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

ElectricEelMan

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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
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.
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Hello Andrew!
Still falling for the hook shot??

I wonder can you please go out and watch more domestic cricket. You are chairman of selectors and you are neglecting many possible bolwing candidates. These plodders you have in there now aren't doing the job so why not take a shot on someone new.

And why did you select O'Keefe in the Australia A game, a game in which he had moderate success (4/88) but then choose a guy who is in his first season of first class cricket with an average of about 45, an average by the way that is twice as high as O'Keefe's.

Why not give Copeland a go? He definitely isn't mediocre as you suggest. But then again you obviously don't watch state cricket so why would you know.
 
Tonearm Terrorwrist

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" but the replay shows nothing on Hot Spot. Or is there a really soft mark? It's very hard to tell. If it was an edge it was very, very faint."

"Snicko, which isn't used in the review process, seems to show a noise that is probably an edge. The replays weren't conclusive, and it appears that Aleem Dar has overturned his own decision."

f**king numpty.
 
Tonearm Terrorwrist

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ElectricEelMan said:
Hello Andrew!
Still falling for the hook shot??

I wonder can you please go out and watch more domestic cricket. You are chairman of selectors and you are neglecting many possible bolwing candidates. These plodders you have in there now aren't doing the job so why not take a shot on someone new.

And why did you select O'Keefe in the Australia A game, a game in which he had moderate success (4/88) but then choose a guy who is in his first season of first class cricket with an average of about 45, an average by the way twice as high as O'Keefe's.

Why not give Copeland a go? He definitely isn't mediocre as you suggest. But then again you obviously don't watch state cricket so why would you know.
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Lol @ not being able retort properly.
 
HevyDevy

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To be fair on Smith it was a pretty hot chance.

This whole referral calamity is more effort than it's worth. Dodgy calls, umpires making referrals - it's a blight on the game.
 
yappy

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HevyDevy said:
To be fair on Smith it was a pretty hot chance.

This whole referral calamity is more effort than it's worth. Dodgy calls, umpires making referrals - it's a blight on the game.
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Disagree. UDRS has shown that it's not 100%, but we'd be talking about a hell of lot more bad decisions without it. Although it would have been good to gun out Cook a few more times.
 
Tonearm Terrorwrist

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lol the review system is in the hands of the players in theory it is to remove the howler in reality it is used whenever they want howler or not. Hot spot is the evidence they go by and it showed nothing, unbelievable you continue this.
 
yappy

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Copeland and O'Keefe are the two guys who definitely should have been given a look in. Dougy would have offered more than Hilf in this game.
 
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The famous line is - well selecting Copeland or O'Keefe wouldn't hurt. Maybe not but it's not as big a travesty as some of you suggest it to be.

I mean, you know your domestic season is struggling when Ronald McDonald is the stand out superstar.
 
ElectricEelMan

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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
lol the review system is in the hands of the players in theory it is to remove the howler in reality it is used whenever they want howler or not. Hot spot is the evidence they go by and it showed nothing, unbelievable you continue this.
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My god you are an idiot.
No point debating with an idiot like you who thinks an bowling average of 45 is better than 25.
 
HevyDevy

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yappy said:
Disagree. UDRS has shown that it's not 100%, but we'd be talking about a hell of lot more bad decisions without it. Although it would have been good to gun out Cook a few more times.
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It has huge flaws though.

I can see why they limit it to two wrong challenges but it's ridiculous to be able to challengte for half an innings but if you get two close ones wrong you can't use it later.

To have umpires referring is even worse. The umpires are there to make a decision. If a player wants to challenge it, go ahead, but the umpire shouldn't be able to use it as a crutch.

I'm not at all worried about the Cook no-ball yesterday - correct decision was made and everyone is happy - but the way it happened was pathetic.

If Billy thought it was a no-ball, why didn't he call it? He wouldn't have asked for a referral if the wicket didn't fall despite apparently knowing it was a no-ball.
 
HevyDevy

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Big Pete said:
The famous line is - well selecting Copeland or O'Keefe wouldn't hurt. Maybe not but it's not as big a travesty as some of you suggest it to be.

I mean, you know your domestic season is struggling when Ronald McDonald is the stand out superstar.
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Plus rushing in players that show a bit of potential (or in Beer's case no potential) is a proven recipe for disaster.

They need more time. O'Keefe isn't even in the Shield side.

Why did Khawaja look good? Because he has paid his dues. Half the players that have debuted in the past 2-3 years have not paid their dues and we have paid the price.
 
ElectricEelMan

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Tonearm Terrorwrist said:
I'd reply with the same thing you did if I were wrong aswell.
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You are wrong.
I will put in simple English for you, since you are obviosuly have the IQ of geniused rabbit.

Bell edged the ball but it was a thin edge.
Bell knows he was out but gets some advice from Prior who says 'it was thin but you may as well go for it cause we are 6 down and there is nothing to lose'
Hot spot may or may not show a slight mark indicating the thinnest of edges. Some say they see the faintest of marks. The ball is close to the bat. There is hardly any separation between bat and ball.

NO EVIDENCE IS ABSOLUTELY 100% CONCLUSIVE HE DIDN'T EDGE IT
 
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