Test The Ashes Fourth Test December 26-30 1000hrs @ The MCG

[Pakenhamsaint]

With a resume and reputation built up in the years that Root has your reckon he'd risk all that by cheating?

Hes English so you have to assume he's cheating

 

[troybe]

He’s cracked the case off that

 

[Jimthegreat]

If a 2D camera has it close when then camera is elevated, looking down on camber from somewhere in Timbuktu, then he's caught it, as did Carey and many others over the years. Just that this was given. Maybe not be consistent but he caught it.

 

[beatnik]

With a resume and reputation built up in the years that Root has your reckon he'd risk all that by cheating?

Clearly…because he just did cheat, live on television

 

[myblueroan]

My boy Trav.

 

[grumbleguts]

These Fox commentators only mention something is controversial when it is in Australia's favour. No wonder English flogs complain.

 

[Struggle]

That was clearly out but just shows how unreliable cameras are at telling if it hit the grass or not

That bounces up off of the base of the fingers, not even the tips but it looked like he may not have had the fingertips under it at all on replay

 

[MarcMaverick]

Interesting shot prior to lunch.

 

[Pistol Night]

Gee that was disdain in that shot

 

[ozaddy]

I wish players would walk on slips catches, with all the tech available these days nobody in their right mind is going to claim a catch they know they've turfed, shits me and delays the game.

There are times where you genuinely can't tell as a player, there has been plenty of times where a player was adamant but it clearly bounces. Some players are worse than others, and i feel like England have a few players that have claimed catches that were embarrassingly not catches. Trust is earned and I don't think many in the England team can be trusted. I think that its 20 percent grass and 80 percent hands, i.e. it's hit the ground.

 

[Some Idiot]

Head now has the highest score in this match

 

[SportsCentre]

Why do we continue to roll the red carpet out to these barmy army flogs with their treatment of Carey and Smith?

 

[TY24]

With a resume and reputation built up in the years that Root has your reckon he'd risk all that by cheating?

He wouldn't be the first Englishman to pick and choose when the rules do and don't apply

 

[grumbleguts]

Oh yeah don't get me wrong, hate the inconsistency but for me that should be given out every time, fingers clearly under the ball.

Except the part where it wasn't.

 

[sabso]

Imagine if that was the other way round.

We'd never hear the end of the cheating cries.

You got away with one with smith grassing root at lords 2023

 

[RandB]

Labs possibly not out but realistically how much longer would he have lasted anyway?
He's a wicket waiting to happen.

 

[Jacks Seething Rage]

For who though?

I agree btw.

Renshaw deserves another opportunity and has made runs in all formats.

No one really knocking down the door for Marnus's spot, and he would be worth 10-20 runs in the field. Can't see him being dropped for Sydney.

 

[dogs105]

Looked like it bounced live. Looked like fingers underneath on replay. Must have squashed his fingers into the turf to bounce that much.

 

[satty]

Think a target of 250 should be more than enough. Just know England will try to bazball their way to a victory.

 

[Bedi]

Head now has the highest score in this match

what a series he's having. Up there with the best i can remember in Australia

 

[danielnajdek]

With a resume and reputation built up in the years that Root has your reckon he'd risk all that by cheating?

Wasn't Root the one who claimed a catch a few years ago in England against us and the replay clearly showed it bounced.

 

[grumbleguts]

Why do we continue to roll the red carpet out to these barmy army flogs with their treatment of Carey and Smith?

Getting to the point where I would be ambivalent about their plane going down.

 

[Membling]

Renshaw deserves another opportunity and has made runs in all formats.

No one really knocking down the door for Marnus's spot.

Probs not, but I would look at blooding Kellaway there early before moving him up to open

 

[Scorpus]

These are the four frames. Looks like it hit Root's hand on the full and bounced back out forwards off his palm

 

[satty]

Renshaw deserves another opportunity and has made runs in all formats.

No one really knocking down the door for Marnus's spot.

True for the openers spots and the no 7 spot after carey.