Nice one, thanks for sharing. Would love to see a game between those 2 teams actually! If they are all fit I think I’d put my money on the ‘second XI’ to win that one.
In the actual match, SA seem to have made a decent start with the bat, 116/2 after 21 overs. If England don’t keep taking wickets they will be looking at an imposing total, even for them. But it appears from a quick glance at the Cricinfo commentary that they are generating some chances. So a nicely poised game at this point. And even as I type, they get their third!
Well, after a pretty shocking over from Archer that cost 20 runs (and made it look like SA would be at well over 300), he has redeemed himself slightly with a wicket in the 49th - after a Sam Curran wicket in the 48th. So presumably England will fancy getting this.
Meanwhile, the Cricinfo commentary alerted me to an extraordinary finish in the U19 Women’s T20 world-cup semi-final. I picked it up as Australia needed 23 to win with 3 wickets (and plenty of balls) in hand. They lost a wicket, but immediately after that England conceded 5 wides, then another 2 boundaries. Australia’s to lose at that point - especially when England dropped a catch - only to get a run-out instead with a direct hit! The next 7 balls were dots and then the last wicket fell, leaving Australia 3 short and England through to the final. Incredible stuff.
Whoa! I just noticed that England lost. Last time I saw the score they were 150-1 off 20, needing 150 off 30 with 9 wickets standing. I thought they’d walk it.
By the way, anyone watch the BBL? I am loving the way that they are mic’ing up select players every game. I’m getting so much insight into the game. I had no idea just how important the captain’s role is. To constantly be setting the field position before every ball seems like.
Has anyone been following the action in Nagpur, where India (who have been close to invincible at home for the last ten years) have spin-washed Australia in the 1st Test. The Aussies lost all 10 second-innings wickets in a session and the game was over by tea on the third day. Lots of discussion about the pitch in the run-up to the game, but the general conclusion seems to be that Ashwin & Jadeja are just that good.
I’ve only seen highlights. I didn’t see anything to indicate the pitch was dud. Just very good bowling by the Indian spinners and some very nervous batting by the Australians.
For the life of me, I can’t figure out the “impact” decision by DRS for LBW reviews. Sure, when the ball lands outside of the leg stump, it’s automatically not out. Makes sense. But when the ball lands outside of the off stump, it always seems to be “umpire’s call”. But what is the umpire calling? What is he or she making a judgment on? The calls don’t seem to based on anything. I also saw a video of Shane Warne getting Marcus Trescothick out on LBW, after the bsll’s impact was at least 18 inches wide of off-stump. But that mist have been the early days of DRS use.
Umpires call is the decision they would have made before DRS.
(though there’s a school of thought that Test umpires now are making their decision knowing that it’s probable going to be reviewed and Hawke-eye does the hard bit and there’s no stigma if they get it wrong seeing that technology can’t be definitive. Unfortunately this mindset is now flowing down the chain to the lower grades, where there isn’t DRS)
The umpires call for giving a batsman out LBW is:
It is a fair delivery;
The ball has struck the body before hitting the bat or gloves holding the bat;
The ball was going to hit the stumps;
The ball has not pitched outside leg stump;
If the batsman is playing a shot, the ball must have struck the pad on or inside the line of the off stump.
If any of those are false, the batsman is not out.
I think that’s true.
Yes there were areas prepared that looked to be a trap for the heavily LH batter lineup of AUS. They didn’t have a material impact on the spin of the delivered ball. It may have got into the head of the batters whose performance was, at best flaccid.
Two of IND’s LH scored half centuries. With some application, so could have 2 of the visitors. If they’d scored 270 rather than 170 they were still way behind in the game but at least have a bolters chance.
15 AUS wickets fell as LBW or bowled. 6 LBW in that appalling 2nd innings effort. And they weren’t being fired or BBQed, they went down in flames with desperate reviews hoping they’d got an edge or brushed the glove. So they were getting beaten inside the line ie the ball was spinning less than they expected. And the initial damage had been done by the seamers. Shami and Siraj bowled 16 overs before Sharma gave the ball to the spinners.
Swepson (RH wrist spinner) is coming home. Partner is expecting their first child but I would have thought that was known before the tour, so why’d they pick him to warm the bench? He was never playing the 1st Test. His Queensland teammate Kuhnemann (LH orthodox) is flying in. I think he’ll play and AUS will play 3 spinners (Lyon, Murphy and Kuhnemann) all are offies but one is LH. Marnus to open the bowling for a couple of overs with Cummins.
So you ask why did they select Agar to warm the bench?
Head will come in to open. Warner will be dropped, his spot in ENG for the Ashes is dodgy and he might well not play Tests again.
The next Test is New Dehli which is the Indian spinners equivalent of the Gabbatoir for seamers in Australia. If it lasts into the 4th day the Aussie bats will need a drug test.
Where did the ball hit the pitch? If outside leg stump, then it’s not out.
Where did the ball hit the batter? If outside off stump, then it’s not out UNLESS the batter was not playing a shot (this can be subjective and I believe is determined solely by the on-field umpire), in which case it doesn’t matter. If it’s close to the line, the decision of the on-field umpire stands (“umpire’s call”).
Would the ball have hit the stumps? Again, if it’s close then it’s “umpire’s call”.
I suspect your confusion may be around the details of point 2?
Can you give us a link to this video?
Was he playing a shot? If not he does not have to be in line.
I do recall a few with lefties getting done by not offering a shot to an outrageous turner. Here’s an example. Note that the uploader (a YouTube legend) thinks this is an absolute howler of a decision. I don’t see it that way.
Agree it’s not a howler - I must admit my first impression, and on the replays, was that it may have been turning too much to hit the stumps, missing them on the legside. So I was quite surprised to see Hawkeye suggest the opposite. Obviously this was from before the implementation of DRS; wasn’t one reason that it took a while to adopt, that at the time Hawkeye was thought to be not entirely reliable, especially on sharply turning deliveries like this one? If so, then maybe the umpire was right all along, here. The commentator who says “it was only missing by 6 inches” is exaggerating as well, more like 3 inches even if you believe Hawkeye.
Yes, definitely Point 2. I guess my confusion stems from the LBW DRS replays that go through each step with green and red lights. They used to begin with the bowler’s front foot check, but I think that is all automated now so they skip it. The next is the impact. If that clears the batter with a green light, then they just stop instead of showing where the ball flight would ultimately be. I will find some actual video, as I may not have described everything well.
Sort of - a wide is judged when the ball passes the batsman, so pitching outside leg and turning in, even if it goes on to hit the stumps, would be a Wide called, and the batsman shouldn’t be out. The one to Gibbs from your video is an interesting one, because it pitched outside leg but is in front of the stumps when it passes the batsman, so would be a legal delivery.
2nd Test IND v AUS @ New Dehli
1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Peter Handscomb, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Todd Murphy, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Matthew Kuhnemann.
There you go. Just one bit of selectors courage short of winning a Kewpie Doll.
Have won the toss and batted. Cummins has proved a wizz with the coin.
Need nothing short of 300 runs here to be in with a chance, which will be a big ask.