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

[Burney]

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

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

[PSRB]

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

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

[Burney]

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

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.

[Burney]

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

Also, I think you mean Moeen.

They do all look the same though, don't they?

[PSRB]

Also, I think you mean Moeen.

They do all look the same though, don't they?

Yes, I do mean Moeen. One wears a hat and drinks and the other sports a bushy beard and doesn't.

[Burney]

Yes, I do mean Moeen. One wears a hat and drinks and the other sports a bushy beard and doesn't.

Did I tell you Monty played against our cricket club for Luton Town Indians?

He was rubbish.

[Rich]

Did I tell you Monty played against our cricket club for Luton Town Indians?

He was rubbish.

I've also played against Monty. He got 0 for about 50 from 10. ****e.

Some people tried to make excuses for him, telling me that it's because he's depressed

[Pokster]

I've also played against Monty. He got 0 for about 50 from 10. ****e.

Some people tried to make excuses for him, telling me that it's because he's depressed

And obviously you, as a qualified doctor, shrugs your shoulders as though depression doesn't exist

[Burney]

I've also played against Monty. He got 0 for about 50 from 10. ****e.

Some people tried to make excuses for him, telling me that it's because he's depressed

I remember him urinating on a club bouncer from on top of a roof. Is that what one does when depressed?

To be honest, judging by his intake at the beer festival that followed the game, he wasn't so much depressed as a raging píss artist.

[redgunamo]

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

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