 6 - with an almighty average of 15 in his oneday career.

 

[Top_Cat]

Great effort but not a great catch apparently. Star Sports replays show that it was grounded. [Not that Silva would last much longer the way he was playing]

Not what I saw. His hand hit the ground but it looked pretty clean to me.

 

[Days of Grace]

That 'catch' was grounded, but notice how none of the Australian commentators said anything about it.

Pity that the Australians have to cheat in order to win matches these days.

 

[Pratters]

To be fair - it was a fairly safe shot and would've been four if it weren't for Symonds taking a freak catch.

The entire inning and not specifically the ball he was out to is the reason for my annoyance. He didn't need to play aggressively like he did on the ball he was out too so early in his inning given he was missing balls, Sangakarra was batting so well and a lot of overs remain in the game.

 

[biased indian]

CricInfo : Replays are being shown of the Symonds catch. Do try to get to a TV if possible

 

[Pratters]

Not what I saw. His hand hit the ground but it looked pretty clean to me.

Not sure you have been shown the angle Star Sports are showing. C9 and Star have different broadcasts. Whatever, it isn't important to me in the context of the game as Silva would have been out sooner or later the way he was playing.

 

[Cevno]

Not sure you have been shown the angle Star Sports are showing. C9 and Star have different broadcasts. Whatever, it isn't important to me in the context of the game Silva would have been out sooner or later the way he was playing.

It was certainly grounded from the star sports cameras and symonds himself looked slightly suspect before claiming it.
Wasim akram said that daryl harper was doing disservice to the game by not reffering it to the third umpire.

 

[biased indian]

It was certainly grounded from the star sports cameras and symonds himself looked slightly suspect before claiming it.
Wasim akram said that daryl harper was doing disservice to the game by not reffering it to the third umpire.

its C9 Camera's..but i think they wont show that angle hi hi hi

 

[tooextracool]

Not what I saw. His hand hit the ground but it looked pretty clean to me.

cant see how you can deduce that conclusively from the angle shown on channel 9. When i saw the first replay i immediately thought it was grounded and was extremely surprised that no one in the commentary box mentioned a thing about it. unfortunately they did not show the catch from another angle on channel 9, at least not one close enough for you to be able to tell. Should have definetly been referred, even Silva wasnt certain about that one.

 

[tooextracool]

Not sure you have been shown the angle Star Sports are showing. C9 and Star have different broadcasts. Whatever, it isn't important to me in the context of the game as Silva would have been out sooner or later the way he was playing.

Not sure what your gripe is with Silva, played about 2 attacking shots in 10 balls, one of which was absolutely creamed(and took a miraculous effort from symonds to even come close to that) and deservedly so given the quality of the delivery.

 

[Pratters]

Not sure what your gripe is with Silva, played about 2 attacking shots in 10 balls, one of which was absolutely creamed(and took a miraculous effort from symonds to even come close to that) and deservedly so given the quality of the delivery.

Didn't need to play the way he was doing where I am concerned.

 

[Top_Cat]

Well, we'll sure hear about the Symonds catch for a while if he did ground it.

Phwoar, 155km/h ball from Lee hit on the up through mid-off for 4. Ballsy.

 

[Top_Cat]

Just showed another replay from the 9 angle and it does appear that Symonds had his fingers under the ball when his hand hit the ground (which is legal) and didn't turn his hand and use the ball to prop himself up, grounding it in the process (which would not be legal). Still no problem with the catch.

 

[Ospi]

Looked grounded from the replay but it was not conclusive. Umpires did not question it and if I were Symonds i would have claimed it that's for sure.

Pity that the Australians have to cheat in order to win matches these days.

grow up.

 

[biased indian]

Just showed another replay from the 9 angle and it does appear that Symonds had his fingers under the ball when his hand hit the ground (which is legal) and didn't turn his hand and use the ball to prop himself up, grounding it in the process (which would not be legal). Still no problem with the catch.

dont wory C9 wont show it

 

[Cevno]

star sports just showed a zoom in and it looks more grounded now.
It is good despite India not playing star sports are not letting it go.