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Bill James
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Just got home from the Hopman Cup, Australia v Germany, and must say I enjoyed the challenge referal to Hawkeye, it adds some interest for the crowd and took no time at all compared to the third umpire decisions. Interestingly the players were right probably 3 times out of 4 at their own end.
I would like to see LBW decisions trialled in some 20/20 games and see how it goes. It might actually stop some of the stupid appeals. I mean you can't bluff a computer.
Just got home from the Hopman Cup, Australia v Germany, and must say I enjoyed the challenge referal to Hawkeye, it adds some interest for the crowd and took no time at all compared to the third umpire decisions. Interestingly the players were right probably 3 times out of 4 at their own end.
I would like to see LBW decisions trialled in some 20/20 games and see how it goes. It might actually stop some of the stupid appeals. I mean you can't bluff a computer.
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Bill James
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We had to leave just before the end unfortunately but I believe it was 10-8 to Germany in the 3rd set of the mixed doubles.
We had to leave just before the end unfortunately but I believe it was 10-8 to Germany in the 3rd set of the mixed doubles.
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I thought the wicket looked green too. I guess the outfield won't be real fast at the moment either.
I thought the wicket looked green too. I guess the outfield won't be real fast at the moment either.
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Great ball by Lee gets De Villiars gone for 2 - SA 1 for 16. Wouldnt be surprised to see them at least 3 for at Tea. They were saying before the game it is the same conditions which saw Bracken get 7-4 last year.
Smiths looking very ominious today - he could be in for a big one for the SA's. Like for us to send him on his way early.
Great ball by Lee gets De Villiars gone for 2 - SA 1 for 16. Wouldnt be surprised to see them at least 3 for at Tea. They were saying before the game it is the same conditions which saw Bracken get 7-4 last year.
Smiths looking very ominious today - he could be in for a big one for the SA's. Like for us to send him on his way early.
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Unless the Aussies get 3 wickets this session, the conditions have been wasted.
The wet ball is already causing the swing to subside a bit.
Unless the Aussies get 3 wickets this session, the conditions have been wasted.
The wet ball is already causing the swing to subside a bit.
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Re the fuss about excessive appeals:
Umpire dismisses appeals storm
Email Print Normal font Large font By Trevor Marshallsea
January 3, 2006
AUSTRALIA does not appeal too much, in fact not as often as some other cricketing nations, according to one of the men in the hot seat in the third Test today, Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar.
Dar, who has umpired Australia in 10 of his 26 Tests, felt the storm surrounding Australia's appealing had been overblown, saying he usually felt much more pressure standing in matches involving teams from the subcontinent, which usually involve a high number of spinners.
"They're all right, I think," Dar said of the Australians. "Their job is appealing and our job is to say whether it's out or not out. There should not be unnecessary appealing. But they (Australia) are all right. In the subcontinent, you see more appeals, in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka."
Australians have been accused of pushing umpires into granting them borderline decisions when bowling, through excessive appealing and, with Shane Warne in particular, calculated comments to the umpires between deliveries.
Despite this, Dar said that on an average Test day, he would not feel more harried — nor more exhausted by stumps — if there was a relatively large number of appeals to adjudicate upon.
http://theage.com.au/news/cricket/umpire-dismisses-appeals-storm/2006/01/01/1136050344530.html#
Re the fuss about excessive appeals:
Umpire dismisses appeals storm
Email Print Normal font Large font By Trevor Marshallsea
January 3, 2006
AUSTRALIA does not appeal too much, in fact not as often as some other cricketing nations, according to one of the men in the hot seat in the third Test today, Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar.
Dar, who has umpired Australia in 10 of his 26 Tests, felt the storm surrounding Australia's appealing had been overblown, saying he usually felt much more pressure standing in matches involving teams from the subcontinent, which usually involve a high number of spinners.
"They're all right, I think," Dar said of the Australians. "Their job is appealing and our job is to say whether it's out or not out. There should not be unnecessary appealing. But they (Australia) are all right. In the subcontinent, you see more appeals, in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka."
Australians have been accused of pushing umpires into granting them borderline decisions when bowling, through excessive appealing and, with Shane Warne in particular, calculated comments to the umpires between deliveries.
Despite this, Dar said that on an average Test day, he would not feel more harried — nor more exhausted by stumps — if there was a relatively large number of appeals to adjudicate upon.
http://theage.com.au/news/cricket/umpire-dismisses-appeals-storm/2006/01/01/1136050344530.html#
