5th Test: England vs Australia at the Brit Oval

[Will_NA]

wow, english started really well ..they do well with flintoff in the side. .dunno what will happen after this test

We would be nowhere in this Test without his 5 runs and 0 wickets.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

wow, english started really well ..they do well with flintoff in the side. .dunno what will happen after this test

In case you haven't noticed, it's Flintoff's heir apparent, Stuart Broad, who has been doing the damage. So, your little wind up attempt has...wound itself up.

Flintoff hasn't even got a wicket so far this innings.

Kind of know what you mean though. We will be f*****.

I don't think so.

 

[aussie1st]

Well I think it's trickier for lbws but catches like that are just obvious. Comes back to what I said earlier. Why is it more important to us for a batsman to be given 4 instead of 3 rather than given not out if he misses it?

There are some edges that are hard to see with the replays alone. If they have sniko and hotspot it should be easy enough though. Just a case of making sure each ground and the host actually have it. The SA series was bad in this aspect, the 1st Test didn't have sniko or hotspot and then the next Test they couldn't get the replays for it.

Going by what the commentators are saying, are we actually using hawk eye predictor for referrals?

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Holding has a great point - using the predicted path is going to lead to far too many shorter Test matches.

 

[barmyarmy]

It sounds like it but I'd instruct the umpires not to give half-ball hitting lbws.

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Holding has a great point - using the predicted path is going to lead to far too many shorter Test matches.

It's about time we redressed the balance. Batsmen have it way too easy.

 

[Warch El]

That'll do...

 

[NICK_GIFF]

Ok, now we're screwed when Freddie retires.

 

[SciD]

In referral hawk eye is used to answer on field umpires question

1) Did ball pitch in line
2) Did it stuck outside line
3) Height of delivery
4) Distance to wicket
5) Batsman relative to wicket

Its freezed when ball impacts pad. Nothing is discussed what happens after that.

 

[NICK_GIFF]

I don't think so.

Is Broad really ready though to take over the mantle of Freddie?? One World Class spell doesn't make him World Class sadly.

 

[Will_NA]

Flintoff hasn't been World Class for years, I'm afraid.

 

[aussie1st]

In referral hawk eye is used to answer on field umpires question

1) Did ball pitch in line
2) Did it stuck outside line
3) Height of delivery
4) Distance to wicket
5) Batsman relative to wicket

Its freezed when ball impacts pad. Nothing is discussed what happens after that.

Yea that's is the one I was thinking aka the one they used before the referrals were put on hold.

172 runs behind, won't be surprised if we make the pitch look dead again.

 

[barmyarmy]

Ok, time for some maths. Let's start by assuming no rain.
Lead is 160. England have 28 overs to bat tonight. Let's say 2.5 rpo and that puts them 230 ahead at the close.
Tomorrow they add another 200 by tea and then declare are bowled out leaving Australia needing to score 430 in 7 sessions to win the Ashes.
Hell it can even rain on Monday and we'll get a result.
I'm much more confident about the batting than the bowling. I'd take 200ao right now leaving them needing 370.

barmyarmy added 1 Minutes and 18 Seconds later...

In referral hawk eye is used to answer on field umpires question

1) Did ball pitch in line
2) Did it stuck outside line
3) Height of delivery
4) Distance to wicket
5) Batsman relative to wicket

Its freezed when ball impacts pad. Nothing is discussed what happens after that.

That's the old system. All change it seems.
To be honest the biggest flaw with the referral system is the human element not the technological one. The people operating it are total muppets.

 

[NICK_GIFF]

Flintoff hasn't been World Class for years, I'm afraid.

Still miles better than Broad though.

Broad can be fb, but he can also be fs.

 

[SciD]

Blunders have been made in referrals as well. But seriously obvious decision like North and Clark one can be avoided.

 

[aussie1st]

Didn't know we had a whole session left, a good session for England all but ends our hopes of winning but a good session by us puts us back in it.