Simon Harmer was one of the most promising spinners in South Africa, before he quit international cricket to join county cricket as a Kolpak player. Back then he was irritated by the race-based selection policy of South Africa. After almost a decade of negotiations with CSA, Hamer finally agreed to represent South Africa, if he is given enough chances. For the selectors, the promise given to Harmer needs to be carried out and Jansen became the scapegoat despite performing exceptionally (both with the ball and with the bat) in the first test.

as far as i am aware, those two or three minutes are not added to the bowling side of the game to penalize the players, it does not take too much time for any team to take the decision of the review because they only have 15 seconds in hand for that

it is also important to note that each team is only allowed two reviews per half, the process should not take too long, so that shouldn't take too much time
as a matter of fact, i think that the DRS system is very important and very well executed, but the umpire's call should not be in the system, if the ball is clipping the stumps it’s out no matter what

OK.. then maybe we can agree on that. But time is also important. As you mentioned, the bowlers are feeling toothless these days. I just hope that the players will not waste too much time in appealing and reviewing the decisions. From my perspective, the only disadvantage with DRS which I have observed till now is the wastage of time in reviewing the decisions. And in some cases, the players just review them, just for the sake of it. Finding the right balance between 100% accuracy and finishing the matches on time is very important.

I don't think that if the ball is just clipping the stumps, the batsmen should be given out. It will put the batsmen in a disadvantage. I would go with the 50% rule. But then the loophole needs to go away. The umpire should not be given the leeway to decide whether the batsmen is out or not. That decision should be made by the DRS. And on the second topic, if it is just $10-15 million, then I am fine with it. And it is going to generate additional jobs as well. So there is no excuse for the BCCI to not to implement DRS in domestic circuit.

Well.. now neutrality of umpires doesn't matter much, because we have the option of DRS. But still, there is a need to eliminate the "umpire's call" loophole. The fact that BCCI don't want to use latest technology in domestic cricket may have something to do with financial reasons. Indian domestic cricket consists of 38 first class teams, and a huge number of matches are being played every year. Implementing technology such as DRS will require additional manpower, and extra funds. And I am sure that the BCCI guys may not be happy with this requirement.

For every one Bucknor, we have 10-15 from the other side. I really don't know what was the issue with Bucknor. He used to hate the Indian players for whatever be the reason. Anyway, when all the other boards were fine with DRS, the BCCI was the only board which opposed it. Naturally that gives rise to suspicion. Whenever a new innovation was proposed in cricket, the BCCI came out against it. Remember their opposition to the T20 format two decades back? We were fortunate that back then they didn't had much power or dominance over the ICC.

Yea, these matches are getting awfully close. Zimbawe played really well.

Maybe it's home advantage? They definitely feel more comfortable than Indian players do. I really wanted to see an upset here

I am guessing this was the end of the tour? Surprised that there aren't any T20 matches

i would say it was a mix of all, BCCI thought that this might be another trap for the Australians and the England cricket board, and i think it is understandable why they thought like that
in my memory, that was the time when India visited Australia for that infamous test series where the umpiring was absolutely horrible and some decisions were given against India which were not even close to being accurate at all
as well as that, the umpire was seen asking the Australian players if the batsman was out or not and the Australian players replied "yes" and the umpire also raised his finger to show his approval

The James Webb telescope took some pics of Jupiter.

If they retain their players, then this issue will not be there. Imagine a playing XI with Brendan Taylor in top order, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in the middle order and Muzarabani and Kyle Jarvis as bowlers. But players such as Taylor and Jarvis were forced to retire due to their differences with the cricket board. I am not sure what is the issue exactly. But the board receives around $12 million every year from the ICC and giving these players decent contracts won't put that much of a burden on the funds.

One of the reasons why the BCCI opposed DRS for so long. Previously the Indian team used to get the benefit from umpires, when the matches are being played in India. But with the DRS getting implemented, this advantage evaporated. Still there is a loophole called "umpire's call" which can be manipulated by the home team. I am fully in favor of DRS, but we need to remove this loophole. Otherwise the DRS has done a lot of good things to cricket. Detection of no-ball and reversal of inaccurate decisions help in a big way.

There is no doubt that the performance of English players has decreased. Not only in terms of bowling performance but also in terms of batting performance. In addition to the batting, the English players have also not performed well on the field. It is really difficult for me to figure out what is causing the problem. There is no doubt that the England players are taking the necessary steps and basically doing everything they can to improve their game.

Despite that, the performance does not seem to indicate that this is the case. The solo performances of certain players helped England to win some test matches because of their individual performances. In addition, when we are talking about England, we expect a really good performance from them, but the recent performance of England has not met the standards that they have already set for themselves.

Are you talking about Ben Franklin, Willis?


You better snap the fuck back into it, JSRAW...!!!!!   




Have you lost your way?   You still know about dee way of dee cornz no?  Have you been shitcoining?

Spoken like a true shitcoiner.

 

I used to Love C-rats, could eat them all day no prob.

As expected K L Rahul opened with Shikhar Dhawan in today's match. He was only able to score 30 runs from 46 balls. He seems to struggle to bat whenever he is given the position of the  captain. Shubham Gills incredible form continues. He might score his first century today. India might also leave a target of more than 300 runs for Zimbabwe in today's final match.

Nothing went wrong! The English side became complacent and with such a humiliating loss they will now work on every aspect to win the next two test matches. This is what I am assuming and understanding. England's past performance as a test side after the change of captain and management on their home ground was extremely good. This loss only portrays how much they underestimated the South African side.

I would also like to state that the South African bowlers were like a powerhouse and every single of them showed discipline and the urge to deliver as a team. England lacked that and therefore they faced such a humiliating loss.