In_The_Rough
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Cant see any way back for the Aussies now, A real hiding awaits I reckon and long may it continue:thup:
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Birchy
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Ding ding ding
Round 3 here weee goooooo
Round 3 here weee goooooo
Scouser
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Ding ding ding
Round 3 here weee goooooo
Aussies are talking brave to be honest I would love us to win but it will make for a better serious if the Aussies win
Birchy
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Don't be such a tart. I hope we smash their faces into the dirt so hard their heads fall off. Crush them every day forever I say
5-0 here and 5-0 over there is the aim :thup:
Don't be such a tart. I hope we smash their faces into the dirt so hard their heads fall off. Crush them every day forever I say
5-0 here and 5-0 over there is the aim :thup:
For the best part of 20 years the Aussies showed no mercy and before them The Windies did the same.
Grind them into the dirt i say, who cares if its not a " great contest" rub their noses in it
Birchy
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Aussies started well here. Cant see them getting less than 400 
Birchy
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Get in that worked quick :rofl:
SwingsitlikeHogan
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Pretty good start for Aussie but Watson gone.
bladeplayer
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Thought that only happened to me when i commented ha
jimbob.someroo
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Looks like they've finally got an appeal right?
jimbob.someroo
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Jeeeeze, not sure how 3rd umpire has given that?!
Kellfire
Blackballed
Joke of a decision. Literally no evidence for that dismissal. The noise was clearly pad.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Not a good decision - seems clearly not out - but off he walks! When you are down...
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Short Leg goes up - but he's the wrong side and can't see - and what he heard was contact with the pad. Nothing at all from 3rd/4th Slip - perfectly positioned. Aw well. Hard luck Aussie on that one.
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bladeplayer
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Birchy
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The 3rd umpire has to have clear evidence that he didn't hit it. If he doesn't feel there is that then he has to go with the on field umpire.
This is the big downfall of the system imo. They too worried about the on field umpire being undermined.
This is the big downfall of the system imo. They too worried about the on field umpire being undermined.
Birchy
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Rogers is nailed on for a century today, just cant see him getting out the way he is playing :angry:
OldMate
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On and off field umpiring has been an absolute farce this series. England have had a couple of rough ones but Australia have had the worst end of the stick by far. On field umpires gave some incredibly marginal decisions against Australia which then had to be upheld by the 3rd umpire. If the series had been tight then the umpiring would have left cricket under an even darker shadow than it already is.
Birchy
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This is where its wrong imo. When the technology is called upon it should only give decisions as out if its virtually 100% certain. Any marginal decision should be overturned. The media don't help by seeing the technology for every shot and screaming blue murder if a marginal decision doesn't go their way though. Turns the whole system into a farce.
Either use it properly or just have on field umpires and that's it imo.
