***Official*** Super Series

[marc71178]

I dunno how easy it would be to adjudicate on both, but yeah, presuming they could, that would free up the field umpires even more. No argument from me there.

Some form of top on camera would cover all angles in one go.

And personally I think a combination of that with the stump mikes would see the umpire able to call most things spot on without the need for other computer programs which are still not proven.

 

[Dasa]

So World XI will play Victoria in a warm up game on 2 October, apparently its free as well, anyone going?

Hopefully I'll be there.

Dravid's inclusion in the ODI side is definitely confounding, considering his style of batting !! (Normally stone walling type of long innings and often in ODI's this has led to the batsman at the other end being under even greater pressure !!)

The luckiest guy in the World XI is definitely Mark Boucher !!

But the even the World XI coach doesn't want this Team to win , so these selections hardly matter !!

You don't always have to exaggerate. Anyway, Dravid is an excellent ODI batsman...I'd like to see some evidence from you that he scores too slowly in ODIs in recent times or that his style of batting results in other batsmen throwing their wicket.

 

[Deja moo]

Someone get the score card of the Tsunami appeal game, and tell me Dravid doesnt deserve to be in there.

 

[Adamc]

Some form of top on camera would cover all angles in one go.

Where are they going to put it??

 

[shaka]

Blimp perhaps

 

[Adamc]

Australian Simon Taufel. Taufel, who has never umpired a Test in his home state, will stand in the Super Test alongside Koertzen

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but it makes no sense to me that the ICC would give this match official Test status, then allow Taufel to umpire in a match involving Australia, when he wouldn't otherwise be allowed to do so. Personally I think they should do away with the 'neutral umpires' law in Tests anyway, given that it undermines the integrity of top-level umpires and doesn't really serve any purpose other than to shield umpires from criticism of bias (which still happens anyway). Nonetheless, if they are going to keep this law and allow the Super Test to have official status, they should strive for some consistency.

 

[JASON]

You don't always have to exaggerate. Anyway, Dravid is an excellent ODI batsman...I'd like to see some evidence from you that he scores too slowly in ODIs in recent times or that his style of batting results in other batsmen throwing their wicket.

Dravid
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st

ODIs 262 241 29 8383 153 39.54 11997 69.87 10 62 701 25 157 14
Inzamam
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st

ODIs 347 322 47 10971 137* 39.89 14768 74.28 10 81 102 0

Inzamam clearly has the better strike rate and better average, not to mention over 10,000 runs in ODIs.

If anything Inzy based on this should've been in ODI XI more than Tests , as others before have suggested as well. Hence its puzzling and even disappointing from the player's perspective as he may end up carrying the drinks even for the Test side !!

On this evidence its clear Gavaskar and Dave Richardson seem to be paying out favours to their fellow countrymen !! Not hard to work that out !

 

[Scaly piscine]

Inzi's form over the last year warranted him a place in the Test squad (he should have been in originally ahead of Tendulkar anyway), but when you take into account other factors like him running people out, his fielding etc. he doesn't warrant an ODI spot ahead of Dravid.

 

[marc71178]

Where are they going to put it??

I'm sure there's some way of doing it so that everything can easily be viewed and picked up on.

 

[marc71178]

On this evidence its clear Gavaskar and Dave Richardson seem to be paying out favours to their fellow countrymen !! Not hard to work that out !

But then there's the contradictory evidence of Vettori over Kumble!

 

[Clarence]

When are the matches?

 

[Jono]

Dravid's inclusion in the ODI side is definitely confounding, considering his style of batting !! (Normally stone walling type of long innings and often in ODI's this has led to the batsman at the other end being under even greater pressure !!)

The luckiest guy in the World XI is definitely Mark Boucher !!

But the even the World XI coach doesn't want this Team to win , so these selections hardly matter !!

Why do you always exaggerate? Rather than using hyperbole to get your point across, it just diminishes any credibility at all.

Also why bother even bringing up career stats as a comparison between Inzy and Dravid? Its based on current form, and they're almost equal in the past 12 months, plus Dravid is a far better fielder than Inzy. On top of that, if Inzy ran someone out in a ROW match, he'd get stale pies pegged at him.

 

[honestbharani]

I think the point is that possible repeated transgressions, that are probably a fault in the bowler's action, will be dealt with through the "referral" system. If however it becomes obvious that a bowler, for whatever reason, suddenly starts changing his action and clearly throwing the ball then the umpire is justified in applying the old rule.

The fault, of course, with the referrals process is that it can not account for DELIBERATE cheating by a bowler since he is under no obligation to repeat the same action when being tested.

And OBVIOUSLY it ain't gonna happen with Murali. He isn't gonna deliberately change his action or anything, because I don't think he has ever done that. The only time I remember something like this happening is when Wavell Hinds was having his little battle with Graeme Smith, actually.

 

[twctopcat]

On a side not Freddy is still no.2 in the LG allrounder rankings. What exactly does he have to do to take the number one spot???

 

[greg]

On a side not Freddy is still no.2 in the LG allrounder rankings. What exactly does he have to do to take the number one spot???

Persuade Graham Smith to give Jacques Kallis thirty overs in the Super Series match.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

On a side not Freddy is still no.2 in the LG allrounder rankings. What exactly does he have to do to take the number one spot???

As Kallis bowls less and his bowling ranking gradually drops, Flintoff will become number 1.

 

[aussie]

well with Dravid in the ODI sqaud now i wonder if KP will start because i reckon Dravid has to play now in a full-strength line -up of:

Gayle
Sehwag
Kallis
Lara
Dravid
Sangakkara
Flintoff
Pollock
Akhtar
Ntini
Muralitharan

Super sub: Afridi

Hopefull Australia ODI team will be this:

Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
McGrath

Super sub: Tait

 

[greg]

well with Dravid in the ODI sqaud now i wonder if KP will start because i reckon Dravid has to play now in a full-strength line -up of:

Gayle
Sehwag
Kallis
Lara
Dravid
Sangakkara
Flintoff
Pollock
Akhtar
Ntini
Muralitharan

Super sub: Afridi

Hopefull Australia ODI team will be this:

Gilchrist
Clarke
Ponting
Martyn
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Hopes
Hogg
Lee
McGrath

Super sub: Tait

1) Sangakarra isn't in the squad
2) Dravid, not having been picked originally, is not going to replace Pietersen, who was
3) Tait would be about the silliest choice of supersub i could think of

 

[aussie]

1) Sangakarra isn't in the squad
2) Dravid, not having been picked originally, is not going to replace Pietersen, who was
3) Tait would be about the silliest choice of supersub i could think of

1. Yes he is

2. i'm not so sure about that

3. probably but he is going to make up the 12 who will be playing

 

[Scaly piscine]

It would be sheer lunacy not to have KP playing after his ODI career so far and the innings he's played against Australia. Even if the ICC themselves picked the team they couldn't fudge that one.