Michael Epis: Another sulking journo!

[Rick18]

Akram:
Maybe in ODI's, not sure about tests?

Hoggard:
I was just going down the wickets list, I debated whether I should put Hoggard in
But, 250 wickets at just under 30 ain't that bad.

Just went through Akram's series listing, and it doesn't seem that Akram has bowled to Hayden in tests, but you would think he would have bowled ot him in ODI's somewhere down the line.

You know, while we're on the topic of fast bowlers, I think Allan Donald was under rated.

 

[giantroo]

Of all the “perceived” incidents, I find the Dravid one most annoying. I wonder how many games of cricket Mr Epis has kept wicket in? Now, I may not be a test standard wicketkeeper, but I have kept up to the stumps to my fair share of spinners.

Here’s a little experiment. Take an object say a pen and hold it in front of your face. Stare at the top of the pen, I mean really stare at it – 100% concentration. Notice how everything else gets blurry. This is how hard you need to watch the ball when keeping. Now hold a big object, say a pillow up next to the pen, move the pen quickly past the pillow towards your eyes, occasionally flicking the edge of the pillow. Can you tell me exactly where the pen is touching the pillow?

Now, imagine that the pen is a cricket ball and it’s travelling towards you at between 80-100 Km/h. Imagine the pillow is a mix of bat/pad/gloves. Do you see where this is going?

The first mistake all new keepers make is they watch the bat. But after getting whacked in the guts with the ball a few times, you work out pretty quickly that unless you’re concentrating 100% on the ball, you’re not going to get very far.

I’ve had multiple occasions where I appealed after taking a catch that I knew deflected of something (the deflections are obvious – you’re watching the ball like a hawk remember) but had NFI what it actually hit. You see, that’s why there’s an umpire to adjudicate (he just has to watch for the edge/glove contact, not catch the damn ball).

Like a lot of people, when I saw it live, I thought it looked out (taking the glove). Wasn’t till the third replay that I was pretty sure it hadn’t hit glove on the way through. Maybe next time, Dravid will try using his bat (pet hate tucking the bat behind the pad).


I can tell you one thing, though. I ALWAYS knew when the ball had bounced half a foot in front of my gloves.
[youtube]7TmryWZ5VG8[/youtube]

I wish that you could post this on our board. We have posters who are having trouble understanding that.

 

[footyfreak]

Of all the “perceived” incidents, I find the Dravid one most annoying. I wonder how many games of cricket Mr Epis has kept wicket in? Now, I may not be a test standard wicketkeeper, but I have kept up to the stumps to my fair share of spinners.

Here’s a little experiment. Take an object say a pen and hold it in front of your face. Stare at the top of the pen, I mean really stare at it – 100% concentration. Notice how everything else gets blurry. This is how hard you need to watch the ball when keeping. Now hold a big object, say a pillow up next to the pen, move the pen quickly past the pillow towards your eyes, occasionally flicking the edge of the pillow. Can you tell me exactly where the pen is touching the pillow?

Now, imagine that the pen is a cricket ball and it’s travelling towards you at between 80-100 Km/h. Imagine the pillow is a mix of bat/pad/gloves. Do you see where this is going?

The first mistake all new keepers make is they watch the bat. But after getting whacked in the guts with the ball a few times, you work out pretty quickly that unless you’re concentrating 100% on the ball, you’re not going to get very far.

I’ve had multiple occasions where I appealed after taking a catch that I knew deflected of something (the deflections are obvious – you’re watching the ball like a hawk remember) but had NFI what it actually hit. You see, that’s why there’s an umpire to adjudicate (he just has to watch for the edge/glove contact, not catch the damn ball).

Like a lot of people, when I saw it live, I thought it looked out (taking the glove). Wasn’t till the third replay that I was pretty sure it hadn’t hit glove on the way through. Maybe next time, Dravid will try using his bat (pet hate tucking the bat behind the pad).


I can tell you one thing, though. I ALWAYS knew when the ball had bounced half a foot in front of my gloves.
[YOUTUBE]7TmryWZ5VG8[/YOUTUBE]

great post mate. Seriously, that vid should be put into its own thread with title, Aussiebashers, watch this you ****ing Muppet's!!!!!!

 

[Cousin Jed]

So basically we have seen through all manner of videos that the LAST team on earth that should be talking about cheating and playing in the spirit of the game is India.

