Re: Lords Test: drop Bopara, Pietersen and Panesar ...

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:21:16 +1000, will_s <william@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Andy Leighton" <andyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrnh5kntu.hq1.andyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:55:47 +0100, Jan Buxton <janb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
JKH wrote:
Bopara has to go.

Thats right, if he can't score a hundred every test match, what good is
he to us?

It was also a shocker of a decision in the second innings. It looked
clearly over to this untrained eye at full speed on TV (which was
corroborated by Hawkeye) even when I wasn't really concentrating on
such things.

clearly ???? christ, I think you have lost the plot

Yep - I said "that's never out" as it happened. Unfortunately the
umpire made a bad decision.

hawkeye showed it about the height of a bail above the stumps and that is
not clear

I thinbk that Hawkeye errs to much in the bowler's favour. So I would think
the ball would have been an inch or so above the top of the stumps. I think
that is clearly in my book.

but at least he should have received the benefit of the doubt

Sure, and I'm sure that some decisions will go England's way later
on in the series so I'm not worried about it. Just pointing out
that it would be harsh to blame the batsman for failing in this case
especially when plenty of English batsmen were clearly at fault in
giving their wicket away.

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Andy Leighton => andyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_
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