Canters - glad you had a good day with your Dad. How anybody can tell whether that was caught or touched the ground I don't know. With or without technology that was impossible to tell. iIt used to be that the batsman was always given the benefit of the doubt. This rule seems to have lapsed. personally I think it should be brought back in. At least we would get consistency, because I agree on many occasions it would have been given out. You missed TC but everyone suffers injuries. Kent missed Milne for the bulk of the competition. Ps still can't believe you got this far anyway. it was more Kent losing that final game than Surrey winning it!
Cheers mate.
I accept there is some doubt over it. I still maintain that from my position of perfectly side on to it front row seats I watched it all the way into his hands. He had fingers under the ball. For the reasons I stated above the replays always add doubt where there is little.
Everyone in the ground except the umpire knew that was out. Elliot should have walked. The soft signal was wrong and the decision was wrong.
Either way the fact is now that in 2 quarter finals there have been almost identical calls and they have gone different ways. Both changed the game and the side that got the decision got the match.
I still can't believe Dom Sibley will be opening the batting at finals day when Finch/ Roy won't be.
They started well after we lost the toss and were made to bowl, then Meaker got Compton. Then very strangely we took Meaker off and waited a long time before giving him another over. He got 2 quick wickets when he came back on.
Robson b Meaker 57 Compton c Borthwick b Meaker 20 Eskinazi lbw b Virdi 13 Voges lbw b Clarke 40 Stirling b Meaker 0 Simpson not out 9 Franklin c Borthwick b Clarke 7 Roland-Jones lbw b Batty 5 Rayner not out 0 Extras 2nb 0w 4b 6lb 12 Total 64 overs 163-7
We've had a problem getting rid of the tail all season. Too many times there have been five for six down for not many, followed by a 7th, 8th wicket recovery.
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I accept there is some doubt over it. I still maintain that from my position of perfectly side on to it front row seats I watched it all the way into his hands. He had fingers under the ball. For the reasons I stated above the replays always add doubt where there is little.
Everyone in the ground except the umpire knew that was out. Elliot should have walked. The soft signal was wrong and the decision was wrong.
Either way the fact is now that in 2 quarter finals there have been almost identical calls and they have gone different ways. Both changed the game and the side that got the decision got the match.
I still can't believe Dom Sibley will be opening the batting at finals day when Finch/ Roy won't be.
What was shocking was the decision by the on field umpire to give the soft signal not out when he was so far away
So canters watched it all the way into his hand but the umpire was too far away??????
So canters watched it all the way into his hand but the umpire was too far away??????
I was closer to it than the umpire believe me. I was also slightly side on so had a better angle.
Your forward defence is terrified,
Meaker's on fire.
Ollie Pope
Rory Burns
Scott Borthwick
Ryan Patel
Jason Roy
Ben Foakes(wk)
Sam Curran
Rikki Clarke
Gareth Batty(c)
Stuart Meaker
Amar Virdi
Championship debuts for Ollie pope who it seems will be opening and Ryan Patel who is a batting all rounder both are u19 internationals.
Lot of bowling options in that side.
Compton c Borthwick b Meaker 20
Eskinazi lbw b Virdi 13
Voges lbw b Clarke 40
Stirling b Meaker 0
Simpson not out 9
Franklin c Borthwick b Clarke 7
Roland-Jones lbw b Batty 5
Rayner not out 0
Extras 2nb 0w 4b 6lb 12
Total 64 overs 163-7
S Curran 13.0 33 0 2.54
Clarke 14.0 26 2 1.86
Meaker 10.0 33 3 3.30
Batty 6.0 10 1 1.67
Patel 11.0 22 0 2.00
Virdi 10.0 29 1 2.90
114-4
163-4
222-4, 25 runs behind.
231-5
Middlesex 15-0 in their second innings.
Well...we have just officially gone off the field because a metal tipped arrow just landed on the pitch!!