England vs Sri Lanka

[The Dark Knight]

End of day 3- Sri Lanka 1st innings 288. Silva 79, Perera 42, 3/31, Finn 3/59.

England 2nd innings 4/109 and leading by 237. Hales 41 not out, Bairstow 32. Compton promoted to open he made 19 and Vince made a first ball duck. Fernando has 3/25.

[Jim05]

And we see another example of a poor review system. Pradeep clean bowls Hales but ump calls no ball. On replay it was a clear legitimate ball but bowler can't review it and ump can't overturn it.
Yet every time a batsman dismissed they check for a no ball

[Jim05]

And we see another example of a poor review system. Pradeep clean bowls Hales but ump calls no ball. On replay it was a clear legitimate ball but bowler can't review it and ump can't overturn it.
Yet every time a batsman is dismissed they check for a no ball

[jackpot jim]

And we see another example of a poor review system. Pradeep clean bowls Hales but ump calls no ball. On replay it was a clear legitimate ball but bowler can't review it and ump can't overturn it.
Yet every time a batsman is dismissed they check for a no ball

Just seen it.
Yep, Agree.
The system has become a joke.
Its inexcusable for an umpire to call a No Ball when its actually NOT !
Would rather see them err on the side of not calling them knowing that there will be a review if the do make a mistake off a ball a wicket falls.
Theres 2 ways to solve this issue.
1/ Bowlers should always have some part of their foot COMFORTABLY behind the line to take any doubt out of the mind of the umpire.
2/ Umpires not to call No Balls for overstepping at all and just leave it solely to the 3rd umpire to review every ball

Now Cook has been caught in front LBW but wasnt given out. Sri Lanka havent reviewed it becos of losing a review just a few overs earlier for a close LBW. Ball tracker shows it hitting in line and going on to smash into the stumps.
2 blokes still out there batting when neither should be,
Surely its not that hard to put a system in place with the technology available to get the RIGHT decisions.

[Lightning McQueen]

And we see another example of a poor review system. Pradeep clean bowls Hales but ump calls no ball. On replay it was a clear legitimate ball but bowler can't review it and ump can't overturn it.
Yet every time a batsman is dismissed they check for a no ball

Just seen it.
Yep, Agree.
The system has become a joke.
Its inexcusable for an umpire to call a No Ball when its actually NOT !
Would rather see them err on the side of not calling them knowing that there will be a review if the do make a mistake off a ball a wicket falls.
Theres 2 ways to solve this issue.
1/ Bowlers should always have some part of their foot COMFORTABLY behind the line to take any doubt out of the mind of the umpire.
2/ Umpires not to call No Balls for overstepping at all and just leave it solely to the 3rd umpire to review every ball

Now Cook has been caught in front LBW but wasnt given out. Sri Lanka havent reviewed it becos of losing a review just a few overs earlier for a close LBW. Ball tracker shows it hitting in line and going on to smash into the stumps.
2 blokes still out there batting when neither should be,
Surely its not that hard to put a system in place with the technology available to get the RIGHT decisions.

Difference being that the umpire's call is off-putting to the batsman, doesn't make it right though, need something foolproof like cyclops.

[bennymacca]

third umpire does nothing most of the time, why cant he be checking for no balls every delivery and pressing a button which then goes down to the field umpire.

[The Dark Knight]

A rain affected day 5 means the third test is drawn and Sri Lanka avoid a 3-0 Whitewash. Jonny Bairstow was named man of the series making 387 runs.

[The Dark Knight]

England v Pakistan test series. (I want to add Pakistan to the thread title)

1st test at Lord's

Pakistan currently 6/295
Misbah-ul-Haq 111 not out
Shafiq 73
Hafeez 40

Woakes 4/50

Jimmy Anderson is not playing in this match, he is being rested due to his Shoulder not being 100%, he injured against Sri Lanka. Jake Ball has debuted for England.

[The Dark Knight]

Just saw that Grenville has created a thread for the current series. Can a moderator add Pakistan to the name of this thread title and/or merge the two threads?

[bennymacca]

Just saw that Grenville has created a thread for the current series. Can a moderator add Pakistan to the name of this thread title and/or merge the two threads?

i cant work out why people dont want to just start a new thread?

much more logical than editing a thread that has a bunch of other stuff at the top

[heater31]

Just saw that Grenville has created a thread for the current series. Can a moderator add Pakistan to the name of this thread title and/or merge the two threads?

i cant work out why people dont want to just start a new thread?

much more logical than editing a thread that has a bunch of other stuff at the top

Maybe next season we just call it English Summer Series?

In non Ashes years England plays 2 opponents.

Having said that I think 2017 is an Ashes year...

[The Dark Knight]

Just saw that Grenville has created a thread for the current series. Can a moderator add Pakistan to the name of this thread title and/or merge the two threads?

i cant work out why people dont want to just start a new thread?

much more logical than editing a thread that has a bunch of other stuff at the top

It was just my first thought. Sorry boss.

[The Dark Knight]

Maybe next season we just call it English Summer Series?

I should of done that to begin with.

[bennymacca]

much better to have separate threads imo (wasnt meant to sound harsh, apologies)

there is nothing more intimidating to a new forum user than a 400 page thread. and its easy to start a new one!