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***Official*** England in Pakistan

nightprowler10

nightprowler10

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What the hell is going on with their running?

EDIT: Butt was given not out. It was pretty much out though. Whew!! Flintoff on now.
 
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Beleg

Beleg

International Regular
WTF indeed.

That was out. There's no doubt in my mind about that. The bails had been dislodged in the second last frame - just because they weren't flying high in the air doesn't mean it wasn't out.

Pakistan should thank their lucky stars.
 
Neil Pickup

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luckyeddie said:
Might as well forget about technology then.
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That's appalling. You have an excuse in the middle in real time for LBWs and nicks, but seeing it 20 times in slo-mo from different angles suggests to me you ought to be able to get it right.

The words "gross incompetence" come to mind.

Allott: "All you need to do is look at a screen, it's not particularly difficult".
 
Beleg

Beleg

International Regular
BTW,

I am watching the match with the audio off - what are the commentators saying about this?
 
social

social

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aussie said:
wtf :-O , who the hell is that 3rd umpire
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My thoughts exactly.

Butt and Inzy both tried to give their wickets away in that over and Butt was definitely gone.
 
nightprowler10

nightprowler10

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social said:
My thoughts exactly.

Butt and Inzy both tried to give their wickets away in that over and Butt was definitely gone.
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Oh yeah, Butt was most definitely gone. I was already holding my head before the light came on.

He better capitilise on this lucky break.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

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Would be interesting to hear Michael Holding's take on that decision.

I think it was closer than you are all making out.
 
Beleg

Beleg

International Regular
turn up the voulume, or dont u have that?
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If I could turn up the volume I would have no need to ask you guys. I am watching via PTV and they insist on inflicting their own brand of commentators on us - listening to them for more than five minutes is liable to send you with a potentially lethal bout of dementia.
 
Beleg

Beleg

International Regular
I think it was closer than you are all making out.
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Why?

The seperate frames showed quite clearly that the bails had been dislodged before Butt was able to drag his bat 'inside' the crease.
 
marc71178

marc71178

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Scaly piscine said:
Wait til this Test is finished before picking the team for the next one. Who knows, Bell might actually get a big lbw shout or a bowled off a delivery that isn't a no-ball, or one of his horrid scoop shots might not just fall safe. For a guy that supposedly 'played well' he had far too many lucky escapes.
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Rather than the bloke who's scratched around and got out cheaply every time he's batted in Tests...
 
luckyeddie

luckyeddie

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Prince EWS said:
Would be interesting to hear Michael Holding's take on that decision.

I think it was closer than you are all making out.
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Really?

With the batsman 3 inches short of the line, the stumps are disturbed. I suppose the only argument could be 'is it out if the bails haven't actually fallen off yet?' - but if you apply that, you have just thrown away the evidence of 1000 close decisions of the past.
 
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