Cricket

[OneRound]

I remember David Hookes being given out attempting a square cut that the replay showed had missed by 6". I believe that a series of "clangers" such as this prompted the review system. Never the less, I think that it is now being used as routine rather than to combat obvious umpiring errors.

Hi GBinOz and all - agreed although something else being done as routine and particularly frustrating are the continual requests for a ball change. I would limit the number of unsuccessful requests to 2 or 3 per innings.

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OneRound

[OneRound]

Totally agree George. Lillee would have told him where to go. As would Thommo if he was playing.

Hi Herlock and all - I actually met Thommo in the members' bar (no surprise there) when watching an international game at Auckland's Eden Park ground with a Kiwi pal a few years ago. He was friendly and surprisingly polite as he commented on my Surrey top and his time with rivals Middlesex on the other side of the river.

A schoolboy error from yours truly followed as soon as we were home from our four week tour of New Zealand's North and South Islands and I answered, ''Meeting Thommo'' when asked for the highlight of our trip. Mrs OneRound was not impressed.

Best regards,
OneRound

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi GBinOz and all - agreed although something else being done as routine and particularly frustrating are the continual requests for a ball change. I would limit the number of unsuccessful requests to 2 or 3 per innings.

Best regards,
OneRound

Totally agree. They haven’t started making cricket balls differently as far as I’m aware so why do they ask every few overs? Maybe I’m wrong but weren’t India doing it quite a lot in the recent series against England? (Maybe England were as bad?)

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Herlock and all - I actually met Thommo in the members' bar (no surprise there) when watching an international game at Auckland's Eden Park ground with a Kiwi pal a few years ago. He was friendly and surprisingly polite as he commented on my Surrey top and his time with rivals Middlesex on the other side of the river.

A schoolboy error from yours truly followed as soon as we were home from our four week tour of New Zealand's North and South Islands and I answered, ''Meeting Thommo'' when asked for the highlight of our trip. Mrs OneRound was not impressed.

Best regards,
OneRound

I’d liked to have met Thommo but I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to face him with a cricket ball in his hand. Pretty much everyone that ever faced him said that he was probably the quickest ever. Imagine surviving 5 balls from the fearsome Dennis Lillee, then getting a single with the last ball to find the guy that you’ll be facing next is even quicker!