heater31 wrote:Trader wrote:Fulham were 7/77 with 6 of the 7 given out LBW
Genuine LBW's or questionable?
Lets just say there's a reason those umps are doing B1 games.
Interesting to look through some stats.
From the start of test cricket, through to 2015, LBW averages 144 of every 1000 dismissals.
Not to say turf cricketers are anything like test match batsmen, but the bowlers aren't exactly nipping the ball back off the seam all that often either, the bats don't get in behind the ball, etc. But for the sake of comparison, it's an easy to use, long term data set the gives a rough indication of the number of LBWs that could be expected in a game of cricket.
Looking at B1 (lowest grade with supplied umpires) games over the 2016/17 year, where an umpire was appointed, LBW accounted for 183 of 866 wickets, or 211 per 1000 dismissals, some 47% higher than would be expected.
Add in the fact that test umpires with years of training should be more confident projecting the direction of the ball than a lower grade turf umpire who can't see properly or hear much, and should be leaning on the side of not out when in doubt, it very clear that the bottom end turf umpires are VERY trigger happy.