Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Pitching outside leg. That's some bullshit. Plum as gently caress that was.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:06

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# ? May 22, 2024 14:25

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

What the gently caress was that review? The fix is in!

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:07

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

RideTheSpiral posted:

Pitching outside leg. That's some bullshit. Plum as gently caress that was.

Why does where it pitches matter at all? It's either hitting the stumps or it isn't.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:11

puchu: Sep 20, 2004; hiya~

EMC posted:

The cricinfo comments by readers are just the most awful thing, they remind of those dumb loving tweets that networks put over bad reality TV

Kush: "Someone needs to tell India that this is a WC knockout match!!"

Naveen: "India need the drinks what Bangla tigers had in the first drinks break"

Siddhesh: "Something's gotta pop...."

BHARTESH: "NEED BIG SHOT"

NEED BIG poo poo

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:13

runoverbobby: Apr 21, 2007; Fighting like beavers.

The Rabbi T. White posted:

Why does where it pitches matter at all? It's either hitting the stumps or it isn't.

There is a degree of uncertainty about a ball's potential direction after it pitches. HawkEye is good at determining where the ball pitches (which is the same as determining where a tennis ball lands), but less-good at determining where the ball will go after it pitches/bounces. Because of this uncertainty you can't say that an umpire's not-out on a ball that pitches outside leg is "clearly incorrect".

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:19

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

runoverbobby posted:

There is a degree of uncertainty about a ball's potential direction after it pitches. HawkEye is good at determining where the ball pitches (which is the same as determining where a tennis ball lands), but less-good at determining where the ball will go after it pitches/bounces. Because of this uncertainty you can't say that an umpire's not-out on a ball that pitches outside leg is "clearly incorrect".

So basically the umpire screwed that one up.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:22

runoverbobby: Apr 21, 2007; Fighting like beavers.

Josh Lyman posted:

So basically the umpire screwed that one up.

Most likely, but not to a certainty. The pitch has cracks and grooves and bumps that Hawkeye cannot simulate, so hypothetically there is a chance that the ball could have bounced strangely and missed the stumps.

e: and this hypothetical chance is far less likely when the pitching is in-line and the impact is in-line, or so the theory of DRS goes.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:24

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

runoverbobby posted:

Most likely, but not to a certainty. The pitch has cracks and grooves and bumps that Hawkeye cannot simulate, so hypothetically there is a chance that the ball could have bounced strangely and missed the stumps.

e: and this hypothetical chance is far less likely when the pitching is in-line and the impact is in-line, or so the theory of DRS goes.

But the ball hit the pads right in front of the stumps. The umpire saw it was in line after the bounce.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:27

runoverbobby: Apr 21, 2007; Fighting like beavers.

Also you guys, you can't be LBW if the ball pitches outside leg stump. That's just how LBW works.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:28

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

Josh Lyman posted:

But the ball hit the pads right in front of the stumps. The umpire saw it was in line after the bounce.

What would've happened if the umpire had given that out? Could it have been overturned on that pitching?

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:28

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Josh Lyman posted:

But the ball hit the pads right in front of the stumps. The umpire saw it was in line after the bounce.

If the ball pitches outside of leg stump, the batsman cannot be dismissed leg before wicket, this is due to some lovely leg side tactics that would be employed otherwise that encouraged awful cricket. Because 50.1% of the ball pitched outside leg, the on field umpire's call of not out cannot be overturned as there is judged to be sufficient doubt.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:29

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

runoverbobby posted:

Also you guys, you can't be LBW if the ball pitches outside leg stump. That's just how LBW works.

Unless you offer no shot.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:29

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Yes do you guy really not know LBW rules?

Outside leg. Not out.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:30

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Mister Chief posted:

Unless you offer no shot.

Nope, not even then. if it hits the pad outside off with no shot offered then it can still be out which is what you're thinking of.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:30

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Mister Chief posted:

Unless you offer no shot.

This is if it hits you outside the line of off stump.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:31

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

These fuckers are still going to score 300+ aren't they :smith:

Especially since Dhoni is still in the sheds

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:35

tnimark: Dec 22, 2009

cpaf posted:

I am an Australian and I support Australia and I want to see NZ smash Australia in the final

Same.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:35

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

That makes more sense.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:37

Byolante: Mar 23, 2008; by Cyrano4747

The only thing I wanted from the world cup as an australian was abject failure by England, since I got that either bangers or the kiwis winning would be what I would like most now.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:40

runoverbobby: Apr 21, 2007; Fighting like beavers.

gently caress off Ian Gould

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:46

Josh Lyman: May 24, 2009

The fix. Is in.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:47

markgreyam: Mar 10, 2008; Talk to the mittens.

Could Bangladesh and NZ be in the final together? I couldn't handle that :ohdear:

It's needs to be one of those teams and then a team I don't like. Australia will do.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:47

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

runoverbobby posted:

gently caress off Ian Gould

This.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:48

Dumb Username: Oct 20, 2012

The fix is in. Aleem Dar is Indian.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:49

runoverbobby: Apr 21, 2007; Fighting like beavers.

Still gently caress off Ian Gould

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:50

Dumb Username: Oct 20, 2012

Shane Warne is a Bad Commentator.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:52

lynch_69: Jan 21, 2001

This is horseshit. Bangladesh were robbed two wickets there.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:53

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

lynch_69 posted:

This is horseshit. Bangladesh were robbed two wickets there.

Dat Indian tv money

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:58

puchu: Sep 20, 2004; hiya~

the fix is in

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:58

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

Byolante posted:

The only thing I wanted from the world cup as an australian was abject failure by England, since I got that either bangers or the kiwis winning would be what I would like most now.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 07:58

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

This is some shameful stuff.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:03

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

If this World Cup is remembered for anything it will be when the word "batters" overtook the word "batsman" in common parlance.

I fall firmly in the curmudgeon camp and hate it.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:14

puchu: Sep 20, 2004; hiya~

Come on you bangers (COYB)

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:15

voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

Bowlsmen or ballsmen?

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:15

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

-Spiffy- posted:

If this World Cup is remembered for anything it will be when the word "batters" overtook the word "batsman" in common parlance.

I fall firmly in the curmudgeon camp and hate it.

Yeah it pisses me off because a lot of commentators are doing it now. Seems like something they've been told to say.

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:23

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Well you see "batsman" is sexist, and furthermore

# ? Mar 19, 2015 08:26