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***Official*** England in Sri Lanka 2012

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Exactly

When a guy who has the benefit of umpteen replays, etc cannot tell whether it's out or not then it is farcical to stay with the original decision
No, that's arse-about-face. If there's no clear evidence it surely makes more sense to stay with the original shout? "I can't tell either way so you must be wrong, Rodney."

Anyway, he looks to have hit it on that replay, so it's a moot point.
 

Burgey

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Yeah exactly. It's like, there is no evidence suggesting it's out other than the onfield umpires initial decision (which frankly shouldn't mean much if the video umpires can't even pick anything up), so why let the bowler have it? Your essentially giving it out on no evidence, or very flimsy evidence at best. You could argue the onfield umpire's decision has some validity over the replays, but I really doubt it...
Two slightly different points I think. I was talking about the concept of the benefit of the doubt, rather than whether it's the right standard to apply.
 

Jono

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What has Til Dil done to piss off the English players and fans? Haven't watched much of this match
 

Burgey

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What has Til Dil done to piss off the English players and fans? Haven't watched much of this match
Not rolling over and letting them tickle his tummy I think. That and not openin last night.

That was a comical bit of work at leg slip right then.
 
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Burgey

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Loving the crowd shots of the traveling fans. Let no one bag out the Aussie Bogan supporter again.

Edit: is that Bell at legslip? Just looks like he doesn't want to be there at all. Pretty funny to watch.
 
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Spark

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What has Til Dil done to piss off the English players and fans? Haven't watched much of this match
Imagine Broad as he's commonly stereotyped.

Basically that.

Oh, and he kept pulling out of his run-up when KP tried switch-hitting him.
 

Cabinet96

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Sky showed a possible red mark on the ba after the ball passed. High possibility that it was a little feather.

Who cares. It was Dilshan. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.
:laughing: Indeed

What has Til Dil done to piss off the English players and fans? Haven't watched much of this match
In the last match he and a few other players were walking on the pitch a bit too much. After the appeal for Cook in the 4th innings at Galle all the players went and stood in the danger area of e pitch, and when Dilshan had a possible caught and bowled he ran down the middle of the pitch in his follow through which wasn't necessary. There was also thaqt incident with Pietersen when he practically refused to bowl, whenever Pietersen was about to play a swith hit, resulting in Pietersen being warned for time wasting when in actual fact it was Dilshan who was wasting time.
 

Burgey

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Sky showed a possible red mark on the ba after the ball passed. High possibility that it was a little feather.



:laughing: Indeed



In the last match he and a few other players were walking on the pitch a bit too much. After the appeal for Cook in the 4th innings at Galle all the players went and stood in the danger area of e pitch, and when Dilshan had a possible caught and bowled he ran down the middle of the pitch in his follow through which wasn't necessary. There was also thaqt incident with Pietersen when he practically refused to bowl, whenever Pietersen was about to play a swith hit, resulting in Pietersen being warned for time wasting when in actual fact it was Dilshan who was wasting time.
I don't blame him for not bowling when a bloke decides to essentially go from being left handed to right handed as you're in your run up.

Imagine the uproar if he ran in and bowled with the other arm.
 

Spikey

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oh my god he wasn't. Dilshan warned KP he wasn't gonna to allow KP to start switch hitting so early. If KP was to have continued doing that knowing Dilshan wasn't gonna to bowl the ball KP is indeed the time waster.
 

Spikey

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You'll note however that because the umps stepped in and warned KP that whole thing didn't play out

Imagine the uproar if he ran in and bowled with the other arm.

Said this before but really don't like the comparison. The better one for me is if a fielder notably changes position during the bowlers run-up (which former England captain Michael Vaughan tried out...)
 

Burgey

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You'll note however that because the umps stepped in and warned KP that whole thing didn't play out




Said this before but really don't like the comparison. The better one for me is if a fielder notably changes position during the bowlers run-up (which former England captain Michael Vaughan tried out...)
Yes. That's typical England cheating too.

/trollface
 

Spark

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You'll note however that because the umps stepped in and warned KP that whole thing didn't play out




Said this before but really don't like the comparison. The better one for me is if a fielder notably changes position during the bowlers run-up (which former England captain Michael Vaughan tried out...)
Neither do I. I mean if someone tried that it'd be so obvious and the chances that it'd deliver anything other than a Harmy or a rank long-hop are so small that, well...
 

Cabinet96

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Dilshan was in his delivery stride when Pietersen started getting into a positions to switch hit. IMO he was practically dictating how the batsmen played.
 

Spikey

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Disagree with the ump then, but for me Dilshan did nothing wrong. He, I guess you could say, appealed that Pietersen was getting into position too early, the umpire agreed. From then on any attempts to switch hit at the same point could only be considered to be time wasting/being a ****. I certainly felt that KP was doing it too early too, and would have done the same as Dilshan.

ps you're up in the quiz draft
 

Prince EWS

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FMD, that first innings replay. Sound on, no cut screen, full speed, same bowler, same batsman.. how are we meant to know ffs?
 

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