Cricket

beefy says you dont have to appeal, the umpire gives it out if he knows it's out. I think Broad woulda turned into dennis lilley if that hadn't been given

get a quick 250, bowl windies out for 50.

^^^this

aww no its a referral

England 30-3 at close all out 90

What you think dar is gonna give?

there has to be conclusive evidence the original decision is wrong. But he got it wrong last time with zero evidence. So who knows what he will give.

ahh its out.
Now for the england collapse to look forward to ;)

FIRST-INNINGS LEAD, WE WIN WOOOOOOOOO

moral victory claims lj

we should throw the bat about, if we lose 2 wickets then they need to reign it in and be more controlled. But with shah as likely to get out normal test cricket wise he may as well be told to play like a 20/20. Cook can stay firm at the other end while strauss and then shah go for it. If we only lose 1 wkt tonight KP can have a real slog tomorrow

Open with Shah and KP :D

naw dont want kp ran out...

i think strauss and cook will see off the swinging ball that you get with the new ball. 5 overs or so then crack on. And hopefully put away the bad ball if you get one. S
trauss and KP are the main guys though. They both have to score big and quickly. Lose 1 or both and england wont get a good enough score quickly enough.

at the moment its not even about hitting sixes. If you can get some quick singles or run 3 instead of 2 etc and get a boundary every over the score could mount up to allow later batsmen to hit sixes every ball if they wish

wi referring a not out for catch behind

i assume this cant be given out but who knows what dar decides.

he doesnt hear the noise btw

he has to have conclusive evidence to overturn it

(he def hit it btw)

but i still dont think you can overturn it with tv pictures. as the law is supposed to be

and not out

dar could hear the noise but couldnt see a deflection. *sigh* they need hotspot.

also Strauss isn't a walker. Do you think that's cheating if you don't walk?

Not walking is dubious but it isn't cheating IMO

alec stewart at tea said umpires can only give out with their eyes, not a noise. So i wonder what he will say at the close of play. Because there was a huge noise. If he had been given out I dont think strauss woulda referred it.

So at least both sides are suffering from shit umpiring. Hopefully these 2 will never umpire test matches again

I have "not walked" in a club game. In fairness it was my first ball and the edge was down the leg-side so it felt a bit unfair. When I got a huge snick on it 5 runs later trying to mash it out of the park, and the keeper pulled off probably the best glovesman's catch I've ever seen at that level (top-right corner, flying through air etc), the bowler turned round and asked the umpire bitterly "how was THAT"...'twas all very droll.

I knew you wouldnt walk

strauss gone

Gayle gets Strauss out C&B so the WI aren't punished after all.

I would walk in most circumstances, actually!

So will Shah run cook out or himself? Or will he get out on the boundary slogging?

Shah was lucky there

Shah out

(for good)

england falling to bits

lol chill out dude, this is gonna be a bit white-water, plenty of batsmen still in the hutch

like, Shah *had* to go for his shots, as do all the others. some will fall.

WI wont chase a total. Gayle might but the others wont. England have to and could easily be all out for 40 or 50

Shah didn't. You never HAVE to chase wide balls.

England have to and could easily be all out for 40 or 50

Sometimes I wonder whether you're watching the same sport as I am :P

You don't HAVE to chase wide balls, but I sense that quite a lot of balls delivered in this innings will be just that, so it kinda helps.

WI will feel that once they get KP out games over.

Cook reckons he didnt edge it so is referring

but the umpire must have conclusive proof to overturn in

so im guessing out

unless they get it wrong like with chanderpaul

i dont think he hit it btw. even with the replay

so i cant see why that was given out in the 1st place

This is all very silly.

given out

now we might score some quick runs!!