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India v England series
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f***ing hell, he’s made a meal out of that. Regulation catch
Sea to Shining Sea
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El Oso
Central Defender
A few points to address here:-
1) The pitch.
It is an absolute shocker, prepared to take spin early and with confidence that the Indians have better spinners than us and will win regardless of the toss. India batting second just makes it a bit more competitive.
The draw is taken out of the equation.
2) The onfield umpires are biased.
Not biased, but especially in India, home advantage is huge.
The Indian fans are fanatical and very loud. I've said before that they are like an English football crowd ( without the aggro) this undoubtedly puts pressure on the umpires.
It is like home advantage at a big football game at say, Old Trafford.
Also the competitive gamesmanship of Kohli swings things their way. For example, I can't possibly imagine Kohli getting on with the game after yesterday's gloved catch if the situations were reversed.
You will also get more Umpires calls given against you. Burns lbw today is an example.
3) The 3rd Umpiring is biased.
Hard to argue with that after yesterday. However, anyone who has been to India (and I love the place) must surely see the levels of incompetence are staggering. Whether it is waiting for an hour for the wrong food to arrive in a restaurant, bureaucracy, or just trying to get a train ticket, the sub continent presents many challenges. Corruption is rife, and I certainly don't rule out interference from the BCCI.(Athers once called the ICC a subsidiary of them).
There is a long history of dubious cricketing decisions on the sub continent. I was absolutely shocked when my cricket mad Geography teacher told me this at school. The laws were changed and umpires were no longer allowed to come from the competing countries because of this. This is the first time in years that it has happened, which will be at the back of people's minds.
On a positive note, at least we've avoided the follow on.
1) The pitch.
It is an absolute shocker, prepared to take spin early and with confidence that the Indians have better spinners than us and will win regardless of the toss. India batting second just makes it a bit more competitive.
The draw is taken out of the equation.
2) The onfield umpires are biased.
Not biased, but especially in India, home advantage is huge.
The Indian fans are fanatical and very loud. I've said before that they are like an English football crowd ( without the aggro) this undoubtedly puts pressure on the umpires.
It is like home advantage at a big football game at say, Old Trafford.
Also the competitive gamesmanship of Kohli swings things their way. For example, I can't possibly imagine Kohli getting on with the game after yesterday's gloved catch if the situations were reversed.
You will also get more Umpires calls given against you. Burns lbw today is an example.
3) The 3rd Umpiring is biased.
Hard to argue with that after yesterday. However, anyone who has been to India (and I love the place) must surely see the levels of incompetence are staggering. Whether it is waiting for an hour for the wrong food to arrive in a restaurant, bureaucracy, or just trying to get a train ticket, the sub continent presents many challenges. Corruption is rife, and I certainly don't rule out interference from the BCCI.(Athers once called the ICC a subsidiary of them).
There is a long history of dubious cricketing decisions on the sub continent. I was absolutely shocked when my cricket mad Geography teacher told me this at school. The laws were changed and umpires were no longer allowed to come from the competing countries because of this. This is the first time in years that it has happened, which will be at the back of people's minds.
On a positive note, at least we've avoided the follow on.
HarrogateMackem
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An important learning experience in his young life! Can’t have him believing England are this world
Cup winning team that runs over teams and beats India in their own back yard. Not when we all had the england of the 90’s and early 2000’s!
Correct. It looks good because he had to dive. He had to dive because his footwork is crapTwo steps to the left and it’s straight in both gloves
Some catch that, wish I hadn’t switched on to have a look at the score 
Concordsafc
Midfield
Dove for diving sake there simple catch made to look good.
Concordsafc
Midfield
These commentators man honestly it was a catch I expect ever keeper at top level to make actually any level
Absolutely baffling. He’s a very average keeper (great bat potentially), he should be taking that ten times out of ten
Jack Torrance
Striker
That’s poor Stuart
Review it at least?
HarrogateMackem
Striker
Well that was shite.
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