5th Test: Austalia vs England at SCG Jan 3-7 2011

[Big Pete]

Greig called it as soon as it happened, Bell knew he could get away with it.

 

[icewind]

absof**kingdisgraceful

 

[Matt23]

....and the little merkin wouldn't have been smirking after the reversal if he hadn't of hit it.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

Aleem Dar was having a great series ... then he blew it by not trusting his initial judgment.

Definite edge.

 

[yappy]

....and the cheating little merkin wouldn't have been smirking after the reversal if he hadn't of hit it.

He knows he'll never get a ton against Aus even when we're at out most abject.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Aleem Dar was having a great series ... then he blew it by not trusting his initial judgment.

Definite edge.

To be fair to Aleem Dar he isn't watching the replay what's he supposed to do when the third umpire says to him "nothing on hot spot and no conclusive evidence when slowing down the replay" that's immediately going to cast doubt in his mind that he got it wrong, not fair on Dar imo.

 

[Collingwood Storm]

what a farce... if he didn't hit it he would have challenged immediately, that should have been a give away to Dar

 

[ElectricEelMan]

To be fair to Aleem Dar he isn't watching the replay what's he supposed to do when the third umpire says to him "nothing on hot spot and no conclusive evidence when slowing down the replay" that's immediately going to cast doubt in his mind that he got it wrong, not fair on Dar imo.

There was no conclusive evidence that he didn't edge the ball and since he gave him out there needs to be conclusive evidence. So Dar should have trusted his initial call. He blew it and he will know it after stumps tonight.

Not that it will really matter in the end.

 

[snoozer]

what a farce... if he didn't hit it he would have challenged immediately, that should have been a give away to Dar

was prob banking on a no-ball.

 

[icewind]

why isn't snicko being used? can someone tell me???

 

[hineyrulz]

This is what you get when you keep virtually the same bowling attack that has led this Australian team to a ranking of 5.

This is what you get when you don't select the best spinner in the nation.

This is what you get when you have a bunch of moronic selectors who select someone based off a non-selectors bias opinion.

This is what you get when you extend the contract of perhaps the worst cricket coach in living memory.

This is what you get when you reward mediocrity with continual selection.

This is what you get when you neglect foresight and vision of the future.

This is the Australian cricket team.

^^^^^^^^^^ This.

 

[hineyrulz]

Hot spot is about as useful as Neilsen and Cooley.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

England Batting Totals this Series:

260
1/517
5/620
187
123
513
6/405

Yet our pace bowling attack in the fifth and final test is identical to that of the first test. Apart from the anomalous WACA test, England have scored over 400 every test (and perhaps over 500) yet our awesome selectors believe this marvelous pace bowling attack is going to spearhead our side into the future.

HELLO!!!!!!!

 

[hineyrulz]

:lol: @ Sunshine.

 

[yappy]

England Batting Totals this Series:

260
1/517
5/620
187
123
513
6/405

Yet our pace bowling attack in the fifth and final test is identical to that of the first test. Apart from the anomalous WACA test, England have scored over 400 every test (and perhaps over 500) yet our awesome selectors believe this marvelous pace bowling attack is going to spearhead our side into the future.

HELLO!!!!!!!

But the same pace attack did a great job for us in the last Ashes series. Oh wait...

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Yeah and who do you replace the bowlers with? The current line up are sh*t and the domestic bowlers are worse. All well and good to state the obvious that our bowling sucks but tell me who do you replace them with? You sound like a whinging pom.

There was no conclusive evidence that he didn't edge the ball and since he gave him out there needs to be conclusive evidence. So Dar should have trusted his initial call. He blew it and he will know it after stumps tonight.

Not that it will really matter in the end.

Er yes the evidence available suggested he was not out are you blind nothing on hot spot was shown that's the evidence available.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

Er yes the evidence available suggested he was not out are you blind nothing on hot spot was shown that's the evidence available.

You'd have to ask Aleem Dar that. It does seem as though it was his decision to overturn his original call. It probably should have been kept as the original decision, as the system is intended to remove the howler - that certainly wasn't a howler.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/engine/current/match/428753.html

But I bet you won't be able to understand that

 

[Evenflow]

Yet our pace bowling attack in the fifth and final test is identical to that of the first test. Apart from the anomalous WACA test, England have scored over 400 every test (and perhaps over 500) yet our awesome selectors believe this marvelous pace bowling attack is going to spearhead our side into the future.

HELLO!!!!!!!

Of course our bowling overall could've been a hell of a lot better, but is there any legitimate reason why you haven't laid any blame on our even more so continual pathetic batting performances from the vast majority of our batters?

You couldn't possibly say it's because of England's bowlers, Anderson has bowled pretty good but he and the rest of them have been made to look a hell of a lot better than they are because of our gross ineptness with the bat. Absolutely disgraceful they've been no matter what kind of spin you try and put on it.

 

[yappy]

Hot chance, but Smith should have hung onto that.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

The system is in the hands of the players you idiot they're the ones who are supposed to getting rid of the howler. smh.