How do they calculate how far the ball travels when it is hit? Chip in the ball?
I believe they use ball-tracking, like when they're reviewing LBWs, which calculates where the ball would have landed if it had carried on until it hit the ground, without the stand getting in the way. The technology's been used in baseball for home runs for a few years.
Huge huge shame about Roy. He's one of the best in the world and has been having an excellent tournament.
He made the team of the tournament back in the 2016 world t20 and is twice the player now than he was then - largely due to learning which balls to hit and which balls to tap for 1 or 2 rather than trying to hit every ball out the ground.
Does throw a major spanner in the works. How we would love to have Alex Hales in the squad. Or even an in form Tom Banton.
What I think they will do is Bairstow up to open, Livingstone up to 4 (after today we need to get much more out of him) and Billings in as the finisher.
Whatever we do please not James Vince. I can't bare it.
The other change I'd like us to consider is Moeen up to 3 and Willey in for Malan. Willey gives us the extra seam bowler which I feel we needed today, particularly with the quality we have missing in Archer and Mills leaving us reliant on the likes of Wood and Woakes who excellent as they are, do not have the t20 experience/specialism. That left arm angle is hugely important too.
I doubt they will do it because it changes the balance of the side and it will be a brave move to weaken the batting. But, before this game we have hardly needed to use our number 5 let alone 7. I think Willey is a perfectly good number 7, you don't get to face many balls in that role, you just have to come in and tee off and that's what he is best at. He certainly can hit a "long ball" as a surrey fan I have the scars of him getting a T20 century for Northants at finals day. Moeen/Livingstone are wasted at 7. Statistically if you get down to your number 7 in T20 you are much more likely to lose than win. There is no point packing your side with too much batting.
I want to see
Buttler Bairstow Moeen Livingstone Morgan Billings Willey Woakes Jordan Rashid Wood
I think today was the sort of game you don't really want Malan in for. We took it slightly easy to ensure we qualified before teeing off late, but then Malan doesn't really have that. With Moeen at 3 through to Willey at 7, you have your top 7 all being capable of smashing the ball around.
I do think Malan could still be vital in the last two games. If we are chasing 140 ish then his calm 40 off 35 would be just what we need.
I don't know why Livingstone didn't bowl. Turning the ball away from the left or right hander each match has been vital. To watch Woakes and Wood struggle for length when we had other options was a poor choice, in my opinion.
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He made the team of the tournament back in the 2016 world t20 and is twice the player now than he was then - largely due to learning which balls to hit and which balls to tap for 1 or 2 rather than trying to hit every ball out the ground.
Does throw a major spanner in the works. How we would love to have Alex Hales in the squad. Or even an in form Tom Banton.
What I think they will do is Bairstow up to open, Livingstone up to 4 (after today we need to get much more out of him) and Billings in as the finisher.
Whatever we do please not James Vince. I can't bare it.
The other change I'd like us to consider is Moeen up to 3 and Willey in for Malan. Willey gives us the extra seam bowler which I feel we needed today, particularly with the quality we have missing in Archer and Mills leaving us reliant on the likes of Wood and Woakes who excellent as they are, do not have the t20 experience/specialism. That left arm angle is hugely important too.
I doubt they will do it because it changes the balance of the side and it will be a brave move to weaken the batting. But, before this game we have hardly needed to use our number 5 let alone 7. I think Willey is a perfectly good number 7, you don't get to face many balls in that role, you just have to come in and tee off and that's what he is best at. He certainly can hit a "long ball" as a surrey fan I have the scars of him getting a T20 century for Northants at finals day. Moeen/Livingstone are wasted at 7. Statistically if you get down to your number 7 in T20 you are much more likely to lose than win. There is no point packing your side with too much batting.
I want to see
Buttler
Bairstow
Moeen
Livingstone
Morgan
Billings
Willey
Woakes
Jordan
Rashid
Wood
I do think Malan could still be vital in the last two games. If we are chasing 140 ish then his calm 40 off 35 would be just what we need.
This fielding !