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England effectively trying to bowl India out with 2 bowlers, Bethell part timer and Overton about as much as broken bowling machine.
Cant account for Woakes injury but even still a crap selection.
Find it odd we’ve a few roads of pitches then we get result producing pitch at the end of the series.
Cant account for Woakes injury but even still a crap selection.
Find it odd we’ve a few roads of pitches then we get result producing pitch at the end of the series.
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Is that 4 dropped catches this innings?
It will be what costs England would be all over India had those stuck.
As for the LBW shout I find those calls annoying everything about it looked out but he survives because it’s not hitting the stumps enough.
It will be what costs England would be all over India had those stuck.
As for the LBW shout I find those calls annoying everything about it looked out but he survives because it’s not hitting the stumps enough.
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Well the alternative is that you simply rely on the umpire and he ruled it as "Not Out." I think the system is fine. It's not perfect but it has definitely added another dimension to the game and taken out some of the human error that was previously inherent. It's great when technology works in your favour, not so much when it's t'other way around.
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No problem with technology, just don’t understand how you don’t give it out in real looked clear.
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You have to give the umpire the benefit of doubt. The camera angle is a lot higher than the umpire's viewpoint. From his point of view, he would have had a split second to make a decision and any doubt means the benefit will go to the batsman. Atherton made the comment that you could understand the not out decision as the umpire would have seen how much the ball cut back and that there was enough doubt to think the ball may miss the stumps. The fact that it then showed it was only just clipping probably made the umpire's decision seem the right one. I totally agree with you that at first glance it looked pretty plumb but when you see the slow motion replays you see how much the ball cut back.
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Even from his stance I think it’s a decision you’d be giving out more often than not.
Sorry this attempt of short stuff from Overton is comical
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Bah. Pity that as they’d done well to get to 50.
We really shouldn’t have been chasing more than 250 in this final innings. Gifted them 50 odd in the first innings, should have done better having been 92 without loss in ours and the dropped catches in the 2nd.
Tough ask.
We really shouldn’t have been chasing more than 250 in this final innings. Gifted them 50 odd in the first innings, should have done better having been 92 without loss in ours and the dropped catches in the 2nd.
Tough ask.
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If England lose (I think they will) they’ve only got themselves to blame.
Terrible selection especially the bowling line up.
Bowling has been pretty much what we expected all the 3 main bowlers in the second innings have economy rates of above 4.
We’ve established Overton is dreadful but unless he has a big second innings with the bat then his contribution is pitiful. 2/164 combining both inings and on a pair.
Someone needs a big daddy hundred somewhere.
Terrible selection especially the bowling line up.
Bowling has been pretty much what we expected all the 3 main bowlers in the second innings have economy rates of above 4.
We’ve established Overton is dreadful but unless he has a big second innings with the bat then his contribution is pitiful. 2/164 combining both inings and on a pair.
Someone needs a big daddy hundred somewhere.
