ColchesterFC
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I'm not convinced....
Joe Root falls for 10 after superb Steve Smith diving catch
Mitchell Starc takes the huge wicket of Joe Root after Steve Smith made some impressive ground with a diving catch.
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I'm not convinced....
AmandaJR
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I'm not convinced....
Joe Root falls for 10 after superb Steve Smith diving catch
Mitchell Starc takes the huge wicket of Joe Root after Steve Smith made some impressive ground with a diving catch.www.skysports.com
Me either. At the time I felt the ball touched the grass and then momentum took his fingers underneath it.
Reemul
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I feel both are out. It's getting like the handball rule, I mean a catch should not touch the ground at all. Body in control and ball in control, what sort of rubbish is that. Ball not touchy groundy should be simple enough
Wilson
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Then the Starc catch isn’t out as he grounds it, what’s to say the ball wouldn’t have popped out had he had his hand under the ball.
I couldn’t believe the fuss when I saw the catch, clearly not out.
All this fuss seems to be ignoring one thing - Starc was exceptionally naive to even run the risk of breaching the rule to begin with.
I accept that many players will probably not know the rule word perfect, but I knew not to ground the ball during the act of catching it as a ten year old. He’s playing Ashes cricket for heaven’s sake.
I accept that many players will probably not know the rule word perfect, but I knew not to ground the ball during the act of catching it as a ten year old. He’s playing Ashes cricket for heaven’s sake.
Neilds
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All this talk of Bazball is distracting from the fact that England don’t have the bowlers to run through the Aussie batters. No one even around 90 mph, never mind with express pace and when there is no movement in the air, sadly Jimmy is a bit ordinary. Wood needs to be in for the next Test
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All over before lunch?
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No as he wasn't in full control of his body. It's similar to when we see fielders diving over the boundary with a catch. They complete the catch in mid air but aren't in control of their body, thus have to toss it back into play.
Australia, be ashamed.
ColchesterFC
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Brainless from Bairstow and classless from the Aussies.
Grizzly
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Which is apposite as Jonny has never been known for his brains, nor the Aussies for their class. Considering it is at Lords, which is usually oh-so-polite at all times, that reaction was near to a riot.
Utterly classless from Australia. Bairstow very clearly regarded the ball as dead, the umpire at the bowler’s end wasn’t even looking, and appeared to be unclipping Green’s cap in readiness to return it to him.
Not the brightest cricket from Bairstow, it must be said, but my overwhelming impression is that such a dismissal simply isn’t in the spirit of the game.
Not the brightest cricket from Bairstow, it must be said, but my overwhelming impression is that such a dismissal simply isn’t in the spirit of the game.
Piece
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That was just plain grubby.
Bairstow was naive though. All within the rules but that has opened the gate now.
Expect a mankad dismissal soon...
Bairstow was naive though. All within the rules but that has opened the gate now.
Expect a mankad dismissal soon...
Whatever the outcome, this is breathtaking from Ben Stokes. Absolutely breathtaking.
Piece
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And let's not forget, there are convicted cheats in this Aussie side.
AmandaJR
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I've been playing tennis and just catching up in disbelief. I guess we can take heart that we've got them desperate...like that some old guy in the long room clearly calling them out.
With all that though Bairstow is a pratt.
With all that though Bairstow is a pratt.
Absolute nonsense to consider that dismissal of Bairstow anything other than a great bit of wicket keeping.
So when the batsman considers the ball dead, it is? Nope.
So when the batsman considers the ball dead, it is? Nope.
How many hero games can one player shoehorn into a career? Ben Stokes is trying to find out.
AmandaJR
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I'd hate it if we did it and then didn't take back the appeal. Clearly not trying to gain any advantage. Stupid of Bairstow, but feels wrong to me.
I always tie it back into golf… which rules do people ignore because they don’t like how they feel? It’s the old mankad argument all over again.
Bairstow had a brain fart and paid the price. I’ve done some keeping in my time and throwing the ball like that is a real skill.
