Drinks break and with a lead of 141 with 8 wickets left it is definitely there for England to win. Mind you yesterday at this time I thought India were well on top!! Just hope Swann bowls better than he did in the first innings.
I think it was correct by the umpires - if they had called over or tea then he would be not out, similarly if the ball was dead then it would be not out as well.
However a tad unsporting from India - clearly Bell and Morgan thought the ball had gone for four and were walking off for tea.
shocking stuff all round. one of the slip fielders picked up the helmet behind the wickets while the ball is still in play. Surely that's not allowed.
It is, however he's not allowed to touch the ball with any item of clothing in his hand (a fine of five runs results if he does). It was simply of one those bizarre things - a bit of confusion, the ball wasn't dead and once the decision comes in the umpires have no option than to give the run-out.
Little bit of complacency by Bell. The Indians have withdrawn the appeal .. fabulous ..
Sensible - and good for the game.
absolutely, but did you see the Pieteresen incident earlier this afternoon when he was on strike?. He walked out to do some gardening literally as soon as the ball was past him. Dhoni 'had a word' but made no attempt to remove the bails. At the risk of sounding like an old pedant, the laws and rules ARE the laws and rules. Play to the whistle and all that
Dhoni has indeed done the decent thing so fair play but the superior thing would have been not to tell the fella to take the bails off and appeal and then re-appeal when invited in the first place.
Little bit of complacency by Bell. The Indians have withdrawn the appeal .. fabulous ..
Sensible - and good for the game.
absolutely, but did you see the Pieteresen incident earlier this afternoon when he was on strike?. He walked out to do some gardening literally as soon as the ball was past him. Dhoni 'had a word' but made no attempt to remove the bails. At the risk of sounding like an old pedant, the laws and rules ARE the laws and rules. Play to the whistle and all that
I didn't, but the etiquette in the game is that the batsman gets one warning, similarly if the no-striker backs up too far he gets a friendly warning.
PS if you want to be pedantic there are no rules in cricket, only laws...
I know, I was making a pedantic point to cover as many eventualities as possible. I have played in games where similar incidents have happened. Etiquette may be alive @ Trent Bridge but on some Kentish and Sussex village greens and nice little cricket grounds, etiquette is for the birds.
Top, i'm sitting here recovering from my own stag event yesterday, in my pants and loving this cricket. Test match cricket is absolutely the dogs nackers!!! Dadddy Daddy Dadddddy (thats all i can hear in the background whilst in the Test match Trance!) = Perfect Sundays with my girls flitting about and totally shitfaced watching top class International test cricket!
Top, i'm sitting here recovering from my own stag event yesterday, in my pants and loving this cricket. Test match cricket is absolutely the dogs nackers!!! Dadddy Daddy Dadddddy (thats all i can hear in the background whilst in the Test match Trance!) = Perfect Sundays with my girls flitting about and totally shitfaced watching top class International test cricket!
BOSC
your headache is OK until your girls ask you to explain the ins and outs of the LBW law
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I think it was correct by the umpires - if they had called over or tea then he would be not out, similarly if the ball was dead then it would be not out as well.
However a tad unsporting from India - clearly Bell and Morgan thought the ball had gone for four and were walking off for tea.
It is, however he's not allowed to touch the ball with any item of clothing in his hand (a fine of five runs results if he does). It was simply of one those bizarre things - a bit of confusion, the ball wasn't dead and once the decision comes in the umpires have no option than to give the run-out.
Sensible - and good for the game.
260/3
A lead of 193.
Very sporting decision well done MS Dhoni.
I didn't, but the etiquette in the game is that the batsman gets one warning, similarly if the no-striker backs up too far he gets a friendly warning.
PS if you want to be pedantic there are no rules in cricket, only laws...