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*Official* First Test at the Gabba

flibbertyjibber

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What a load of bollox.Utter joke decision.

May work out ok though as the bowlers will be fresh tomorrow to use the new ball if they don't get back on.
 
GIMH

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Norwood's on Fire
Australia clearly have the umpires in their pocket and were ****ting themselves.

Assuming we get no more play, can we start early tonight?
 
Top_Cat

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You'd think it'll be a slightly early start. Have only lost an hour of play thought I think?
 
Burgey

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In other news, Bollinger left out of the NSW one day side today.

Maybe he'll get a game for Fairfield twos tomorrow.
 
Ruckus

Ruckus

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It will be interesting to see what will happen with North in the next test if he fails again in the second innings. Surely his chances would be exhausted then?
 
Somerset

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pasag said:
Yeah, they changed the rules at one of the ICC meetings not long back.
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I wonder what'll happen when the umpires decide to take the players off for bad light on the final day of a test and both sides wish to play on, believing they can win the match - players to continue the match as the umpires leave the field? :happy: As for the decision to take the players off this evening, turned out to be a great decision given it poured down five minutes later.
 
Prince EWS

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Bad light is the biggest farce in cricket.

In a game played over five days where the condition of the ball, the playing surface and the atmosphere act as massive variables, surely we can live with poor seeing conditions for a few overs. There are lots of random circumstances in cricket where batting becomes a little bit more difficult than the mean but we live with it because that's the nature of Test cricket. The difference between a first and fifth day wicket changes the game a lot more than the difference between excellent and marginal seeing conditions.
 
Ruckus

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Prince EWS said:
Bad light is the biggest farce in cricket.

In a game played over five days where the condition of the ball, the playing surface and the atmosphere act as massive variables, surely we can live with poor seeing conditions for a few overs. There are lots of random circumstances in cricket where batting becomes a little bit more difficult than the mean but we live with it because that's the nature of Test cricket. The difference between a first and fifth day wicket changes the game a lot more than the difference between excellent and marginal seeing conditions.
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Yeah but at the same time, things like swing can be countered by a batsmen's ability and technique, where as something like bad light can cause a batsmen to be dismissed when they could do nothing about it. It really tests a batsmen's night vision which is hardly a facet of cricket. I agree though that the rule is exploited too much.
 
Burgey

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Prince EWS said:
Bad light is the biggest farce in cricket.

In a game played over five days where the condition of the ball, the playing surface and the atmosphere act as massive variables, surely we can live with poor seeing conditions for a few overs. There are lots of random circumstances in cricket where batting becomes a little bit more difficult than the mean but we live with it because that's the nature of Test cricket. The difference between a first and fifth day wicket changes the game a lot more than the difference between excellent and marginal seeing conditions.
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Tbf, a big part of batting is being able to see the ball :p
 
GIMH

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Play abandoned for the day.

Have had no sleep and watched 60% of the play today yet managed to see 20% of the wickets.

Ah well, I saw Twatto get out, so I'll be thankful for that
 
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