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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 21, 2018 14:36:50 GMT
oh my god....to lose by 5 runs on DRS would be so utterly unfair and heartbreaking
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Post by Humair on Mar 21, 2018 14:45:17 GMT
Loss for Scotland confirmed, what a complete farce.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 21, 2018 15:07:21 GMT
gutted for them....they'll no doubt look back at the tie with Zimbabwe as the moment they really fucked it, but to lose any match on DRS by such a slim margin is utterly galling
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Post by Balladeer on Mar 21, 2018 15:09:28 GMT
In a way, it’s somehow appropriate that Scotland are knocked out by rain.
In another way, it’s a damning indictment of the ICC that there was such a lax umpire selection, and that there was no DRS, and that this will be the first Cricket World Cup without an Associate, and...
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 21, 2018 15:34:26 GMT
What's the umpiring comment aimed at SB? Not read / heard many complaints thus far?
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Post by Balladeer on Mar 21, 2018 15:40:05 GMT
The last wicket that Scotland lost was an ‘LBW’ that would have gone on to hit a second pair of stumps, maybe. This following a similarly shambolic LBW turn-down against Balbirnie in Scotland’s previous game by - get this - the same umpire, Paul Wilson. Balbirnie went on to make a ton.
Fair to say Paul Wilson had a large hand in knocking Scotland out of the World Cup.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 21, 2018 16:03:27 GMT
FFS, that Balbirnie non LBW lost me my fantasy tie that round too, I now feel Scotland's pain. What a bastard.
Worth mentioning though that umpiring standard not always limited to associates etc. the DRS reasoning - ICC wanting to keep costs down as non profit making tournament is the worst, the ICC have enough cash for that to not matter, if they'd televised the tournament it'd have covered costs - not sure if they tried and failed to televise it in all fairness
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Post by Balladeer on Mar 21, 2018 16:57:59 GMT
At the same time, I don’t believe there was any elite umpiring criterion for this qualifier. Could be wrong though.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 21, 2018 17:47:47 GMT
oh my days, just seen the lbw decision on BBC sport, shocker doesn't really come close, utterly terrible decision
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Post by Humair on Mar 21, 2018 17:57:26 GMT
oh my days, just seen the lbw decision on BBC sport, shocker doesn't really come close, utterly terrible decision It was a horrific decision.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 22, 2018 12:42:09 GMT
A rain shaped door opening for Afghanistan and Ireland here....wowzers
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 22, 2018 14:50:34 GMT
100 needed off 10....think Zimbabwe are in some dire straits here, looks like the majority who predicted an Afghan Windies double header at the outset could incredibly be proven right
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 22, 2018 15:39:45 GMT
down to the wire again....incredible
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Post by Balladeer on Mar 22, 2018 15:45:05 GMT
I’ve said it before: the actual World Cup will be nowhere near as exciting.
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Post by pierredelafranchesca on Mar 22, 2018 16:12:58 GMT
I'll say it again, this should have been on tele end to end.
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