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The "goat" call is a little tongue in cheek, I think. But the fact is no other Aussie off-spinner has even taken 150 Test wickets.
Yeah, there’s anomalies in the lbw rules. The other one that gets me is the “pitched outside leg stump” one. You can be absolutely plumb lbw but because it pitched outside leg it’s not out. Why does it matter where it pitched?
The "pitched outside leg" rule is important because otherwise you'd get awful negative leg theory that makes it tough to score and horrible to watch. The "hit him outside off" rule is from the beforetimes when there were no replays or ball tracking. You could conceivably get rid of it, but it's a batsman's game so don't hold your breath.
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Me too. If the ball is gonna hit the stumps, it’s out, no matter where it pitched. If a player is bowled, but it pitched outside leg is he not out?
We were probably spoiled with Warne, he would come on to bowl and you just got the feeling the batters felt threatened and something was about to happen. Lyon has never looked as threatening. Pretty rare for a spinner to elicit such fear, maybe Underwood, but very few. Lyon is very good but finger spinners rarely look as threatening as a freak leggy like Warne. As for "The Goat", yeah, I always figured it was because he looks like one because there is no way he is the greatest. Lyon is a great bowler, 400 wickets tells you that, but not in the conversation for the greatest (and I don't reckon he would argue he is either).
Just looked up that website, Jeff Thompson looks good on which batters he dismissed:
Top Order: 37%
Middle Order: 41.5%
Tail: 21.5%
Imagine facing Thompson, ball hidden behind him as he bowls and then comes at you at 100MPH
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Burst blood vessels on nose give it away.Geez you look young for 78
Thats what I was thinking, that hitting in line probably helped the ump, but actually has very little relevance to an actual LBW decision. With the technology that we have now, I don't see why its still included, just seems pointless.
Why is Hameed playing at that ball, regardless of his technique, surely when you are chasing 468 and have to bat for 134 overs, you leave most things on length alone. That ball was going probably half a metre above the stumps. Absolutely no need to play at it, the fact he played at it and poorly makes the decision even worse.
He's a funny one, reckon he has a good technique, but he just keeps finding ways to get out.
England need to sit both Burns and Hameed down and force them to watch videos of Marnus so they know what they can and cannot leave. He leaves predominantly on length regardless of the angle. Burns in the 1st innings and Hameed now in the 2nd, didn't need to play at either delivery, they could have easily left on length. They need to learn that its not England, these wickets are bloody hard and will bounce well.
