I have no problem with Broad not walking if the umpire didn't give him out, but if he watched the replay on the screen and saw how bad the decision was, he should have gone then as it was so obvious.Didn't see it live, but on first glance it looked like he's cut it straight to first slip. On slomo he's edged it to the keepers gloves and then to 21st slip. The fact the Ump saw it came off the gloves to means it wasn't the real howler painted in the press.
What's the betting that Aleem Derrrr doesn't get the next test?
Didn't see it live, but on first glance it looked like he's cut it straight to first slip. On slomo he's edged it to the keepers gloves and then to 21st slip. The fact the Ump saw it came off the gloves to means it wasn't the real howler painted in the press.
On slomo he's edged it to the keepers gloves and then to 21st slip. The fact the Ump saw it came off the gloves to means it wasn't the real howler painted in the press.
There is a discussion going on over on RMWeb about whether Broad should have walked or not, with most taking the view that he should have, in the 'Spirit of the Game'. However several still manage to stereotype Australians as being cheats because we don't' walk, saying things like 'it is not in our psyche'.
After a satisfactory opening match for the tourists, Swann confided afterwards that he "wanted to kill" Dilruwan Perera. He accused the Sri Lankan of cheating and questioning the integrity of the England captain. Perera had stood his ground after Andrew Strauss, at first slip, had claimed a catch off the bowling of Jimmy Anderson in the final innings of the warm-up game in Colombo. The umpire declined to raise his finger, there was no DRS in use, and, according to Swann, Perera "stood right next to me with a smug look on his face". Swann lamented: "We live in an age where cheating is accepted."
As for the poms claiming walking is not in our psyche, clearly they have no idea and have never heard of one Ricky Ponting, possibly the only batsman to have ever walked on an LBW...
Sainthood for all of them I say..........and Shane Warne wasn't a drug cheatPardon? Suck on a bunch of green tennis balls? You really are weird....
Meanwhile, suck on these guys.
How does that change the decision?It just means the umpire made an understandable mistake - seeing an edge/deviation in the 0.3m of ball travel between the bat and the gloves is hugely more difficult and problematic than seeing a clear edge to first slip. It was painted in the press as some sort of outrageous injustice - which it wasn't.
There has never been a fairer or more gentlemanly player than Bill Woodfull. In a Vic v NSW match he snicked one from Alan McGilvray and umpire George Hele gave him not out.
At lunch, Woodfull told Hele that he'd hit it, but didn't walk because it would have embarrassed Hele.
And - a point of order for TheBlacksmith - there are no Rules in cricket. . . they are The Laws of Cricket ! ! !
It just means the umpire made an understandable mistake - seeing an edge/deviation in the 0.3m of ball travel between the bat and the gloves is hugely more difficult and problematic than seeing a clear edge to first slip. It was painted in the press as some sort of outrageous injustice - which it wasn't.
Pardon? Suck on a bunch of green tennis balls? You really are weird....Here are some tennis balls
Unfortunately I could not find a suitable photo to post of what I though you should be sucking......
Here are some tennis ballsThat looks more like a picture of Graeme Swann to me....
Here's the link to specsavers
http://www.specsavers.com.au/
and here's a picture of a sore loser
That looks more like a picture of Graeme Swann to me....No.
It is a five test series. You are a bit premature in your gloating.
No, I think it is a picture of Swann, probably taken just a short time after no-one bought him at the IPL in 2012.
It is a five test series. You are a bit premature in your gloating.Gloating. I think not.
No, I think it is a picture of Swann, probably taken just a short time after no-one bought him at the IPL in 2012.