n.f.r watch the cricket its entertaining for a change

k.p on fire come on England, with the south Africans at the crease

 

Great last session of the series. Shane Warne is probably the worst commentator on tv!

 

especially when the aussies could be losing 4-0, who would of believed it, k.p out

 

Fair play to the Aussies, they could have batted out a bore-draw when we avoided the follow-on but they made a game of it. In reality there could only be one winner on that pitch as if we'd lost a few quick wickets we just shut up shop.

It's still a tough job as there aren't one-day fielding or bowling restrictions and KP has just holed out now, so the Aussies might nick a draw. It'll be entertaining anyway...

 

Can't see anything but a draw now.. But you never know.
Thought Atherton was going to belt him over the 'willing to lose to win' bullshit!

 

Trott gone, draw looking favourite now...

 

A perfect example of how Test Cricket repeatedly shoots itself in both feet, how much have the punters paid for their tickets? Who cares? The light meter rules...

 

Yep it's bollocks, full house, electric atmosphere & so close to a result!

 

Indeed. Not the umpires' fault, as they have to follow the rules. But all it would take is a common sense ruling for occasions like that. Funny watching the Aussies being so desperate to scuttle off!!
Go get that urn boys!!

 

Any minute now.....................lift that little urn Cookie!!

 

First time Ive ever seen the fielding side complain they cant see the ball, what a bunch of bottlers constantly whinging at the umpires.

I would have hated to have a tenner on and England win at 100-1.

 

Lift that HUGE urn...

 

A proud Englishman here lads..........lovely!!

 

3 months and we can spank them again, it's almost animal cruelty...

 

Bring it on.

 

Home & Away......... Love it!

 

the umpires should of waited until the scores were tied and then called it off

 

Heres what I dont get. They play day night games with floodlights so why is bad light allowed in test matches?

Surely they should be able to swap the ball to a while one of a similar age when needed?

 

Because one side is always looking for a way out. Because England looked like winning the Aussies couldn't get off quick enough, if England had nine wickets down they'd have been looking to get off. Sadly, it's in the original laws of the game so Test and County Cricket is governed by those laws, whereas the one-day and T20 has the day/night rules...

 

Neither team can ask to go off for bad light, its entirely the umpires' call and they played by the rules, as they have too, otherwise the Aussies would have quite rightly been up in arms.

Its frustrating, but I quite like the arcane nature of the rules, impact of weather on the result, tactical long slow periods of the game, and a draw is a legitimate result. That's test cricket. T20 is a nice alternative, but if you engineer the test rules to ensure there is always a result it'll be like those velodrome races when everyone goes really slowly until the last 100 metres.