 

[Crazy Horse]

Of all the “perceived” incidents, I find the Dravid one most annoying. I wonder how many games of cricket Mr Epis has kept wicket in? Now, I may not be a test standard wicketkeeper, but I have kept up to the stumps to my fair share of spinners.

Here’s a little experiment. Take an object say a pen and hold it in front of your face. Stare at the top of the pen, I mean really stare at it – 100% concentration. Notice how everything else gets blurry. This is how hard you need to watch the ball when keeping. Now hold a big object, say a pillow up next to the pen, move the pen quickly past the pillow towards your eyes, occasionally flicking the edge of the pillow. Can you tell me exactly where the pen is touching the pillow?

Now, imagine that the pen is a cricket ball and it’s travelling towards you at between 80-100 Km/h. Imagine the pillow is a mix of bat/pad/gloves. Do you see where this is going?

The first mistake all new keepers make is they watch the bat. But after getting whacked in the guts with the ball a few times, you work out pretty quickly that unless you’re concentrating 100% on the ball, you’re not going to get very far.

I’ve had multiple occasions where I appealed after taking a catch that I knew deflected of something (the deflections are obvious – you’re watching the ball like a hawk remember) but had NFI what it actually hit. You see, that’s why there’s an umpire to adjudicate (he just has to watch for the edge/glove contact, not catch the damn ball).

Like a lot of people, when I saw it live, I thought it looked out (taking the glove). Wasn’t till the third replay that I was pretty sure it hadn’t hit glove on the way through. Maybe next time, Dravid will try using his bat (pet hate tucking the bat behind the pad).


I can tell you one thing, though. I ALWAYS knew when the ball had bounced half a foot in front of my gloves.
[youtube]7TmryWZ5VG8[/youtube]

Excellent post

I hope you don't mind but I emailed this to Michael Epis with the hope that it might give him some understanding of what really happened.

 

[arzach]

It is about one side Aus .
Sadly for Aus it is what this Aus team are being remembered for around the world .The WI totally dominated for years they like Aus were a hard determined team .Why are this team disliked so much whereas WI were feared more than disliked .Aus werent totally abhorred in the 90s what the difference between now and then .

I find the thoughts of the West Indies being a hard-nosed but fair and likeable side in the 80's curious.

Who remembers Colin Croft elbowing an umpire, Clve Lloyd leading walk offs, Michael Holding kicking over stumps, Viv Richards threatening journos physically in the commentary box?

How about when they called McDermott a "white coward".
How about then they ran out Dean Jones when he walked after a no-ball.

Edit:
And I forgot about the one where WI fast bowler Sylvester Clarke threw a brick at a spectators head while fielding on the boundary (spectator was rushed to hospital).

 

[Frank Drebin]

Excellent post

I hope you don't mind but I emailed this to Michael Epis with the hope that it might give him some understanding of what really happened.

Top Effort arzach.

Same to you crazyhorse

 

[arzach]

Excellent post

I hope you don't mind but I emailed this to Michael Epis with the hope that it might give him some understanding of what really happened.

No worries
Hope you put the video in too.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I reckon it was a great article, and summed up what anyone who is not a one eyed Australian cricket fan thinks.

Aussie fans love to bandy about the word 'cheat' about any decision they don't like when another country is involved, and get all high and mighty when others seek to defend that decision. However when the blowtorch is applied in the other direction, the Australian response, from both players and fans is almost laffable. Once again, a great example of the Aussies being able to dish it out but not cop a bit for their own corner.

Don't think i'm sticking up for the Indians behavior here either, but this is the classic Aussie cricket manouever. They push the limits or move the fence posts altogether, and then when they get called out for something, they throw their hands in the air and say 'What? Who us? We are the Aussie cricket side, the bastion of fair play and sportsmanship and we never do such things' even when it's there for all to see that this is not the case.

I can't speak for others, by I can't recall the last time I used the word 'cheat', when something didn't go Australia's way. Harbhajan for example, isn't a cheat, he's just a very bad sport. There's a huge difference, but a lot of people can't differntiate between the two.

Oh, and it's laughable.

 

[Hawthorn United]

It's funny how KP is involved in both examples of poor Indian sportmanship. THe Dhoni "catch" and Harbhajan not walking when bowled.

 

[Crazy Horse]

No worries
Hope you put the video in too.

Yep