***Official**** Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014/2015

[Flem274*]

Mathews is really quite useful. Would average way lower than 60 if he had a proper pace attack ahead of him.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Crazy day of cricket really. Hopefully Southee can smash a few tomorrow and we can get to 500.

 

[Maximas]

Been at work all day, what's happened exactly? Pitch? Bowling? Batting? Tell me about it, just glad I didn't have to sit through it tbh

 

[viriya]

What world are you living in? This lot won't bat till tea in any circumstance.

And there is a little in this pitch, we'll back our guys to give us a massive lead tomorrow.

Made that post before the last wicket went down.. figured NZ lower order batting could bat another 1.5 sessions with ease, but maybe I was overestimating..

 

[viriya]

Been at work all day, what's happened exactly? Pitch? Bowling? Batting? Tell me about it, just glad I didn't have to sit through it tbh

SL decided to follow BCCI and pull off a Karn Sharma.. that's what happened..

oh and some guy called Brendon had some fun I heard.

 

[Athlai]

Watling, Rogers and?

Watto (currently, won't be long though), Haddin, Rahim, Samuels, BTaylor, Duminy.

I reckon they're all better than Neesham.

 

[Bahnz]

Nah, I have no sentimental attachment to umpires and their human decision crap. I'd rather get things right.

I think the current umpire's call rules are too generous to the infield officials. However, I also think it's reasonable to have some margin of error installed for lbw referrals. Given the ball only missed by about half a cm, that would fall within that margin imo.

 

[viriya]

Mathews is really quite useful. Would average way lower than 60 if he had a proper pace attack ahead of him.

He underestimates and underbowls himself significantly.. I think he just wants to be fresh for batting and not get injured.. He is no Kallis superhuman and no one really is tbf..

 

[NasserFan207]

Been at work all day, what's happened exactly? Pitch? Bowling? Batting? Tell me about it, just glad I didn't have to sit through it tbh

McCullum happened.

 

[hendrix]

Been at work all day, what's happened exactly? Pitch? Bowling? Batting? Tell me about it, just glad I didn't have to sit through it tbh

SL bowled to short on a wicket that definitely had something for the bowlers early on. Baz destroyed them. The rest of the batting lineup gifted their wickets. SL are lucky to even be in the position they are now tbh. Could easily be 430/3.

 

[viriya]

I think the current umpire's call rules are too generous to the infield officials. However, I also think it's reasonable to have some margin of error installed for lbw referrals. Given the ball only missed by about half a cm, that would fall within that margin imo.

I think umpire's call is a cop-out.. it's ok to give some leeway but as soon as more than 50% of the ball is outside/inside the line of the stumps? Bull****.

 

[Athlai]

I think the current umpire's call rules are too generous to the infield officials. However, I also think it's reasonable to have some margin of error installed for lbw referrals. Given the ball only missed by about half a cm, that would fall within that margin imo.

The general idea is that the "half the ball" margin they already have is that margin of error.

 

[hendrix]

I think umpire's call is a cop-out.. it's ok to give some leeway but as soon as more than 50% of the ball is outside/inside the line of the stumps? Bull****.

The point is that if the margin of error is 50% of the ball's width (which is not), then that margin of error should also apply when the ball is shown to be just missing the stumps. But it's not, for some reason.

 

[Bahnz]

I think umpire's call is a cop-out.. it's ok to give some leeway but as soon as more than 50% of the ball is outside/inside the line of the stumps? Bull****.

Yeah agree with this. It's the arbitrary nature of both the margin of error, and its application to out and not out decisions that really ****s me.

 

[Flem274*]

Watto (currently, won't be long though), Haddin, Rahim, Samuels, BTaylor, Duminy.

I reckon they're all better than Neesham.

Nope. Watto is mud, Haddin is now mud even at home, Rahim I'll just give you, Samuels in nick yes, Taylor obvz is a hero and Duminy maybe.

They've all had better careers but right now Neesham is petty damn handy and hopefully it continues. I don't expect much from him in England next year but against crap attacks and on home surfaces he will be a bully, and will play the occassional top class knock against good teams on their own turf.

If he tightens his defence he'll get even better. He bats at six so it's not as hard as him as it is for a higher order player to have a nice average.

 

[hendrix]

The general idea is that the "half the ball" margin they already have is that margin of error.

then that margin should apply for when the ball is just missing the stumps - given it could be half a ball's width in, it would be hitting under the margins.

 

[Maximas]

SL bowled to short on a wicket that definitely had something for the bowlers early on. Baz destroyed them. The rest of the batting lineup gifted their wickets. SL are lucky to even be in the position they are now tbh. Could easily be 430/3.

Oh dear, after showing so much discipline all year, what a shame, hope we are just a bit undercooked but Vaas will give them hell hopefully and they pull their heads in, suspect Herath was missed too, Tharindu Tahir going at 7 an over wasn't what I was after

 

[NasserFan207]

Yeah, the point is the prediction software has a margin of error, which they take into account with umpire's call.

 

[Bahnz]

The general idea is that the "half the ball" margin they already have is that margin of error.

But it isn't. What's more, the margin of error doesn't change depending on how close to the stumps the batsman is. It's just a total cop out.

 

[Athlai]

Nope. Watto is mud, Haddin is now mud even at home, Rahim I'll just give you, Samuels in nick yes, Taylor obvz is a hero and Duminy maybe.

They've all had better careers but right now Neesham is petty damn handy and hopefully it continues. I don't expect much from him in England next year but against crap attacks and on home surfaces he will be a bully, and will play the occassional top class knock against good teams on their own turf.

If he tightens his defence he'll get even better.

Neesham has downhill skied a few classy innings, lets not get too ahead of ourselves.