I really like Michael Clarke, speaks very honestly and fairly and never grumpy.
Indeed. That's what you get from players who played for Hampshire in their younger years
I really like Michael Clarke, speaks very honestly and fairly and never grumpy.
I really like Michael Clarke, speaks very honestly and fairly and never grumpy.
The last Australian test series I followed one of the teams didn't use their reviews very well and it cost them. I can't remember too much about it but I think it's silly to have the review in the hands of the players let the umpires or 3rd umpire use it and don't let the players touch it just like run outs.
Sound, hotspot, Hawkeye, and snicko.
But snicko takes too long to currently be used as part of the review system, and Hawkeye doesn't play any part in edges off the bat. That's used for LBW appeals.
There must be some margin of error though, unless we just give all the stuff to an umpire and let him decide...which seems to miss the point of using technology to decide. Same problem in tennis, when you see a computerised ball bouncing a sliver outside the line it looks like a fact, but really there's a statistical distribution. What it should say is "there's an x% chance it was in/out" and deciding whether you think 75%, 90%, 99% is good enough. But clearly, a hotspot or sound is still completely open to interpretation.
Fair points it probably would head that way. However I would be inclined to trust the umpiring to the umpires but also give them quick access to technology. it seems to me like a logical and sound progression, handing over the umpiring to the players is in some ways a slap in the face for the umpires and doesn't enhance the umpiring of the game as much as giving the technology to the umpires. If the umpire is unsure and the 3rd umpire is unsure after one replay then go to a review, usually one quick replay is all it takes which wouldn't take up much time. This system of communication is already in place and is probably already used by the umpire to make live calls, delaying a live call by 30 seconds even would be a decent compromise and would definitely avoid howlers like broad's non-dismissal. Perhaps the captain's could also have reviews but I would prefer they didn't as like you say it wastes time and can be misused.No no no no no no please no!
Problem for two reasons, first of all, there would be endless reviews, it would get ridiculous, for me Umps are already getting too reliant on technology for run outs and stumpings, there's some really clear ones that any umpire worth their salt should be able to see from a mile that are getting pointless time-wasting reviews. Every appeal would get reviewed, it would ruin the flow of the game. Secondly some umpires will be too headstrong to review their decisions, and you'll end up with more howlers getting missed which ruins the point of DRS. It just wouldn't work at all, keeping it in the hands of the players is fine, nothing wrong with it, just got to use them sensibly and correctly.
I'm surprised PompeyLapras hasn't been in and mentioned the death of the Glee dude.
Hants thrash Middx!