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@donsteppa the fuck!! that is huuuuge! When those guys click watch out!
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Right thread?
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@bones It's an odd one isn't it? He's personally had a bloody good year but as a captain he's won pretty much fuck all.
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@catogrande As a batter he's had a phenomenal year. Really had to recieve the Award. No one else gets within cooee
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He's back, there is hope for all us old buggers yet!
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/sport/cricket/ex-black-cap-returns-to-cricket-field-after-15-year-absence/ar-AAU2DiU?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531 -
@booboo said in Other Cricket:
Been channel surfing through some old Aus v India on Foxtel from 1991/92.
I recall why we regarded the Aussie umpires as blatant cheats. It wasn't even close.
Thank goodness for:
- Neutral umpires
- DRS
Ha! Channel surfing and find 99/00 Aus v Pakistan.
First ball of the highlights package, Wasim to Slater ... umpire Parker ... tell me those pre-DRS Aussie umpires weren't blatant cheats.
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@booboo said in Other Cricket:
@booboo said in Other Cricket:
Been channel surfing through some old Aus v India on Foxtel from 1991/92.
I recall why we regarded the Aussie umpires as blatant cheats. It wasn't even close.
Thank goodness for:
- Neutral umpires
- DRS
Ha! Channel surfing and find 99/00 Aus v Pakistan.
First ball of the highlights package, Wasim to Slater ... umpire Parker ... tell me those pre-DRS Aussie umpires weren't blatant cheats.
This appears to be that Hobart game that Gilly and Langer chased down. I'm sure you Ockers are proud...
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@nzzp said in Other Cricket:
@nta said in Other Cricket:
Have a sook
non-neutral umpires were a disgrace everywhere.
Rugby referees same boat
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@nta said in Other Cricket:
@nzzp said in Other Cricket:
@nta said in Other Cricket:
Have a sook
non-neutral umpires were a disgrace everywhere.
Rugby referees same boat
Bob Deans scored in 1905.
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@nzzp In the era of home umpires NZ was the only country where visiting teams got more of the rub of the green that the home team. Only place where the visitors had fewer LBW's than the home team. I'd like to think this was because of the strict impartiality of our umpires but we all know that they were (collectively0 as one eyed as anyone else. Rather it is a further demonstration of just how poor our batsmen were. Even home town decisions couldn't help them.
DRS has improved the game. Lead to a marked decline in umpire bullying and removed most of the howlers. But it is far from perfect. Some of the ball tracking and height decisions are baffling.
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@dogmeat said in Other Cricket:
DRS has improved the game. Lead to a marked decline in umpire bullying and removed most of the howlers. But it is far from perfect. Some of the ball tracking and height decisions are baffling.
which howlers are left? I mean, it's very rare that marginal decisions get overturned. I'm struggling to think of a real howler that has occurred (see Bucknor not giving Symonds out at the SCG).
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@booboo said in Other Cricket:
@booboo said in Other Cricket:
Been channel surfing through some old Aus v India on Foxtel from 1991/92.
I recall why we regarded the Aussie umpires as blatant cheats. It wasn't even close.
Thank goodness for:
- Neutral umpires
- DRS
Ha! Channel surfing and find 99/00 Aus v Pakistan.
First ball of the highlights package, Wasim to Slater ... umpire Parker ... tell me those pre-DRS Aussie umpires weren't blatant cheats.
Parker was the worst of them i reckon
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@nzzp Sorry I worded that ambiguously. I think it has eliminated the howlers which is what it is designed to do. It's the less obvious where I think it can be wrong. I just don't think the ball tracking technology is all that. I can't immediately think of an example but there are definitely times when I think WTF. There are simply too many variables but as long as it removes the howlers I think it has vastly improved the game. The rest should even themselves out
