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***Official*** India in Australia 2014-5

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morgieb said:
Reckon there's a chance dhawan's may not have been overturned.
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But it still evens out because Vijay's wouldn't have been overturned either.

FFS guys, this isn't difficult, if DRS was used, both decisions would've stayed on field. It's just bad on field umpiring.
 
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Seriously wish the comms would stop talking about Warne every time Lyon bowls an over
 
Cabinet96

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Spark said:
Why? It encourages a terrible style of play if batsmen feel that they can pad up and rely on not-outer umpires. The game retains its interest as a contest between bat and ball, not between ball and pad.
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The umpires job is to give it out if it's out. Not give it out because he thinks the shot was bad or the batter is being boring.
 
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Cabinet96 said:
The umpires job is to give it out if it's out. Not give it out because he thinks the shot was bad or the batter is being boring.
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I'm not saying he should. But I do not think that giving batsmen near total impunity to pad up because of a minute chance that it may miss the stumps is good umpiring, and encourages **** cricket.
 
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If India get to tea without any more wickets down, they should go for the win.. just a draw would feel like a loss..
 
Cabinet96

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Spark said:
I'm not saying he should. But I do not think that giving batsmen near total impunity to pad up because of a minute chance that it may miss the stumps is good umpiring, and encourages **** cricket.
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Yeah well I don't either. Vijay should've been out for that because the ball was going to hit the stumps. But he should've been out for that if he'd gone for a big sweep and missed as well. It shouldn't be relevant.
 
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Cevno said:
I don't think Erasmus would have given this one DRS or no DRS. He seems more a not outer and did the same when India was bowling. With a different umpire you don't know which is why padding up like that isn't good when not required.

Btw, The first appeal was the howler earlier but not really this one even if looked out.
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I'm not even really talking Erasmus anymore here, fair enough enough if he didn't give that but the problem is that drs removes a lot of the risk of batsmen padding up. That's what I meant that when I said they don't have to worry about padding up without drs, because no umpire is going to give that and teams can't review that.

Also padding up to a spinner just absolutely gives me the ****s. Vijay isn't even judging his padding up that well, considering the number of close calls (plus one that was hitting) he got.
 
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