I don't particularly think it's an anti Durham agenda, I just think it's all round poor in general. Obviously at times I don't have the benefit of a YouTube video replay at the game so rely on social media at times but stuff like that bad light call this afternoon really annoys me.
The umpiring is very variable. It's the finger up instantly that annoys me - unless it's absolutely plumb it should require some thoughtCertainly Durham had 3 shouts which looked much closer than McKinney 's dismissal. That's not an agenda against Durham it's just an honest opinion which posters should not be suppressed to express.
Not you but other people as soon as Durham get bad decision against them it's an agenda always against Durham, very quiet when we get fortunate decisions as well
Yeh,some supporters are prone to be a shade bias. I don't feel I have the right to condemn them for it. That's life.None of us are perfect.
There are 3 salary grades for umpires in 1st class cricket £100k,£60k,40k per annum plus separate fees for the Hundred. On those salaries consistent high performance should be expected. The lower tier are normally confined to Division 2 which is why we didn't recognise today's 2. Be prepared,therefore,for a lower standard this season.
Totally agree. He,and another regular poster, appear to claim the right to condemn very readily views apposite to theirs.
I actually didn't know that but I don't expect much full stop from the umpires in the CC, they're very very poor.
Nope the standard is awful of umpiring it's not an agenda against Durham why would random people have agenda against us
I don't know if they have but I've certainly have that perception at times. It's the furthest North,hence generally the coldest,and generally the longest and most incovenient to travel to. Hence we're probably not very popular. I certainly wouldn't dismiss that view out of hand.Nor condemn people for expressing it.
Jesus if people are going to be that cynical and paranoid I don't get how they can enjoy cricket so you not get how silly that sounds
As I've repeated ad nauseum we operate on entirely different wavelengths. Whenever I attempt to engage in discussion or respond to your requests you regress to inflammatory and insulting rhetoric.
You have just suggested we might not be liked because it's slightly further to travel and slightly colder that's ridiculous
And you're fully entitled to your opinion.
Can you justify that it's colder here
The lbw delivery to Crawley was a jaffa. A big positive if he gets back to previous form.
Hilarious
I think the -2 is worked out by they should bowl 16 overs an hour. Throughout the day they bowled at 14 giving a -2 figure. That is why the figure is updated hourly on the scoreboard. It is then carried over to the second innings giving them a chance to pull it back.
I agree with this for the umpiring decisions yesterday. Some on here are like the football lot when it comes to referees and supposed biases.
