England Cricket 2014 (Test, ODI, T20)

[gabi]

Some ruthless captaincy here as usual from cook.. Brilliant.

What's the forecast btw? England's batting lineup is probably worse than Zimbabwe at the moment, so a bit of rain, 4 days, India could do this.

 

[Spymaster]

Fingers crossed Sharma can do some damage here.

How many dropped slipped catches this session?

 

[Spymaster]

Ffs, Sharma looks fucked.

 

[Santino]

Avoided the follow on.

 

[JTG]

He always does. Must be horrible to have no fighters around you.

Could do with someone with Anderson's attitude

 

[SpookyFrank]

Avoided the follow on.

 

[Spymaster]

Cook was absolutely and obviously plumb. The commentators suggesting it pitched outside leg to give Reiffel an out must've had their fingers crossed at the time. It fucking obviously pitched on leg and fucking obviously was going on to hit. No need for replays.

Massive fuck-up.

 

[JTG]

Cook was absolutely and obviously plumb. The commentators suggesting it pitched outside leg to give Reiffel an out must've had their fingers crossed at the time. It fucking obviously pitched on leg and fucking obviously was going on to hit. No need for replays.

Massive fuck-up.

If only India could have referred it

 

[Spymaster]

If only India could have referred it

I think they'll be reviewing their opposition to DRS after the series.

I'm not saying it would have changed results because they've been shit since Lords, but they have had some shockers.

This one was the worst.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I think they'll be reviewing their opposition to DRS after the series.

They're not allowed to review anything, remember?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I think someone should review the whole idea of letting one side play their matches with different rules to everyone else.

 

[Spymaster]

I think someone should review the whole idea of letting one side play their matches with different rules to everyone else.

???

You mean India and DRS?

If so I agree.

 

[JTG]

They're not allowed to review anything, remember?

Not even scuffles on the stairs

(((India)))

 

[butchersapron]

I think someone should review the whole idea of letting one side play their matches with different rules to everyone else.

Oh to be so stupid.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Oh to be so stupid.

Oh to be so bitter, just so very very bitter.

 

[Spymaster]

Oh to be so stupid.

Oh to be so bitter, just so very very bitter.

What are you on about?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Cook was absolutely and obviously plumb. The commentators suggesting it pitched outside leg to give Reiffel an out must've had their fingers crossed at the time. It fucking obviously pitched on leg and fucking obviously was going on to hit. No need for replays.

Massive fuck-up.

Amazingly appalling decision.

You don't rate Dharmasena, do you? I think he's one of the best out there. As is Aleem Dar, despite Broadgate. As a general rule of thumb, Australian and South African umpires are shit. Don't know why, but they are.

 

[Spymaster]

Amazingly appalling decision.

You don't rate Dharmasena, do you? I think he's one of the best out there. As is Aleem Dar, despite Broadgate. As a general rule of thumb, Australian and South African umpires are shit. Don't know why, but they are.

As you know I'm not a big fan of Kumar Dharmasena but it was Reiffel who fucked the Cook decision today. Sometimes you look at a play like that in real time and the correct decision is obvious. Then the replays make you right but the umpires decision goes the other way. Of course you have to give space for a momentary lapse on the part of the ump, but the standing umpire's priorities are reasonably simple: front foot, pitch, line, and possibility of bat contact.

In the case of Cook today there was nothing even slightly ambiguous. I was appealing with the Indians and spectacularly failing the Tebbit Test!!!

But hey ho!

"Cricket Umpiring" would make a decent thread in its own right.

Wanna go on Monday (if it lasts that long)?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

yeah I know. It was Reiffel I was referring to as being shit! I thought Dharmasena's Kohli decision was a brave and correct one. Catch upheld by 3rd umpire was right too, although absolutely no more out than the Buttler one that wasn't given.

Can't do Monday, unfortunately. At a martial arts thing for the next few days.

 

[Spymaster]

yeah I know. It was Reiffel I was referring to as being shit!

Ah, gotcha.

Can't do Monday, unfortunately.

No worries. I'd suggest Tuesday, but I think there's more chance of me shitting golden-thunder-nuggets.

I'll call you Sunday/Monday if it looks poss.

 

[Dan U]

What's the forecast like for Monday?

 

[JTG]

Little prospect of play

 

[Spymaster]

What's the forecast like for Monday?

England win by an innings.

 

[JTG]

There's an opener's spot up for grabs and it aint Cook's place.

butchersapron

 

[twentythreedom]

Eek! 3 gone in quick succession 204-4

 

[redsquirrel]

Woeful from India this morning

 

[Ponyutd]

This a tad embarrassing.

 

[Ponyutd]

If Anderson put his mind to it....he could get a quick hundred here.

 

[redsquirrel]

I wonder if India will make 150 this innings.

 

[Wilf]

I wonder if India will make 150 this innings.

I'm going with 'no'.

Not seen any of it, just updates on the guardian. They are using words like shambles.