World Test Championship
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@Rapido said in World Test Championship:
No, maybe I'm wrong?
Umpires call
Impact. (if playing a shot): Some part of the ball was inside the Impact Zone, but the centre of the ball
was outside the Impact Zone.Hitting: The ball was hitting the wicket, but the centre of the ball was not inside the
Wicket ZoneIn the Root case, I (along with the commentators) could see the off stump at the point the ball hit the pad.
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@scribe said in World Test Championship:
@Rapido said in World Test Championship:
No, maybe I'm wrong?
Umpires call
Impact. (if playing a shot): Some part of the ball was inside the Impact Zone, but the centre of the ball
was outside the Impact Zone.Hitting: The ball was hitting the wicket, but the centre of the ball was not inside the
Wicket ZoneIn the Root case, I (along with the commentators) could see the off stump at the point the ball hit the pad.
So it is actually a 50% rule. That's ok then but quite obviously then only positive errors from ball tracking help bowlers while negative errors help bats.
Take Kohli's referral last night. Looked like going over the top (jumped on him) and an umpiring error, yet ball tracking flattened the trajectory and had only about 25% of the ball clipping the bail. Decision went against the batsman when the error could just have easily been the other way. -
If "benefit of the doubt goes to the batsman" is still a thing, I'd change umpire's call to not out, but the review is retained. Since that's in the batting team's favour, perhaps their reviews could be reduced to 2, while the bowling team still has 3.
Botham was clearly great for at least part of his career, he was the world record holder for most test wickets before Hadlee. Very much a career of two halves as others have said.
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@Chris-B said in World Test Championship:
@Stockcar86 Note to the Lords groundskeeper.
Something green and seaming will probably suit us quite nicely!
aaaahhh, have you seen their pace attack? Bumrah on a seamer will be fucking lethal
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@mariner4life True - but, so will our guys be - and I think our batsmen are better equipped to play it.
What we don't want is something spin friendly where we are matching Satnav against Ashwin and Jadeja.
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@Chris-B said in World Test Championship:
@mariner4life True - but, so will our guys be - and I think our batsmen are better equipped to play it.
What we don't want is something spin friendly where we are matching Satnav against Ashwin and Jadeja.
Holy shit that’s a ghastly thought.
If we’re ever getting cocky and overconfident I’ll refer back to this post.
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@Godder said in World Test Championship:
If "benefit of the doubt goes to the batsman" is still a thing, I'd change umpire's call to not out, but the review is retained. Since that's in the batting team's favour, perhaps their reviews could be reduced to 2, while the bowling team still has 3.
Botham was clearly great for at least part of his career, he was the world record holder for most test wickets before Hadlee. Very much a career of two halves as others have said.
Beefys overall career stats are pretty similar to fern favourite Chris Cairns.....he probably should have retired about 50 tests before he did. All Rounders lifting for an Ashes series certainly does wonders for their legacy.....see Andrew Flintoff but don’t see Shane Watson.
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@Chris-B said in World Test Championship:
@mariner4life True - but, so will our guys be - and I think our batsmen are better equipped to play it.
What we don't want is something spin friendly where we are matching Satnav against Ashwin and Jadeja.
Yeah agree completely. In the past I would say it would level the playing field a bit and give our bowlers a chance to get their superior batting lineup out, but that's not the case anymore. It's just about the teams strengths and they have a very clear advantage in spin that we don't want them to be able to exploit.
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@No-Quarter said in World Test Championship:
@Chris-B said in World Test Championship:
@mariner4life True - but, so will our guys be - and I think our batsmen are better equipped to play it.
What we don't want is something spin friendly where we are matching Satnav against Ashwin and Jadeja.
Yeah agree completely. In the past I would say it would level the playing field a bit and give our bowlers a chance to get their superior batting lineup out, but that's not the case anymore. It's just about the teams strengths and they have a very clear advantage in spin that we don't want them to be able to exploit.
We want the kind of similar conditions to home that England can provide. Greener wickets with significant assistance to quick and swing bowling
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@Chris-B said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 What's Lords like these days?
Back in the '80s, Middlesex used to field Emburey and Edmonds on their home ground.
A bit earlier they had Fred Titmus - and a bit later Phil Tuffnell.
Some of those guys don’t make Santner look too bad actually
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England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
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@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
Rooted
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@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
Rooted
I'll do the jokes @canefan
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@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
Rooted
I'll do the jokes @canefan
I think the English are the jokers in this test
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@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
Rooted
I'll do the jokes @canefan
I think the English are the jokers in this test
Indeed, what a turnaround. They rely more on Root than we do on KW that's for darn sure. The main worrying thing for us playing them in the final is the home advantage cos we're better than them overall.
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@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@canefan said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
England completely fucked now. four in hand needing 372 and Root is still at the crease on 29 and due a failure.
Ashwin only two wickets away from a 10fer, holy shit what a cricketer that guy is, I really hope he gets there. Incredible that India have him and Jadeja playing in the same era ( when we have to settle for Mitch Santner ).
Rooted
I'll do the jokes @canefan
I think the English are the jokers in this test
Indeed, what a turnaround. They rely more on Root than we do on KW that's for darn sure. The main worrying thing for us playing them in the final is the home advantage cos we're better than them overall.
I think I want us to play India. I know they are very talented, but no home court advantage and conditions to suit us sounds like we would have a strong chance
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@Bovidae said in World Test Championship:
What I wrote previously.
Just bumping this through now that the thread has been overtaken with match comments
A couple of those scenarios are gone now. Still possible for all three countries to qualify
