*Official* Zimbabwe in West Indies

[Beamer]

He was just late on the shot attempting to play a cut. There is no way in hell you can say he wasn't playing a shot.

Awful umpiring yet again.

 

[WindieWeathers]

He was just late on the shot attempting to play a cut. There is no way in hell you can say he wasn't playing a shot.

Awful umpiring yet again.

Gayle also got a plumb LBW when they were 107/5 , but again the umpire got it totally wrong.

 

[NasserFan207]

Could argue there was no shot played. His bat was behind the pad and a long way from the ball, though you might say it was just the fact he was outwitted by the ball.

Comes down to the interpretation of the 'no shot' law imo.

He was definitely playing a shot, he was just beaten by the arm ball. Probably shouldn't have been given, but it wasn't a shocker or anything.

 

[albo97056]

He was just late on the shot attempting to play a cut. There is no way in hell you can say he wasn't playing a shot.

Awful umpiring yet again.

He didnt really go through with the shot once he realised it wasnt there for the cut. The bat didnt go through the strike zone so to speak. He just dropped his hands and got the pad in the way.

I think its perfectly reasonable to give him for no shot.

 

[TT Boy]

Dump Matsikenyeri, contributes nothing to the side and Elton should bat above Lamb.

 

[TT Boy]

Ebenezer Price since coming back from exile: 45 ODI’s, 56 wickets @ 25, E/R under 4.
Pre-exile: 26 ODI’s, 15 wickets @ 61.

 

[Beamer]

Now Shiv is given out to a highly debatable lbw. Surely too high and turned too much? How is Duncan consistently aloud to do this in international matches? He should have been sacked after giving KP out lbw to one that would have missed another set of stumps.

 

[Prince EWS]

Gayle miss-stumped twice; reckon that'll be real costly.

 

[The_roc]

Now, we just have to see how well Fletcher bats....

Not so good

 

[Beamer]

Fletcher does his best to keep Ramdin out of the side with a solid 8 ball duck .

In fairness it was an excellent googly from Cramer, but Fletcher really did look clueless.

 

[Howsie]

Is Cremer usually this impressive?

 

[Beamer]

Is Cremer usually this impressive?

Well he will not get a better surface to bowl on then this, it is perfect for any spinner. But his variations are impressive and he has improved out of sight since I last saw him.

 

[Prince EWS]

Is Cremer usually this impressive?

In many respects, yes. He does struggle a bit when batsmen use their feet to him properly though as he doesn't really have a quicker one and he's not great at changing up his length, and he doesn't normally get pitches that turn this much, but he's got all the tools and pretty decent accuracy these days. A far cry from the bowler he was when he made his Test debut and got decimated.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Like the look of the boy, I have to say. Line is spot on and varies his length nicely.

Think "medium fast" flatters Chigumbura immensely tho.

 

[Prince EWS]

Think "medium fast" flatters Chigumbura immensely tho.

Can bowl reasonably quickly (low 130s) when he wants to. Not a great deal of point in it on this pitch though.

 

[TT Boy]

Gayle gone. Game on?

 

[TT Boy]

Only 5 'good' overs left for Zimbabwe. Have to bring Price on now.

 

[TT Boy]

That should be game.

Prosper missed a trick in not bringing Price on.

 

[TT Boy]

What the **** is going on? Windies call the PowerPlay, Zim bowl a wicket keeper and he takes a wicket!

 

[albo97056]

Now Shiv is given out to a highly debatable lbw. Surely too high and turned too much? How is Duncan consistently aloud to do this in international matches? He should have been sacked after giving KP out lbw to one that would have missed another set of stumps.

The commentators made more of a fuss than needed. It was dead straight and theres no way anything is bouncing over the top on this pitch. When you see it side on it looks like its hitting 3/4 of the way up. Good decision.