tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post3032766840392811044..comments2024-03-13T09:17:05.086+00:00Comments on Cricket Burble: A wish for 2010Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06755797969506651900noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-12757264978483087002009-12-31T08:53:25.203+00:002009-12-31T08:53:25.203+00:00Hmmm. To the naked eye I thought Smith's looke...Hmmm. To the naked eye I thought Smith's looked very leg-sidish Jez given the angle from round the wicket! I would have felt agrieved to have been given out to that....Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06755797969506651900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-2141856082820098352009-12-30T18:41:26.778+00:002009-12-30T18:41:26.778+00:00Smith "wasted" his referral on the despe...Smith "wasted" his referral on the desperate hope that something would reveal the decision to be incorrect. I think on first view it looked plumb and was surprised how close it was in the end. Smith made the decision that as SA's last recognised batsman it was tactically worth taking the last referral and thereby denying it to his team-mates It didn't pay off but that was Smith's fault rather than the system. I think we have also seen a refreshing lack of howlers so far this series which is good to see.Jeznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-82480548982475192782009-12-29T22:45:22.929+00:002009-12-29T22:45:22.929+00:00in the tennis it's different. It's either ...in the tennis it's different. It's either in or out. No debate after hawk-eye (other than technical inaccuracies, perhaps)<br /><br />in cricket you need to have these guidelines. Whether the ones we have at the moment are right is very debatable...Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-51076656402366937382009-12-29T14:47:30.089+00:002009-12-29T14:47:30.089+00:00I can see your argument, but I think the referrals...I can see your argument, but I think the referrals that ended up being given today in the England v SA game against Smith and de Villiers show why a change is needed. SA "wasted" referrals but the batsman had every right to feel agrieved as they shouldn't have been given given the ball was only just clipping the stumps. Now if they get a real howler they may not be able to refer.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06755797969506651900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251157054005755258.post-59652706321755468162009-12-29T13:02:19.812+00:002009-12-29T13:02:19.812+00:00I disagree. The system is there to correct 'ho...I disagree. The system is there to correct 'howlers', not to mete out some sort of 'millimetre justice' (which the UDRS cannot deliver anyway): if a decision is merely mildly questionable, it shouldn't be challenged. As of yet, it would appear neither players nor umpires fully understand that.<br /><br />Compare with the tennis: players have three (incorrect) challenges in each set (plus an extra for tie breaks). This works quite well because everybody seems to understand that it is not wise to challenge line calls they simply <i>wish</i> would be different. (Well, OK, everybody but Federer anyway, who is an absolutely useless 'challenger'.)bettiwettiwoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13711578604748626539noreply@blogger.com