CRICKET SA vs England

[LancelotSA]

Shhhhhhhh guys!!!!!!

 

[waynegohl]

just a quick question, when they show that red line to show if a ball was gonna hit the stumps or go over it, in an LBW decision does the variable bounce come into effect. i mean that ground has some cracks in it so there is no telling how the ball will respond.

 

[milomak]

hit full on the pads with the ball looking to hit somewhere between off and middle? it was definitely out. don't know what angle you have where you think he might not have been out.

unless you are asking because you read somewhere he should not have been out.

 

[WonderBob]

just a quick question, when they show that red line to show if a ball was gonna hit the stumps or go over it, in an LBW decision does the variable bounce come into effect. i mean that ground has some cracks in it so there is no telling how the ball will respond.

They measure the balls movement up until it hit the pads, and then project the movement onwards from there. So what ever the bounce has done, i guess, will be taken into account.

 

[LancelotSA]

just a quick question, when they show that red line to show if a ball was gonna hit the stumps or go over it, in an LBW decision does the variable bounce come into effect. i mean that ground has some cracks in it so there is no telling how the ball will respond.

Hawkeye looks at the way it proceeded to the point of hitting the pads and projects the rest.... not always 100% of course but the decision is not based on that anyway. The few centimetres it travels before hitting the pads should already have factored in the variable bounce.

 

[milomak]

just a quick question, when they show that red line to show if a ball was gonna hit the stumps or go over it, in an LBW decision does the variable bounce come into effect. i mean that ground has some cracks in it so there is no telling how the ball will respond.

as it stands what you see on a TV replay with regards to an lbw decision is inconsequential to what happens on the field.

 

[waynegohl]

hit full on the pads with the ball looking to hit somewhere between off and middle? it was definitely out. don't know what angle you have where you think he might not have been out.

unless you are asking because you read somewhere he should not have been out.

nothing like that i just switched over and caught the highlights of the 5 wickets and on his one he went down and the ball hit him but i did not see where and he was given out. i saw him swear afterwards.

 

[waynegohl]

Hawkeye looks at the way it proceeded to the point of hitting the pads and projects the rest.... not always 100% of course but the decision is not based on that anyway. The few centimetres it travels before hitting the pads should already have factored in the variable bounce.

ok thanks, it has bugged me because of the cracks in the wicket so the ball could actually go anywhere really.

 

[WonderBob]

ok thanks, it has bugged me because of the cracks in the wicket so the ball could actually go anywhere really.

hawk eye will always just be a guide, its not an exact science. Just too many variables in cricket unlike tennis.

 

[waynegohl]

cool thanks guys.

 

[milomak]

i have now relieved the bricks of duty

 

[.geek]

150 for Smith. Awesome!

 

[milomak]

true captain's innings from biff

 

[eaglebeaver]

loss of 50 runs on the cards here

 

[milomak]

impressed we've knocked off the runs in a day as well

 

[.geek]

Great support from Boucher too. Real quality cricketer as he has proved on so many occasions.

 

[.geek]

impressed we've knocked off the runs in a day as well

True that. It's nice to see South Africa being positive and going for the win early on. This has been something we've often been reluctant to do in the past to our own detriment.

 

[WonderBob]

absolute legend stuff from Biff!!

 

[waynegohl]

1965???????? wow!!!!!!!

 

[.geek]

It's great to see the rest of the team and staff etc gathering on the boundary.