5th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy January 3-7 1000hrs @ the SCG

[Some Idiot]

Going to be a melt down on here watching Webster bowling 125 given the rage about Marsh not reaching 130

Can choose between Webster bowling 125kph on a good length or Marnus bowling 130kph half trackers

 

[Outtatym]

Two new batsmen.

Don't want to help them get their eye in.

New? They have both faced 30+ balls

 

[Joffaboy]

Going to all this effort to build a straw man, and still not overcoming it convincingly.

No you convinced me, it's all a conspiracy.

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[MJG14]

Gavaskar on now for more biased analysis of TV umpire decisions.

 

[Cataholic]

New? They have both faced 30+ balls

I'm sure you know what I meant.

 

[Plugger35]

Can someone explain wearing buckets on your head?

Surely you'd be sick of it after 5 seconds, once you'd taken the selfie and the novelty wore off

Not much sun protection with a bucket on your head.

Still not as bad as the old watermelon helmets, imagine wearing one of those on a hot day at the cricket, you'd have to be mad.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Tim Lane is such a punish

 

[JimmyBC]

Can someone explain wearing buckets on your head?

Surely you'd be sick of it after 5 seconds, once you'd taken the selfie and the novelty wore off

Alcohol

 

[danielnajdek]

Asking for Gavaskar's opinion. Good one Tim.

 

[Joffaboy]

Tim Lane is such a punish

Why did he not ask Sunil about the 2D aspect of TV angles he banged on about with Jaiswal.

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[Mr Meow]

Tim Lane is such a punish

It's pretty cruel to think we've ended up with commentators like him for Test matches. Say what you want about the old Channel 9 vintage but there are a few in this current team that are a tougher listen.

 

[fuic08]

Asking for Gavaskar's opinion. Good one Tim.

Ask why this one wasn't an optical illusion

 

[Southerntakeover]

No you convinced me, it's all a conspiracy.

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Boring, got anything else in the arsenal?

 

[Gethelred]

That's a good shot on this surface, but there's a lot of risk playing the English cut over the cordon on a pitch this green and bouncy.

 

[BillyElliott]

Ask why this one wasn't an optical illusion

You beat me to it. Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[ibd77]

The ball may have brushed a blade of grass, but if you are intelligent enough to see how Smiths fingers are under the ball from the very start, and then he even gets his thumb curled under the ball, which keeps it up. It's a catch every day of the week for those who have played the game:

I've been watching cricket for 40 plus years. It's only the advent of DRS and HDTV / 4K TV that we can scrutinise decisions further.

What we all fail to remember is that batter should always get the benefit of the doubt and the doubt was there.

 

[The Tilt]

Can someone explain wearing buckets on your head?

Surely you'd be sick of it after 5 seconds, once you'd taken the selfie and the novelty wore off

There's no excuse for anyone over the age of 10 for wearing one of those things.

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

Not much seam movement anymore, starting to get easier

 

[SportsCentre]

Discussing the catch again
Blewett (out), Lane (out), Gavaskar (not out)
2-1 in the box
2-1 in the series

I wonder if Smith had of caught it solely, if it'd have been an out decision.
The doubt seems to be around the motion of flicking it up and where the ball were in that moment

 

[Coasters7]

How are we using that one still image as evidence? If you roll the vision through in real time it tells a very different story.

Using slow mo zoomed camera angles and pausing every frame you can always talk yourself into it “touching the ground”.

 

[Cataholic]

Not much seam movement anymore, starting to get easier

None of the bowlers seem to be troubling the batsmen.

 

[Plugger35]

Gavaskar on now for more biased analysis of TV umpire decisions.

I don't think the Australian ex-cricketers are less biased than he is, they are all biased towards their old team apart from Richie.

 

[Spirit Level]

Lol so Joel Wilson cheated again?

Told you he's a corrupt piece of shit

 

[madjoe]

i'll go the early crow it'll be a draw

 

[Cataholic]

How are we using that one still image as evidence? If you roll the vision through in real time it tells a very different story.

Using slow mo zoomed camera angles and pausing every frame you can always talk yourself into it “touching the ground”.

Kind of like how they search for that one particular frame showing the ball taking the edge of the bat I guess.