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This third umpire is embarrassing himself.
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Blue in Munich
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Apparently England have now been given their lost review back! 
Blue in Munich
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I was more concerned by the stumping appeal as I'm not sure there was much, if anything, behind the line.
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Yep both the reviews werent great - the stumping - they couldn’t see anything grounded behind the line yet not out ?
The catch one was embarrassing
Blue in Munich
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The worst bit was Root explaining that they were appealing for the catch on the way out so the 3rd umpire confirms it wasn't LBW.
The footage the commentary team talks through clearly shows the contact on the way out that Root described.
just highlights why they went to Neutral umps in the first place
2blue
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Walking the dog on the local.playing fields in -10* wind chill..... would you only ever see this in Yorkshire?
PhilTheFragger
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Part of me wants to ask if he is taking the knee, but that would be wrong.......so I won’t ?
2blue
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Hahah....... oh no, don't get them going on here as well.... I haven't got enough disdain to go around.
sunshine
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The Kohli dismissal was also concerning. It looked to me like the umpires decided to review it because kohli told them to.
Imurg
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Kind of need a Captain's innings....again...
Blue in Munich
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Oh dear, that's not a good start to my Sunday morning. still at least I'll see England's top order bat later today without resorting to the highlights.
Blue in Munich
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Ashwin helping the cause by burning the reviews 
he does seem to want to review everything....Ashwin helping the cause by burning the reviews
Junior
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Looks like the pitch is under scrutiny, and could be the first to be rated 'poor' since Pune 2019.
You have to expect this type of wicket in the subcontinent though.
Goes to show how good Sharma's innings was.
You have to expect this type of wicket in the subcontinent though.
Goes to show how good Sharma's innings was.
but not on the first morning, you would have thought with India now having one of the best pace attacks in the world a bit of pace a bounce on the first two days and at least make for a game that lasted 5 days.
It's a good advert for why county cricket ended having a toss and enabled the visitors to choose what happens, bat 1st or 2nd. Would India produce wickets like this if the visiting team made them bat last every time, guaranteed?
Imurg
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I can see this game struggling to get into day 4 let alone day 5
Captainron
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Weird thing is that India have a good bunch of quicks, one excellent spinner and a raft of okay to decent ones. They can’t bowl a team out consistently with their spinners and it actually becomes more reliant on winning the toss when they prepare decks like this. If they were more balanced decks I think they would actually give themselves more chances to win test matches
