**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[bombay_bomber]

And AGAIN!

 

[MW1304]

Cook should be repeatedly punching himself in the face right about now.

 

[Jacknife]

You can see Finn's problem clearly there, he's got HUGE knee caps.

 

[Jono]

Nah he's still on my list; deeming that as a distraction when it happens so regularly in cricket is absolutely bull**** IMO.

How can you say this happens regulalry? Maybe once every now and then, but this is consistently occurring once every over or two in the first session of a test match.

Its common sense, Smith said it was distracting him and told the umpire.

 

[Agent TBY]

Smith sure looked distracted when he smacked that for four.

 

[bombay_bomber]

You can see Finn's problem clearly there, he's got HUGE knee caps.

Well needs to get rid off them ASAP then, doesn't he

 

[Agent TBY]

Aguero!

I've seen that ad and other variations of it a million times now and it still never gets old.

 

[Thriel]

nice partnership building here.

 

[Jacknife]

How can you say this happens regulalry? Maybe once every now and then, but this is consistently occurring once every over or two in the first session of a test match.

Its common sense, Smith said it was distracting him and told the umpire.

Just looked back to when Finn first did it and Smith was at the non strikers end and soon as he knocked them off he had a long discussion with the umpire.

 

[Prince EWS]

How can you say this happens regulalry? Maybe once every now and then, but this is consistently occurring once every over or two in the first session of a test match.

Its common sense, Smith said it was distracting him and told the umpire.

I honestly reckon it's just part of the game. Bowlers knock the stumps over accidentally sometimes. Finn was doing it a bit more than usual for sure but it wasn't tactical, it wasn't deliberate, it wasn't every ball and if anything the fact that he's doing it semi-regularly should make it less of a surprise when it happens.

It's not against the laws of the game but it was just a terrible interpretation IMO. There is absolutely no reason for batsmen to be so precious.

 

[Burgey]

Jesus, this is getting ominous after sending a side in.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I honestly reckon it's just part of the game. Bowlers knock the stumps over accidentally sometimes. Finn was doing it a bit more than usual for sure but it wasn't tactical, it wasn't deliberate, it wasn't every ball and if anything the fact that he's doing it semi-regularly should make it less of a surprise when it happens.

It's not against the laws of the game but it was just a terrible interpretation IMO. There is absolutely no reason for batsmen to be so precious.

It's more of a distraction when it's happening regularly.

 

[bombay_bomber]

TV's on mute...let me know when to get sound back on!

 

[honestbharani]

I honestly reckon it's just part of the game. Bowlers knock the stumps over accidentally sometimes. Finn was doing it a bit more than usual for sure but it wasn't tactical, it wasn't deliberate, it wasn't every ball and if anything the fact that he's doing it semi-regularly should make it less of a surprise when it happens.

It's not against the laws of the game but it was just a terrible interpretation IMO. There is absolutely no reason for batsmen to be so precious.

Maybe.. but batsmen are precious about sightscreens as well... It is their prerogative to complain according to the rules and precedents that exist today and the umpire acted on that basis. Don't see what the fuss is about, to be honest. If a batsman says it is distracting, you have to take it that way as long as it is not very unreasonable and I do not think it was an unreasonable statement here at all..

 

[Burgey]

Nah look, **** Finn there. If you can't bowl without breaking the stumps as consistently as he does then bugger you. If you don't think it's a distraction when that happens the you've never faced anyone who's timed with something faster than a sun dial.

 

[Jono]

It's more of a distraction when it's happening regularly.

Exactly.

Prince how are you not seeing this? Every ball Smith isn't sure if he's going to hear stumps hit or not. It is more distracting than when it happens once in a test match.

 

[honestbharani]

Nah look, **** Finn there. If you can't bowl without breaking the stumps as consistently as he does then bugger you. If you don't think it's a distraction when that happens the you've never faced anyone who's timed with something faster than a sun dial.

Gotta agree with the Burge here...

 

[uvelocity]

Nah look, **** Finn there. If you can't bowl without breaking the stumps as consistently as he does then bugger you. If you don't think it's a distraction when that happens the you've never faced anyone who's timed with something faster than a sun dial.

theres a spreadsheet for that

 

[Prince EWS]

Exactly.

Prince how are you not seeing this? Every ball Smith isn't sure if he's going to hear stumps hit or not. It is more distracting than when it happens once in a test match.

Why does he care? If he does hear it, it's not going to be anywhere near as surprising as if he heard it on another day against another bowler.

 

[MW1304]

Thank god the olympics are on cause this is dire.