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England v South Africa - 3rd test at the Oval
England v South Africa - 3rd test at the Oval
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Oh my, its out
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Another shocker from Joel
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u little beaut..WD Moeen THE man
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hitting
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hat trick
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Surely test umpiring can be improved? Some terrible stuff again in this game - that screamed "out".
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always going to have human error
part & parcel of being human |
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England got well lucky..Saffers nearly nicked that!
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Game over in 317 overs.
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Incredible stat detraveller. The rain gave the illusion that this had gone the distance.
We should have 4 day tests anyway, 105 overs a day. 11-6pm with heavy fines per over not bowled. Speed the whole thing up.  |
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I like the idea of 4 day tests, 105 overs a day
could do something like 10.30am-1pm morning session 1pm-1.40pm lunch 1.40pm-4.10pm afternoon session 4.10-4.30pm tea 4.30pm-7pm evening session 2.5 hour sessions bowling 35 overs = 14 overs per hour which is more than manageable even with reviews (which should be as quick as possible) and as you say injera zero tolerance on poor over rates, I'd go as far as adding runs to the opposition score |
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I like 4 day Tests as well, but first you have to get India to play day-nighters as cricket is played in winter there.
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Why change something that is working so well. Get people into grounds by offering cheap or free tickets. Rebuild the business in those places. And we should we be paying 80-100 sovs for a ticket in London? sack the executives!
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We will soon not have any players that have the guts to last 5 days on a cricket field. We probably already have reached that point. Day 5 is more of a reserve day these days.
105 overs a day is impossible. Even with night cricket, that's a lot to ask from a team. And its a tough task to keep the overrates in check. Draw trading(draw layers in paticular) will get tougher with 4 day cricket. Market already overreacts to rain and with 4 day cricket, I can imagine sub 2 prices pre match :D |
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Day 5 could be an actual reserve day though. Let's say we lost a minimum of 30 of overs due to weather on days 1-4, day 5 could then be used.
I think test cricket needs tweaking. It used to be said we couldn't play red ball cricket with floodlights. They do now. T20s are played at a faster pace because the teams get a run penalty if they don't meet a cut off point. It works very well. In tests, get rid of all unofficial drinks breaks and all conferences between captain, Broad and Jimmy!! |