***Official*** South Africa in Australia

[Zinzan]

I've never actually thought of that before, but that is extremely odd and, well, stupid. We don't use video replays for lbws or edges, but we do for diving saves at the boundary.

ICC logic

 

[social]

Unfortunately, hawk-eye is only 98% accurate - that is why it isnt available for lbw's.

 

[andyc]

Unfortunately, hawk-eye is only 98% accurate - that is why it isnt available for lbw's.

Well it's more accurate than the umpires, who get something like 92% right.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Unfortunately, hawk-eye is only 98% accurate - that is why it isnt available for lbw's.

56% of statistics are made up.

 

[social]

56% of statistics are made up.

Yeah, but that's the info from the manufacturers

 

[Jono]

Unfortunately, hawk-eye is only 98% accurate - that is why it isnt available for lbw's.

I'm not really calling for hawkeye. Replays to show pitching in line or looking for inside edges make sense though. Well, they make sense if we're gonna use them for diving saves at the boundary anyway.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yeah, but that's the info from the manufacturers

I find it hard to believe they've give such a percentage - what would they base such a number on?

A margin of error is the sort of thing they'd produce.

 

[Nate]

I got see a lot of it today, good cricket. Ponting was awesome, but I feel so sorry for Symonds! Silly Dar
In saying that, there were 2 or 3 PLUMB decisions that went against the Saffies. Not that they made a huge difference, as all of them got out soon later.

Important late strike by Lee, and somehow, Australia could still win this match. Wow.

 

[social]

I find it hard to believe they've give such a percentage - what would they base such a number on?

A margin of error is the sort of thing they'd produce.

Quoting the ABC analysts in response to a question as to why it isnt used as a matter of course.

Apparently, greatest margin of error comes with full-pitched deliveries - the closer the ball pitches to the stumps, the less time there is for the cameras to make an accurate reading.

Overall, it's about 98.33% accurate.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Quoting the ABC analysts in response to a question as to why it isnt used as a matter of course.

Apparently, greatest margin of error comes with full-pitched deliveries - the closer the ball pitches to the stumps, the less time there is for the cameras to make an accurate reading.

Overall, it's about 98.33% accurate.

So it gets 98.33% of lbws 'correct'? It's 98.33% accurate in relation to the distance the ball has travelled? It's 98.33% accurate in relation to the distance the ball has travelled after pitching? This "98.33% accurate" doesn't mean anything unless there's some context.

 

[Langeveldt]

Shame about the shocking umpiring, I guess one just has to take the rough with the smooth and not get too angry about it..

And can somebody tell me why Shaun Pollock and Andre Nel are being called Kaffirs? I know many segments of the Aussie crowd have the IQ of a salad, and a bad one at that, but have they undergone Michael Jackson like operations?

 

[Ikki]

Quoting the ABC analysts in response to a question as to why it isnt used as a matter of course.

Apparently, greatest margin of error comes with full-pitched deliveries - the closer the ball pitches to the stumps, the less time there is for the cameras to make an accurate reading.

Overall, it's about 98.33% accurate.

During the Ashes, didn't they have to reconfigure the settings? It was when Shane Warne turned a ball a LOT. They said by Hawke-Eye's interpretation it was impossible.

 

[social]

So it gets 98.33% of lbws 'correct'? It's 98.33% accurate in relation to the distance the ball has travelled? It's 98.33% accurate in relation to the distance the ball has travelled after pitching? This "98.33% accurate" doesn't mean anything unless there's some context.

It's 100% accurate in relation to speed (speed of delivery as appears on your screen is provided by hawk-eye) but not direction.

That's why it cant be used for lbws.

 

[social]

Shame about the shocking umpiring, I guess one just has to take the rough with the smooth and not get too angry about it..

And can somebody tell me why Shaun Pollock and Andre Nel are being called Kaffirs? I know many segments of the Aussie crowd have the IQ of a salad, and a bad one at that, but have they undergone Michael Jackson like operations?

Given that the abuse is in Afrikaans, I think it's safe to assume that the perpetrators are either SA immigrants (in which case, they should be punted immediately) or unwelcome tourists.

 

[Slats4ever]

Shame about the shocking umpiring, I guess one just has to take the rough with the smooth and not get too angry about it..

And can somebody tell me why Shaun Pollock and Andre Nel are being called Kaffirs? I know many segments of the Aussie crowd have the IQ of a salad, and a bad one at that, but have they undergone Michael Jackson like operations?

that was going on ages ago.
Get with the times
I've been to the SCG the last three days and today i got maggot on the bondary and started getting stuck in to the south africans.

I made AB DeVilliers laugh at one stage cos I kept on crapping on and calling him Fanie. Then I got more maggot and started calling Pollock "Ranger".

 

[Langeveldt]

Given that the abuse is in Afrikaans, I think it's safe to assume that the perpetrators are either SA immigrants (in which case, they should be punted immediately) or unwelcome tourists.

I don't think it takes a degree in Afrikaans to know what a kaffir means! Still whoever it is it's pretty shocking behaviour and I hope the authorities come down nice and hard on them..

 

[Langeveldt]

that was going on ages ago.
Get with the times
I've been to the SCG the last three days and today i got maggot on the bondary and started getting stuck in to the south africans.

I made AB DeVilliers laugh at one stage cos I kept on crapping on and calling him Fanie. Then I got more maggot and started calling Pollock "Ranger".

whats a maggot?

 

[Ikki]

You Rangaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

 

[James90]

whats a maggot?

A state of intoxication.

 

[social]

I don't think it takes a degree in Afrikaans to know what a kaffir means! Still whoever it is it's pretty shocking behaviour and I hope the authorities come down nice and hard on them..

Given that the SA players were being abused about the treatment of people in the "rainbow nations" of the black townships, I think it's fair to say that it requires a greater knowledge of SA than 99.999999999999999% of Aus cricket fans will ever obtain.