I didn't see a spot , judging off the actual replay it looked like it hit the part of the bat that was facing away from the hot spot camera.

Two pretty easy ways to tell Bell hit it. Firstly his eyes followed the ball into Haddins gloves, which you only do if you hit it. Secondly, he went up to Stokes and said he hit it :lol:

I think we have video reviews to create the impression of umpire impartiality, especially with India providing so much revenue to world cricket.

I'd be happy to do away with it but then don't complain the next time India gets a raft of questionable decisions going their way. Or anyone else for that matter.





Edited by thupercoach: 17/12/2013 10:33:18 AM

The main issue with the DRS system is that it costs in excess of $50,000 per test match making it impractical for many matches.

England are getting pretty close to their target... If their tail wags we might be in trouble

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOT 'IM YES! PISS OFF YOU'RE OUT!!!!!!

:-s

We got a wicket hence the Tony Grieg style quote lol :P

oh ok I thought he thought I was English or something and was giving me stick:lol:
172 to win with 4 wickets in hand, gonna be a nail biter

It really isn't :lol:

We're about to reclaim the ashes! 1 more wicket

England's first century of the series and they still can't make it a close game.

There's more Englishmen in the crowd than Australians, doesn't Perth realise Australia are about to win back the Ashes? :lol:

YES! Couldn't care less about the last 2 tests now, about time we got the ashes back

Fuck yessssssssssssss

-PB

Have a shit summer England (Y)

Lol... and it's Bill Lawry style celebration, courtesy of Billy Birmingham.

Looks like he figured it out :)

Cook shouldn't and won't be dropped. The guy is absolute class, and 3 poor tests doesn't change that. Hell, out of his 6 dismissals 2 were absolutely unplayable deliveries

Drop Cook? :lol: You could make a case for taking the captaincy from him (and even then...) but dropping him altogether, just :lol:

And Prior's VC of the test side not Broad.

Bring Bairstow back, no thanks. Stokes has done in two tests what Bairstow has failed to do in 12, plus he can bowl. I've been calling for him to come into the side for a while now, he could be the new Fred Flintoff. Looks like we've finally found our number 6, shame all the other batting positions have now suddenly come into question :lol:

Besides, people were saying these things about this team after the failure against Pakistan, and the 2-0 series loss at home to South Africa. In the period since about 2010 that we've kept the core of this side together, we've won the Ashes in Australia for the first time in 23 years, whitewashed India at home to become the number 1 side in the world, gone to the subcontinent where the team had been dismal against spin the previous summer and came from 1-0 down to sweep aside the Indians and win 2-1, and of course won the Ashes for the third time in a row without losing a match. We've gone from being lauded as the greatest side to play the game in recent years to the most overrated side there's ever been.

We might blood a few players in the next two tests, I'd like to see Tymal Mills get a game just cos' fuck it, why not? :lol: but I wouldn't expect the side that lines up in the first test against Sri Lanka in the English summer to be dramatically different to the one that played in Perth.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 18/12/2013 06:47:44 AM

The idea of dropping Cook is laughable. He's one of their most consistent performers. And despite the entire England team's performances lacking he's still averaged 25.66.

It's not just 3 poor tests. He was poor in the northern Ashes as well. Since the start of the Ashes over there he's scored 5 50's in 16 innings, with a highest score of 72. In this 16 innings he's scored 431 runs at an average of 26.9. That's poor no matter which way you look at it

double

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 18/12/2013 09:19:57 AM

I'd rather try the likes of Moeen Ali or Sam Robson from the development squad before Bairstow.

That's more or less comparable to all the other English batsmen though, so why should he be dropped over anyone else?

Tbf I wasn't saying he should be dropped, more so that this is more than just 3 tests of poor form.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/test-spinner-graeme-swann-retires-from-england-duty-with-immediate-effect/story-e6frf3g3-1226788284350

I know the guy is 34 and their hopes of retaining the Ashes is over, but fuck that's poor form quitting mid series.