CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka
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Good win, Locky was superb. Opener was actually scared of him at one stage .
Good fielding was nice to see.
We got 2 big issues with the excellent camera technology in cricket.
What to do when umpires incorrectly call a front foot no ball in real time only to see a replay of a fair delivery- happened to Locky and a west Indian. Perhaps call dead ball and re bowl?
Santers catch was fine. Camera shot doesn't account for the ball being in control ( in his hands) and touching green blades of grass. Way way different from gathering the ball on a half volley. Dumb officiating.
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@nzzp said in CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Just saw the Santner catch that got canned. Wow. That area is like forward passes in rugby at the moment, just a joke at times
Half asleep when I saw it live admittedly but to me it looked doubtful enough to call not out which is exactly what they did. Not sure what the issue is ?
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@No-Quarter said in CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Absolutely crushed.
Don't think we can read too much into it as we really do have the wood over a pretty poor Sri Lankan team, but, that's a dream start to our campaign.
Bowlers other than Boult taking wickets and our 3rd most important player Guptill getting some form.
Bring on the Bangles next.
Logic dictates that will be an extremely similar result.
Sri Lanka.....Bangladesh......it's like a typical home Black Caps Summer.
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@Chris-B said in CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
Good work - dominant win doing exactly what we needed in this game. Collect the points from the 9th ranked team.
Losing Sangakara and Jayawardne well and truly fucked their team good and proper.
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@MN5 in reality you just don't catch a ball with a lot of grass around like that replay showed
Your fingers are either under the ball or not touching the ball. You can't splay your fingers around the ball and have it grounded simultaneously.
Your either get it on the tightest of half volleys or you get your fingers under the ball but not above each blade of grass, like the replay showed.
This 2d camera distortion happens a lot and the catcher always looks pissed off. He's not cheating, it's because that catch is out hundreds of times at practice and in non televised games. As a catcher you know when you get one just above the ground -
@Siam said in CWC Game #1 Black Caps vs Sri Lanka:
@MN5 in reality you just don't catch a ball with a lot of grass around like that replay showed
Your fingers are either under the ball or not touching the ball. You can't splay your fingers around the ball and have it grounded simultaneously.
Your either get it on the tightest of half volleys or you get your fingers on under the ball but not above each blade of grass, like the replay showed.
This 2d camera distortion happens a lot and the catcher always looks pissed off. He's not cheating, it's because that catch is out hundreds of times at practice and in non televised gamesI'll have another look now I'm slightly more awake.
