2019 2nd Ashes Test - Lords 14-18 August 2019

[peternorth]

Well that's embarrassing for me - Still not a bad name to have. As you were sorry.

All good mate!

 

[Gethelred]

Don't really understand why the umps have to give a soft signal in these instances.

Just refer it straight upstairs and let the 3rd umpire make the call.

Because the whole system is predicated not on getting the decision right but passing the blame from the umpires to the captain who either fails to use their review, uses their review incorrectly, or has used all of their reviews and now cannot review a howler. It's in place to protect the umpire and seem like they're doing something to combat umpire errors without doing very much and making it someone else's problem.

 

[Gethelred]

You make false assertions. Firstly she always said that the well off in society should look after poor and down trodden in society. She criticized those who would bring down the well off and prop themselves up without merit. Bad sci fi novels??? WTF Atlas Shrugged and Fountainhead are her two most well known novels.
We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. Seems like a reasonable quote. You seem to have a bias against her and that is fine but your arguments against her are falsely premised. Therefor I will not be swayed. We are a bit of topic here.

I love the cricket forum...

 

[DAlembert]

I love the cricket forum...

I'm Hearing You..lol