***Official*** Super Series

[marc71178]

For me the technology I'd introduce would be an earpiece attached to the stump mic and give the 3rd umpire no balls.

Just the no balls will mean the umpire can concentrate on what's happening at the batting end.

 

[Mister Wright]

Yup - although if true (sometimes these stories have the look of old wives tales in that they rarely get corroborated) it could mean that the methods used for this particular aid need to be tightened up.

BTW, greg, I didn't know that technology was used for LBW decision-making in the Champions Trophy, but I only followed it on cricinfo. Out of curiosity, what was the response to it? And how often was it used? All I happened to read afterwards was concerned with the bowlers being measured in realtime with regards to the chucking tests...

If I remember correctly Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out LBW to the video umpire. I think overall it was a good idea, but it was shown to not be 100% perfect.

 

[aussie]

Martyn reaction to being dropped

``Damien Martyn says he has nothing to prove despite being told by Merv Hughes, the newest Australia selector, to re-find his form in state cricket. However, Martyn, who was dropped from the Test side on Tuesday, said something "extra special" was needed for him to add to his 61 appearances.

The Australian reported that Martyn signed a two-year Cricket Australia contract before the Ashes and as a long-term figure in both Tests and ODIs was ranked its No. 5 player. "It hurts in the sense that I've been playing Test cricket in the last four or five years where I've done it all, particularly the last 18 months," Martyn told the paper. "I was averaging almost a century every second Test so this has been my first hiccup in that period."

Martyn believed the five-Test series had made his slump stand out more than if it was over three matches. "This just shows that once you're at a certain age that it's an unknown," he said. "I'm 34 next month and the World Cup is in 18 months so I don't know what's going to happen. You've got to be honest with yourself. It would almost be something extra special to get back [in the Test side]."

While Martyn was shocked with his dropping - he felt he was more likely to miss the one-day team - he was disappointed with Hughes' public comments. "I'm not going back to play for WA feeling I've got anything to prove," he said. "I'm going back to WA hoping to help some young kids there, put back in, and hopefully see some of those young WA guys play for Australia. That's the next stage for me.``


The bloke sounds crushed which he darn well should be i hope he gets back into the test side though or else it could really hurt Australia in the near future such experience at talent is priceless....

 

[howardj]

The bloke sounds crushed which he darn well should be i hope he gets back into the test side though or else it could really hurt Australia in the near future such experience at talent is priceless....

Doubt it will hurt us in the next 12 months - I could make runs against the Windies and South Africa.

 

[andyc]

"The Super Series is a contest for the top players in the world so it is only fitting that the best-performing officials should be appointed to stand in the matches," ICC chief executive Malcom Speed said.

So why the hell is Rudi Koertzen in the test!????

 

[Shounak]

For me the technology I'd introduce would be an earpiece attached to the stump mic and give the 3rd umpire no balls.

Just the no balls will mean the umpire can concentrate on what's happening at the batting end.

Didn't they try that sometime?

The 20/20 or was it the Asia XI vs World XI. I seem to remember them trying it sometime..

Just allow the 3rd Umpire to overrule the Field umps at all times I think. We've got the technology, why not use it..

edit: I think it might have been the champions trophy...

 

[cameeel]

So why the hell is Rudi Koertzen in the test!????

Hear Hear, he's absolutely shocking

 

[Deja moo]

If I remember correctly Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out LBW to the video umpire. I think overall it was a good idea, but it was shown to not be 100% perfect.

If thats correct, thats one helluva coincidence. Tendulkar was also the first batsman to be declared run-out by a third umpire.

 

[Woody_cloudofsm]

aleem dar is a fantastic umpire probably the best ive ever seen in my last 20 years of being an avid watcher of cricket, but we saw him probably end martos career with some horrible decisions if only someones sitting in that 3rd umpires chair could have detected those inside edges and marto would be still playing and england wouldny have taken back the ashes

 

[Woody_cloudofsm]

being an indian let me tell you there is no way bucknow doesnt hate us hes t he worst umpire in the world and asoka deseliva and did u know that saryl hair is openly a homosexual, he does as well with women as he does as an umpire

 

[Woody_cloudofsm]

i mean daryl harper not hair

 

[Jono]

If thats correct, thats one helluva coincidence. Tendulkar was also the first batsman to be declared run-out by a third umpire.

God he's been playing cricket a hell of a long time lol.

 

[greg]

Yup - although if true (sometimes these stories have the look of old wives tales in that they rarely get corroborated) it could mean that the methods used for this particular aid need to be tightened up.

BTW, greg, I didn't know that technology was used for LBW decision-making in the Champions Trophy, but I only followed it on cricinfo. Out of curiosity, what was the response to it? And how often was it used? All I happened to read afterwards was concerned with the bowlers being measured in realtime with regards to the chucking tests...

The LBW etc (I think side on shots were used to adjudge on height) trial was in the previous Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka (?)

 

[Deja moo]

God he's been playing cricket a hell of a long time lol.

lol yeah, he has. It was in South Africa in 91, IIRC.

 

[Slow Love™]

and did u know that saryl hair is openly a homosexual, he does as well with women as he does as an umpire

Not on, mate.

 

[greg]

aleem dar is a fantastic umpire probably the best ive ever seen in my last 20 years of being an avid watcher of cricket, but we saw him probably end martos career with some horrible decisions if only someones sitting in that 3rd umpires chair could have detected those inside edges and marto would be still playing and england wouldny have taken back the ashes

One bad decision. The first one was Bucknor.

 

[Slow Love™]

The LBW etc (I think side on shots were used to adjudge on height) trial was in the previous Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka (?)

Did they use side-on alone? Or front-on footage also? I was curious as to how hard the time cost might have been - as in how often it was called for, and how much it broke up play.

 

[greg]

If thats correct, thats one helluva coincidence. Tendulkar was also the first batsman to be declared run-out by a third umpire.

The first LBW was Shoaib Malik lbw Vaas.

EDIT: it was used to decide if it had pitched in line as well.

 

[greg]

I think it was pretty useless for determining height though. It obviously could avoid glaring mistakes, but then of all the things which umpires should be able to avoid, glaring errors on height should be the easiest. (the big error, for example, on the Katich dismissal was where it pitched, the fact that Hawkeye showed it to be going over the top (but not by much) just added to the sense that it was a terrible decision)

 

[Deja moo]

I think it was pretty useless for determining height though. It obviously could avoid glaring mistakes, but then of all the things which umpires should be able to avoid, glaring errors on height should be the easiest. (the big error, for example, on the Katich dismissal was where it pitched, the fact that Hawkeye showed it to be going over the top (but not by much) just added to the sense that it was a terrible decision)

yeah, it seemed a good idea. Although time consuming considering that bowlers would then appeal for just about anything.