**Official** New Zealand in Australia Thread

[Slow Love™]

I wonder what happens in terms of ICC points if the game's washed out today and the two teams share the trophy?

 

[Slow Love™]

Can you say they're more accurate?

Yes.

 

[James90]

It hasn't rained at my place for about an hour. Hold on....I think i may see some drizzle. It was fine just before and I think we'll see a shortened match but hopefully there will be a match

 

[Nate]

It hasn't rained at my place for about an hour. Hold on....I think i may see some drizzle. It was fine just before and I think we'll see a shortened match but hopefully there will be a match

thanks for that mate, please may it not rain much...

 

[Eclipse]

But surely he can't have expected a ball from Brett Lee to come so quickly off the edge?!

he should have expected it.. I was Pointing out what did happen. in the end you can say what you like but that was the reason he droped it..

how often do you here commentators saying something like that ? do you think they are makeing an excuse for the palyer..

 

[cric_manic]

eny chance of play

 

[Slow Love™]

eny chance of play

From what I've seen, it's pretty unlikely. We've got a little under three hours left to start play in order to squeeze out the minimum 20 overs a side game.

At the moment it's still pouring. Looks like the trophy's going to be shared at this stage.

 

[cric_manic]

thats a shame nz could have won 2-1

 

[Linda]

Thats two extroadinary days of cricket ruined by rain recently, in the 2nd Test and now today. What a dissapointment, everyone was really looking forward to this game. Hopefully we'll see something!

 

[telsor]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I think the argument that some of these decisions being referred to the umpire will slow the game too much is not a strong one. Like I've said before, in my experience people find the delay in waiting for the third umpire's decision to be quite suspenseful. If it results in fairer outcomes than what we're generally getting, then I'm all for it.

I prefer handing all the responsibility back to the umpires on the ground to make all the calls ( including chucking, but that's another argument ), and having people respect that while they will make mistakes, they're honest mistakes and LET IT GO. Given that that isn't likely to happen...

There is a big difference between going to the 3rd Umpire for runouts ( 2-3 times/day ) and for every LBW or disputable catch...I'm not sure how long it takes (30 seconds? I think it's longer, but thats probably just because it seems that way ), but at least 30 more referred decisions/day means over 15 minutes of play lost, and remember that like the runouts, EVERY decision that isn't completely obviously to everyone will be referred, because no umpire will have the guts to not refer one if there is any chance they'll be wrong.

15 minutes lost/day may not seem a lot, but it's 4 overs gone from each days play, probably more on a tense last day when fielders cluster around the bat and appeal for everything.....actually, that might cut that down frivolous appeals a bit...OK, there is one benefit to all this

 

[Shindig]

Cant they move telstra dome to brisbane?

 

[Crazy Sam]

the rain is still coming down, although it is a lot lighter. Most of the rain we've had this year has been around for a few hours then suddenly blue skies appear - not the case here unfortunately. Rain always seems to come to Brisbane only when a sporting game is on.

on the bright side if play gets started at some point it could well be the first 20-20 international.....

 

[Dydl]

They should have played the decider in Melbourne because it wouldn't matter what the weather was.

 

[Slow Love™]

There is a big difference between going to the 3rd Umpire for runouts ( 2-3 times/day ) and for every LBW or disputable catch...

I would only incorporate the technology to sort out bat-pad decisions and edges, at this point. LBW's I'd leave alone, because the only aspect of the technology that I'm not convinced about is hawkeye (because it predicts, rather than reports).

I don't think we can eliminate poor decisions - but I certainly think we can minimize them. I can't see anything wrong with that.

Recognizing that the umpires make errors and dealing with it has become harder and harder and makes little sense when technology allows the commentators and spectators a better base for judging many decisions than the umpires have. It's a needless frustration that detracts from the fairness of the game.

 

[Nate]

game want me watch. now.

 

[Loony BoB]

So is the trophy shared?

 

[shaka]

match abandoned

 

[shaka]

I would guess that would be the case. its been a close series (ODI), hopefully Vettori is man of the series

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Boofa would be a chance for Man of the Series. As would Gilchrist.

Where does the trophy stay then?

 

[shaka]

Half the time in Australia and half in NZ I would guess