***Official*** Super Series

[Slow Love™]

I just read that Simon Taufel will be standing in the Super Test with Rudi Koertzen. I guess it's impossible to assure "neutral" umpires in such a contest. :o

 

[Shounak]

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

some bowlers more then others

*coughs* Warnie

 

[Slow Love™]

And Chris Gayle just replaced Gibbs in the ODI squad...

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/superseries/content/story/220004.html

 

[Jono]

Inzy has been added to the test squad whilst Gayle and Dravid are now in the ODI squds.

 

[PY]

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

Less of that please, it has no place here.

 

[Slow Love™]

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

I dunno how much this would be a factor though - the umpires are the ones in control of whether they refer to the third umpire for assistance. If players want to use it as a deliberate time-wasting measure, it ought to be as actionable as it would be without the technology.

And outside of deliberate time-wasting, it wouldn't really pay to do it - usually, the object of over-appealing is to intimidate an umpire into making a wrong call. If anything, in this case that tactic largely loses it's power.

 

[shaka]

I wonder if Inzy will now attend the cricket awards in Australia since he is in the super series?

 

[marc71178]

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

If you're going to do that you might as well do away with Field umpires completely.

 

[marc71178]

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)

If umpires didn't have to look down then up again so quickly, I doubt we'd see the outside leg thing as a problem.

 

[marc71178]

Inzy has been added to the test squad whilst Gayle and Dravid are now in the ODI squds.

Good to see players who should have been there anyway IMO finally making it!

 

[greg]

If umpires didn't have to look down then up again so quickly, I doubt we'd see the outside leg thing as a problem.

Umpires have to look at the bowler's feet to see where he is delivering the ball from (ie. wide of the crease or close to the stumps).

 

[marc71178]

Not really, because they can follow the ball's path, which will indicate where it's come from.

The only reason to watch the feet is to pick up on no balls.

 

[Pratters]

Good to see players who should have been there anyway IMO finally making it!

Yeah you will keep implying/stating Tendulkar should never have been there. Your fantasy has come true. Rejoice!

 

[Linda]

No Martyn, No Tendulkar.... prft, what a farce.

 

[greg]

Not really, because they can follow the ball's path, which will indicate where it's come from.

The only reason to watch the feet is to pick up on no balls.

Well I'm not sure about that.

Also when it was used the technology was also only set up for front foot noballs (they used the "runout" side on cameras". The onfield umpire still had to call the back foot ones i think.

 

[honestbharani]

Actually, Dar gave only one bad decision to Marto. The other was given by the good old Bucknor, who should be the first guy to leave the ICC panel, IMHO.

 

[Slow Love™]

Also when it was used the technology was also only set up for front foot noballs (they used the "runout" side on cameras". The onfield umpire still had to call the back foot ones i think.

When was the last time you saw a back-foot noball called?

 

[andyc]

When was the last time you saw a back-foot noball called?

There are back foot no balls!??

 

[greg]

When was the last time you saw a back-foot noball called?

Not very often, unfortunately. Warne was bowling them all the time in the Ashes

 

[Deja moo]

No Martyn, No Tendulkar.... prft, what a farce.

For once I agree with a statement you've made, that also had the word Martyn mentioned in it