Perfection sounds boring.The game would be so much better if some way could be found to eliminate injury, same way it would be if one could be found to eliminate dropped catches, missed stumpings and Umpiring errors/
Quite. If we eliminated dropped catches we wouldn't appreciate the wonderful catches that were actually taken. A world that is completely red wouldn't look red.Perfection sounds boring.
Quite true, though to be fair, in Richard's world the sky probably doesn't look blue.Quite. If we eliminated dropped catches we wouldn't appreciate the wonderful catches that were actually taken. A world that is completely red wouldn't look red.
Hehe, have to admit I was wondering if someone would actually say that out loud.Iain O'Brien's wife:
Move to New Zealand you selfish bitch.
It would be interesting though, for one test match to see the perfect batsman, play a perfect delivery from a perfect bowler and for it to be fielded by a perfect fieldsman. Would we see the exact same ball for the whole test match?Quite true, though to be fair, in Richard's world the sky probably doesn't look blue.
On the perfect pitch? With the perfect review system? It would probably still be a draw. Then Ponting will complain.It would be interesting though, for one test match to see the perfect batsman, play a perfect delivery from a perfect bowler and for it to be fielded by a perfect fieldsman. Would we see the exact same ball for the whole test match?
It might well be (though it also might not), which is why no-one is suggesting it could or would be applied to all or close to all aspects of cricket. However, for perfection to be applied to catching, Umpiring and fitness would in my book lead very soon to a situation where we thought "how on Earth did we ever do without that?" Same as various other changes which have made the game better down the years.Perfection sounds boring.
Don't agree with that at all. A terrific catch is a terrific catch regardless of whether relatively simple ones are never floored or are sometimes floored.Quite. If we eliminated dropped catches we wouldn't appreciate the wonderful catches that were actually taken.
Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?Tennyson wrote a poem which read, "Every moment dies a man, every moment one is born."
Babbage wrote back saying, "If this were true, the population of the Earth would be at a standstill. In truth the rate of birth is slightly in excess of death. I suggest the next version of your poem should read, "Every moment dies a man, every moment one-and-one-sixteenth is born." Strictly speaking the actual figure is so long I cannot get it into a line, but I believe the figure one-and-one-sixteenth will be sufficiently accurate for poetry."
Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?
GOLD...Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?
Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?
Haha, I actually love Babbage. He's been in my sig for ages.Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?
Hahahaha.Nice to see Richard still going strong on CW. Time for him to check his family tree?