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**Official** South Africa in England 2012
- Thread starter Marius
- Start date
Evilpengwinz
Cricket Spectator
Haven't got Sky+ so can't replay it, but what was Kieswetter doing? He did a 360 after Trott called before actually running, delay meant Kieswetter got ran out.
Trott's call all day long, Kieswetter's fault.
EDIT: Sky just showed replays of the same thing.
Trott's call all day long, Kieswetter's fault.
EDIT: Sky just showed replays of the same thing.
The_roc
U19 Captain
Catch the ball in your gloves and take the bails off with your elbows! Thats not cricket?
hazsa19
International Regular
Think the keeper can break the stumps up to his shoulder if he has the ball in his gloves.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah just seen the replay and he doesn't help himself. No need to go for the run though imo.
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
stunning no ball 
Stapel
International Regular
Imagine a keeper diving to take a ball thrown in by a fielder, a yard of the sumps, and while taking it, making a mess of the stumps with his shoulder..... I'd feel robbed if I were the batsman.....
Not that I would ever be in a situation where a third umpire would check a video review...., but still.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Have to say the Kieswetter chance Petersen dropped is quite possibly the worst combined bit of cricket I've seen for ages: Petersen bowls a massive moon-ball; Kieswetter floats it back to the bowler at chest height; bowler grasses it.
Trott batting in the last ten overs is ugly too. Really doesn't have another gear, does he? Should be made to retire out after 40 overs.
Trott batting in the last ten overs is ugly too. Really doesn't have another gear, does he? Should be made to retire out after 40 overs.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
england played like this against australia and west indies earlier in the summer and yet somehow won those series also.
i really don't enjoy watching eng play ODI cricket. Spend my whole time swearing and thinking wtf are these idiots doing. but they win at the end of the day so what do i know.
MW1304
Cricketer Of The Year
Stapel
International Regular
IMHO it all boils down to the simple fact that there is no need to find a 2nd (or 3rd, or 4th, or 5th) gear as long as the RRR does not get over 5 or 6. Maybe not what we would like to see in a chase, but it is the professional thing to do.
I can see the value of never ever speeding up the bating, if it is not needed. Actually, I like it if a batsman can control himself in that way. Personally, I would blindly go for a big SIX to win a match, if my team would have 3 or 4 wickets in hand. When you think of it, that's just taking a risk.
On the other hand, it annoys me like hell when batsmen refuse to up the tempo in the last few overs of a batting first innings when there are wickets to spare.