four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, they just showed the same replay again and again. That took way too long.
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Evermind
International Debutant
Harmison to Sarwan, no run, and he's rapped him on the pads and up goes the finger! Sarwan's referring it though - replays suggest it might be going over the top, but the third umpire doesn't get all the different angles of TV replays which we do. And it's been reversed!
Incidentally, Hawkeye reckoned that the ball would have gone on to clip Sarwan's leg stump.
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So if they're not using Hawkeye, what're they using? And why don't they have all the TV angles? How could they be screwing up this now that they've actually agreed to use technology?
Incidentally, Hawkeye reckoned that the ball would have gone on to clip Sarwan's leg stump.
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So if they're not using Hawkeye, what're they using? And why don't they have all the TV angles? How could they be screwing up this now that they've actually agreed to use technology?
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
It took forever and they got it wrong.
Overturning decisions based on marginal guess work is bull****.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Wouldn't have given that myself, but i reckon under the terms of the referral system that shouldn't have been changed.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yep, we've seen the good and the bad sides of it already today. Personally, I don't like it. Only for line decisions.
I wonder how the umpire is feeling, he's now been overturned twice already this innings.
tooextracool
International Coach
Sent.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
They're not using the predictive stuff.
On reflection I'm backflipping on this, it is meant to be a clear wrong decision. Harmison unlucky after the initial decision, may fire him up though.....
tooextracool
International Coach
Cant say that the first one is a poor decision. I have no problems with umpires in real time giving marginal ones either way given that they are making a decision based on a split second. I dont though believe that third umpires should be getting marginal decisions wrong which is clearly what happened in this case.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Nah, he's not Devon Malcolm, more likely to sulk and bowl carp
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Good to see Broad justifying his selection with both bat and ball...
tooextracool
International Coach
Broad has no business bowling before Monty at the moment.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
He has had no business ever pulling on a white England shirt.
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On this subject, if they MUST have a batting number 8, there are players who are both better bowlers and better batsmen than Broad. Dimi Mascarenhas comes to mind, and the fact that I'd have him nowhere near the test side shows how awful the selection of Broad is.
Evermind
International Debutant
Got the stream, thanks!
Anyway Broad just plain sucks. Panesar is a hit-or-miss, but really...Broad is severely undercooked for test cricket.
PS: STOP GRUNTING, Panesar. It's your first over, FFS.
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yup, would much rather have Anderson. I'm not saying Broad will never turn out to be good, I just don't think he deserves his spot right now.
tooextracool
International Coach
Or Swann who has 4 fc centuries to his name.
Personally, Im leaning on Flintoff, Harmison, Anderson and Swann with Panesar and Sidebottom playing depending on the conditions.