PinkBallWIMB: Presumably it can't be lunch and tea for the day-night Test

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Originally Posted by Burney

My big objection to the pink ball so far is that it looks utterly fùcking silly. :-(

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It's moving about a fair bit. Oh dear, 2 down now.

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Originally Posted by Burney

You want to vigorously engage with them? Gosh. Had you down as the more red-blooded hetero type.

NTTAWWI of course.

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Westley gone now too :-(

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Time to look for #13, imo :-\

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Oh for heaven's sake! What is wrong with our number 2 bats?! You could put Cobham 2nds out there and their bowling attack would cater for our number 2 within minutes. *******s to it!

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Originally Posted by redgunamo

Westley gone now too :-(

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Yet another ridiculously easy umpire decision that's not given and forced the bowling side to refer.

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Originally Posted by Rich

Oh for heaven's sake! What is wrong with our number 2 bats?! You could put Cobham 2nds out there and their bowling attack would cater for our number 2 within minutes. *******s to it!

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I've always said it's Strauss' fault; he went before we were ready to replace him.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

Yet another ridiculously easy umpire decision that's not given and forced the bowling side to refer.

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Yes. It does allow mediocre umpires to play save by giving everything not out and then leaving it to the technology to correct.

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Originally Posted by Rich

Oh for heaven's sake! What is wrong with our number 2 bats?! You could put Cobham 2nds out there and their bowling attack would cater for our number 2 within minutes. *******s to it!

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It is starting to look as though no new batsmen want to go to Australia, isn't it?

Is Ian Bell still available?

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. It does allow mediocre umpires to play save by giving everything not out and then leaving it to the technology to correct.

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The one for Monty's hat-trick is the last test was an utter nonsense. As soon as it hit the pad it was so utterly straight that I still have no idea how it wasn't given

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Originally Posted by Burney

Yes. It does allow mediocre umpires to play save by giving everything not out and then leaving it to the technology to correct.

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It was always going to be that way though, if you want the right decision all the time.

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Originally Posted by PSRB

The one for Monty's hat-trick is the last test was an utter nonsense. As soon as it hit the pad it was so utterly straight that I still have no idea how it wasn't given

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Yes. All the worse when you consider the one that was given to dismiss Bairstow on 99, where the system basically ended up backing up what was in fact a pīss poor decision.