3rd Test Border Gavaskar Trophy December 14-18 1050hrs @ The Gabba

[Speck]

I find Smith fascinating to watch trying to get through a period like this. Most batsmen try to do the same thing over and over but Smith changes everything.

 

[ep2018]

Would love to win a toss sometime this series, team bowling first has won at the Gabba six of the last seven times.

 

[Saint12]

This is painful to watch 2 former number 1 bats in the world play so poorly

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Murali was a shocker but Bumrah’s is hyperextension that’s all it is, getting a good old protractor out doesn’t work. Let’s not pretend we didn’t have some, hey Brett Lee was hardly great either.

Rather watch Bumrah than watch all our our attack

 

[BGman]

No, hes not.

I was reading he has the same elbow bend as Murali, was it 15%. Legally chucking but now the norm.

This is painful to watch 2 former number 1 bats in the world play so poorly

Is called rebuilding. Something that made Smith a legend.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Would love to win a toss sometime this series, team bowling first has won at the Gabba six of the last seven times.

This wasn’t a bowl first wicket anyway, and if it means we win one in Melbourne and Sydney good.

 

[barrackers]

Yeah completely fine. Nowhere in the rules does it mention "It's OK if he slings it he can bend it as much as he wants. Hyperextension is legal." The man is a f**king cheat, and deserves to be banned and give his wickets back. Worse than Murali.
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While rules are now exclude hyperextension, for mine if the arm is bent backwards or forwards it should stay bent throughout the action.

 

[Around the Wicket]

McGrath and Gillespie got Tendulkar a couple times leaving when the ball would have clearly went over and all shit hit the fan

Found one of them

 

[Headless]

Yikes that felt a close leave.

 

[sabso]

Found one of them

Tony is sorely missed.

 

[grumbleguts]

Where's the protractor when his arm goes past shoulder level in the delivery swing? why is there a blue line drawn on his leg?

The blue line on his leg is from other analysis I was doing. I was comparing angles of the front leg of various bowlers to see how much forward momentum you can get through the delivery from the extension of the front foot.

His arm is straight at the point of release.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Found one of them

Penchant for a practical joke.

 

[grumbleguts]

While rules are now exclude hyperextension, for mine if the arm is bent backwards or forwards it should stay bent throughout the action.

Exactly. It is a throw by every single definition.

 

[k31th]

shot Smithy

 

[JimmyBC]

Nice shot Smiffy

 

[Some Idiot]

Their bowling falls away hard after Bumrah imo. Be nice to score a few against the pie chuckers

 

[PhatBoy]

I was reading he has the same elbow bend as Murali, 11%. Legally chucking but now the norm.




Is called rebuilding. Something that made Smith a legend.

He does have a bend. It goes backwards. His arm starts straight and goes backwards.

Murali’s started bent, and straightened.

There has never been anything in the rules about a bowler’s arm hyper extending.

Shoaib Akhtar’s arm used to do the same.

 

[Zevon]

Yikes that felt a close leave.

Sorry Headless but you’re going to have to leave if you’re here to do something silly like talk about the game.

Only conspiracy theories posts about suspect actions are allowed in here… bonus points if you can superimpose a protractor over an image of an arm to demonstrate your point.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Found one of them

Was there.

 

[BGman]

Nice confident drive Smudge.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Yup, got to cash in against Reddy

 

[Saint12]

Found one of them

The worst umpire EVER

 

[PhatBoy]

Their bowling falls away hard after Bumrah imo. Be nice to score a few against the pie chuckers

It does at the moment as Siraj has been bowling pretty poorly this series, but he’s actually one of only 5 bowlers in the last 27 years from overseas to average less than 30 here (with 20+ wickets) so he’s got the pedigree when he gets it right.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

weather looks iffy?

 

[grumbleguts]

While rules are now exclude hyperextension, for mine if the arm is bent backwards or forwards it should stay bent throughout the action.

Show me where it says hyperextension is excluded?
Rules for fair delivery

• The bowler's elbow must not straighten more than 15 degrees between when their arm passes their shoulder and when they release the ball.
  
  
• The bowler's arm must not straighten partially or completely once it reaches shoulder height until the ball is released.
  
  
• The bowler can flex or rotate their wrist during the delivery swing.