Warner fails, we need Hughes to open.

Warner looked like a fucking dopey cunt as usual.

Australia will be lucky to make it to 200.

First task, avoid the follow on.

What was that?
Rogers extremely lucky to survive, given out caught behind but it hit his pad and despite it being umpires call on LBW he is not out because he was given out caught behind not LBW.

What? That's fucking retarded!

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Not really. Cricinfo explains it a little better:

I am not sure what to think. It is umpires call on whether the ball would have hit the stumps but the umpire did not make a call on whether he thought the ball would hit the stumps. He might have actually thought the ball would have gone on and hit the stumps.

How does the third umpire know that the fielding team are appealing for the batsman to be given out LBW and not caught behind?

The on field umpire would communicate it to him. They have the little radios with them for that reason.

Yeah, but Tony Hill didn't give Rogers not out on the LBW either, so really there's no decision there to be 'overturned'. Therefore he should be out LBW.

Clarke gone. Rogers playing a lone innings here. Who will stay with Rogers?

ffs.

-PB

Lyon :lol:

He thought he hit it, hence he didn't think it was out LBW

Maybe. Hill did sort of give Rogers not out LBW because hitting the ball makes LBW impossible and you have to hit the ball to be given out caught. So Hill was implying that Rogers was not out LBW. However he did not give an opinion on whether he thought the ball would have hit the stumps. The idea of umpires call is that there is a margin of error in hawkeye so hawkeye cannot be certain so you go with the umpires call as hawkeye is not any better than the umpire. However in this case you do not know the umpires view.
I think the right decision was made but it is a strange one.
The rules say that the umpires can look at different modes of dismissal but in doing so it is to be assumed the umpire has ruled not out. However it is only an assumption.
If the ball had been hitting the middle of middle stump Rogers would have been rightly given out LBW.

Hopefully Lyon will help Rogers get to his triple century before taking 6 wickets as Australia cruises to an inning win.

Edited by Davis_Patik: 10/8/2013 09:40:45 PM

Must you always insist on fucking jinxing shit? #-o #-o

Rogers with the highest score of the match so far.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

If this was the opening pair we would be in a brilliant position.

Rogers closing in on a ton.

Dam it Watson.

Finally gets his 100.

Looking good, very, very good. However it is far from over, still a long way to go, England could turn this around, they have a good side, just because they have not played great does not mean they will not start to play better, do not count your eggs before they hatch.

Rogers out caught by Prior, bowled Swan. Tiny little flick on the glove.

110.

Rogers is the opener we should have brought in post-Langer. Shame he's now 35.

Still a fantastic knock!

England are providing a swan song to Australia's chances of winning this test with the two quick wickets this morning.

Agreed.

How was Ed Cowan ever selected ahead of Chris Rogers?

I see what you did there. ;)

3-49.

Fuck me I can't believe the wickets so far today.

-PB