Ashes 2025/6
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
Brook will score a massive ton and it will be game on. Mark my words.
This will age like milk.
I didn't say when he would....or which game
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
Brook will score a massive ton and it will be game on. Mark my words.
This will age like milk.
I didn't say when he would....or which game
are you a lawyer by any chance?
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
Brook will score a massive ton and it will be game on. Mark my words.
This will age like milk.
I didn't say when he would....or which game
are you a lawyer by any chance?
Far too thick for that carry on.
But surely Brook is due. Certainly can't bank on the others ( excluding Root ) who are still a bit bazballish when things get tough without the generational talent Brook has.
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@MN5 hah, I should have said 'bush lawyer' or 'sovereign citizen'. Just slippery generally ... used car salesman? Real estate agent? Insurance salesman?
But yes I agree. Brook is class, can see him getting his eye in and scoring big - probably after the Ashes are lost.
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 hah, I should have said 'bush lawyer' or 'sovereign citizen'. Just slippery generally ... used car salesman? Real estate agent? Insurance salesman?
But yes I agree. Brook is class, can see him getting his eye in and scoring big - probably after the Ashes are lost.
Yeah it would be great for the series if he could get a massive score that meant something, ie kept the series alive. But that English top order is flakey as fuck.
In case you can't tell I'm a fan, that 123 off 115 against NZ at the Basin convinced me. Definitely leading the way as part of the new fab four.
Starc has it in him to frustrate the Poms today, they'll want to get him quick but he's handy in these situations.
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
the new fab four.
speaking of which, Cameron Green hasn't kicked on yet. 33 avg batting, 37 bowling. That's a bit 'oof' for batting in the top 6.
Massive talent but doesn't seem to have put it out there quite yet. Still, he's got paid, so there's that - it wrecked Kyle, maybe it'll get in his head too? NFL see that, where players can drop off once the big payout arrives.
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2025/6:
the new fab four.
speaking of which, Cameron Green hasn't kicked on yet. 33 avg batting, 37 bowling. That's a bit 'oof' for batting in the top 6.
Massive talent but doesn't seem to have put it out there quite yet. Still, he's got paid, so there's that - it wrecked Kyle, maybe it'll get in his head too? NFL see that, where players can drop off once the big payout arrives.
Yeah those "part rounder" stats. Would need to improve the bowling side of things massively.
But he was never part of the new fab four.....
https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/wisden-cricket-monthly-names-new-fab-four-for-2020s
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@nzzp said in Ashes 2025/6:
@MN5 yeah sorry didn't mean to imply Green was part of the fab 4.
Ravindra though? I mean I like him, but he's no Kane dubya.
Agreed. He could be a Rossco Taylor though.
That Marty Crowe sure knew his Cricket when he first mentioned them. Outstanding call.
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That snicko cock-up is a bit of a shocker.
They're saying the operator must have loaded audio from the wrong stump mike. If that's the case - I would have thought the spike would have been after the nick rather than before - because wouldn't the sound have to travel the length of the pitch before it created the spike?
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
The Daily Mail are awarding England the Moral Ashes (again).
No they aren’t.
You don’t have to be a one eyed raving lunatic to think they have every right to be pissed off about this. Technology is supposed to overturn incorrect human error.
This has nothing to do with morals.
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@Chris-B said in Ashes 2025/6:
That snicko cock-up is a bit of a shocker.
They're saying the operator must have loaded audio from the wrong stump mike. If that's the case - I would have thought the spike would have been after the nick rather than before - because wouldn't the sound have to travel the length of the pitch before it created the spike?
Yeah, I assume he/she did the mic at the bowlers end and it's picked up a completely different noise rather than the the actual edge. I don't think it has been confirmed if Snicko heard the actual edge, but Carey has said he thought he hit it.
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My own view is that this is a nothing burger.
England thought it was a wicket so appealed. The on-field umpire gave Alex Carey not out. Carey admitted in the press conference that he felt something but he's under no obligation to walk and I'd encourage a player not to walk unless he's 100% certain he should be out and even then it's his choice.
England used a review, but the technology deployed didn't give sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision. So the TMO went with the umpire's decision.
Snicko's less good than the system used in England, but that's hardly news.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
England used a review, but the technology deployed didn't give sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision. So the TMO went with the umpire's decision.
Just like when we had Haddin with a mark on his bat. I mean, that could have come from anywhere.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
Snicko's less good than the system used in England, but that's hardly news.
Sorry what?
It's The Ashes. If they do not have the sufficient technology that's a huge problem
The question is why is the technology not as good as the system used in England? That's not acceptable.
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The decision review system technology is mandatory in matches played in the World Test Championship, is provided by the host TV broadcaster of the home team.
In this series, the host broadcaster is Fox, which uses BBG Sports to provide Snicko.
In England, Sky Sports uses UltraEdge a French ball-tracking system which enables higher accuracy in review decision.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2025/6:
The decision review system technology is mandatory in matches played in the World Test Championship, is provided by the host TV broadcaster of the home team.
In this series, the host broadcaster is Fox, which uses BBG Sports to provide Snicko.
In England, Sky Sports uses UltraEdge a French ball-tracking system which enables higher accuracy in review decision.
The review process was protracted, taking well over four minutes,
Overall, Cricket handles replays better than most other sports. But damn. 4 minutes!
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it was weird all round really. Carey thought he hit it, the snicko was obviously not right. But i was convinced i saw daylight between bat and ball (and so was the 3rd umpire).
