On 01/03/2024 09:03, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
> On 2/29/2024 10:51 PM, David North wrote:
>> On 01/03/2024 05:44, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>> On 2/28/2024 10:35 PM, David North wrote:
>>>> On 28/02/2024 09:40, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>>>> On 2/26/2024 12:03 PM, David North wrote:
>>>>>> On 26/02/2024 06:36, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2/25/2024 4:56 AM, David North wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 25/02/2024 11:01, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2/25/2024 1:53 AM, David North wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 24/02/2024 11:44, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/23/2024 10:42 PM, David North wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23/02/2024 07:15, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> TWO Umpiring mistakes in less than 2 hours in Ranchi Test.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is what I was talking about that EVEN if ball tracking
>>>>>>>>>>>>> is IMPERFECT, it's still better than Umpires because
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Umpires still make horrendous mistakes while ball tracking
>>>>>>>>>>>>> makes marginal mistakes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't think anyone is disputing that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> However, I haven't seen either of the wickets below, but
>>>>>>>>>>>> from the descriptions, I'm not convinced that either of
>>>>>>>>>>>> those mistakes was horrendous.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 21.2 W Ashwin to Bairstow, OUT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> big appeal, YJB hit on the back leg sweeping! Not given by
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rod Tucker but Rohit reviews. Looked pretty adjacent on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> first glance. Did he hit it? No, says UltraEdge. Pitching
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on leg, straightening enough from round the wicket. This is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> going to be overturned! Thumping into middle and off
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stumps, three reds. Ashwin gets amongst 'em in his second over
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jonny Bairstow lbw b Ashwin 38 (35b 4x4 1x6) SR: 108.57
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Pitching on leg and question whether he hit it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It was very obvious this was out even without a review. There
>>>>>>>>>>> was NO reason why umpire declared it not out.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   9.4 W  Akash Deep to Pope, OUT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wider on the crease, Pope steps out of the crease, beaten
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and hit on the pad. Shout for lbw, not given, and the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> umpire has ruled leg-byes even before 15 seconds elapse. So
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rohit takes the review. I still think this might be too
>>>>>>>>>>>>> high. No it isn't. What a review. Akash Deep is hitting top
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of leg. What a turnaround in luck. Wide on the crease, some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> seam in, Pope's inside edge is beaten, hits him on the knee
>>>>>>>>>>>>> roll. Pope gone for a duck
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ollie Pope lbw b Akash Deep 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hitting top of leg, commentator thought it might be too high.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Commentators DON'T have good perception abilities. It's his
>>>>>>>>>>> "OPINION".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ... just as it was your opinion that it was very obvious that
>>>>>>>>>> Bairstow was out.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My perception abilities are WAY SUPERIOR to the rest of the
>>>>>>>>> human species.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In that case, it's a bit harsh to criticise the umpire for
>>>>>>>> giving it Not out just because it's obviously out to you, isn't it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Umpire had YEARS of EXPERIENCE and hence he SHOULD HAVE KNOWN it
>>>>>>> was OUT.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is a DIFFERENCE between UMPIRES and COMMENTATORS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, but they are both part of "the rest of the human species."
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the type of ERRORS I am talking about that DRS is way
>>>>> better than Umpires but NOT perfect.
>>>>
>>>> Once again you repeat a line that no-one seems to be disagreeing
>>>> with ...
>>>>
>>>>> This is just DAY one of the last Ashes in the first test.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, IF you add up ALL the WRONG decisions given by umpires, it's a
>>>>> NO BRAINER that DRS is way better than Umpires.
>>>>
>>>> ... and again ...
>>>>
>>>>> DRS saves Umpires' blushes
>>>>>
>>>>> The umpires had a day to forget with three major errors which DRS
>>>>> had to sort out.
>>>>
>>>> ... although I notice that your line has changed from ball-tracking
>>>> being better than umpires to DRS being better than umpires, as only
>>>> one of the three umpiring errors mentioned below involved
>>>> ball-tracking. The other two involved umpires missing contact
>>>> between ball and glove.
>>>>
>>>>> MAJOR ERRORS
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ASHES NOTEBOOK: DRS spares umpires' blushes after THREE major
>>>>> errors... while Mitchell Marsh's pre-Test decoy run sparks theories
>>>>> of funky team selection from the Aussies
>>>>
>>>> "Major errors" seems to be typical tabloid hype (good luck finding a
>>>> Daily Mail report that describes an incorrect appeal decision as a
>>>> minor error). From the descriptions, none of them sound like
>>>> particularly bad errors.
>>>>
>>>>>      The Umpires had a poor first day, with three incorrect
>>>>> decisions at Edgbaston
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-12204487/ASHES-NOTEBOOK-Australias-Leeds-born-sub-fielder-Josh-Inglis-stays-true-roots.html
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this yahoo sports reporter ALSO a tabloid type for calling ashes
>>> test umpire errors, "SHOCKING"?
>>
>> The word 'shocking' does not appear anywhere in the report.
>
>
>
> Clutching at straws.

Eh? You said that the reporter called the errors 'shocking', when he
didn't. You were plain wrong.

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David North