I know it's a batsman's game and all but that seems an odd directive. Surely an umpire needs to be sure in their own mind before giving something out?
I know it's a batsman's game and all but that seems an odd directive. Surely an umpire needs to be sure in their own mind before giving something out?
Well that's exactly what they're saying. You should only give things out 'beyond reasonable doubt' as opposed to 'on the balance of probabilities'.
They even went through a whole load of Hawkeye replays where the ball is barrelling into the top of middle, umps has given it out and then barking CORRECT DECISION, BUT A BAD DECISION.
Ah, so lbw is only the bottom half of middle? Gotcha. Batsman's charter as ever.
Think we probably need some sort of 'certainty' that doesn't evoke the two legal standards, seeing as there is a massive margin between the balance of probabilities [51%] and beyond reasonable doubt [90%+?].
Shame we don't have appointed umpires for the 3s then, we need all the help we can get. We were bowled out for under 50 4 times last season.
Deadly's done for.
I'm sure there would have been ECB directives aimed at countering him were he playing today.
This seems like the worst form of affirmative action.
All a part of the grand scheme to reduce the number of LBWs given against Bairstow. Top work. That'll keep him in the team for a few years more.
I've full faith he'll overcome and just revert to getting his stumps spattered insteadOriginally Posted by Gray Fox
And still review it.
I regret not dipping in to visit here during the World Cup final.
We've had a good run in the cricket. Probably winding up soon though.
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I'm hoping to float around a little more. I don't have much interesting to say, but everyone else here does.
What next? Mellin rising from his grave?
Picked up a bat (along with gloves, pads, bag) a couple of weeks ago and have been steadily knocking it in each night. Probably have done about 2.5-3 hours of work; is that ok to use in the nets tonight against old balls?
Aim is to use it this weekend as I have a friendly on both days.
In my mind it's 4 hours, so after 3 I'm sure it will be fine against soft old ones.
Snow expected on the higher ground around here today, then more rain tomorrow and Friday.
Saturday's game looking sketchy, which is a shame because we're being livestreamed against a team who've signed up Trent Boult's club opening bowler partner, so I was looking forward to watching myself get castled in High Definition.
Good stuff. I'll give it another 20 mins before I head to nets just to be sure (and infuriate the missus even further).
Met Office seems to have the rest of the week as fairly dry (albeit bloody cold). You should be ok. League season started or a friendly?
League season. We were meant to start last week but that got nixed by the steady rain we've had since October. 22 games in our league so it runs from now to mid-September.
What does "knocking in" a bat entail? And if it's required how come they don't come, I dunno, pre-knocked?
Just hitting it with a ball or special mallet, I guess to fully compress the face of the blade to prevent any sudden impacts causing it to crack/split/chip off when in use - although that can still happen. My recent foray into bat buying suggested you can pay for the service nowadays, ie get it knocked in by someone presumably, or have it done automatically on some bats - lower end ones I would guess. It's probably more ritualistic at this point. Do people still oil their bats?
Basically hitting the bat with either a bat mallet, or an old ball in a sock. You need to do this for a number of hours to compress the fibres in the bat which helps with bat life and performance. It does seem weird to me that I spent a fair chunk of money on a nice new bat and then immediately have to wear it down a bit to get it ready for use.
You can pay to have it knocked in when you buy it. Some also come pre-pressed which I believe reduces the amount of knocking in needed.
It's basically just whacking the main hitting area, edges and toe with an old ball and/or mallet for 9-10 hours to compact the wood/grain so it doesn't just split and splinter the first time it's used in battle. You used to rub linseed oil in while knocking them in, not sure if that's still the done thing or not. My parents agreed to buy me a fancy bat growing up on the proviso I knocked it in for about 20 hours. Damn thing still split after about five uses.
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Good to see TTH still has its finger on the pulse of the big issues of the day.
Linseed oil smells fucking great, tbh.
The bat survived nets.
Going to do a little more knocking tomorrow and Friday just to ensure it's ready for the matches at the weekend. I'm chomping at the bit to get out there now. "Met Office Carmarthen" has become my most visited page over the last few weeks.
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