Australia v England, 3rd Test, 16th December , 23.30

[scotch]

Ffs Smith I'm chucking you into the Pope amd Crawley group

 

[CraigyWatt]

Sweepstake on when Smith gets out playing the pull or hook.

I'll go for

5:16am on 27 runs.

2 mins and a few runs early.

 

[Captain Slackbladder]

Sweepstake on when Smith gets out playing the pull or hook.

I'll go for

5:16am on 27 runs.

Not far off mate...

A disgraceful shot...

 

[scotch]

There's a gap between bat and ball there

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Ffs Smith I'm chucking you into the Pope amd Crawley group

Alex Hartley not convinced with snicko still an eejit is young smith

 

[scotch]

Bat is nowhere near the ball man

 

[CraigyWatt]

Not far off mate...

A disgraceful shot...

But highly predictable shot.... and that's the problem

 

[Darlo1973]

Just woke up, checked the score... Back to sleep.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

This is a complete joke. There is a clear gap between bat and ball. The technology isn’t fit for purpose and neither are the umpires. Did the umpire even raise his finger? Did they look at the distance between bat and ball?

This is truly pathetic.

 

[scotch]

Smith was nowhere near the ball
Slow mo, real time, zoom in - the ball never hits the bat, clear gap every time

 

[CraigyWatt]

This is a complete joke. There is a clear gap between bat and ball. The technology isn’t fit for purpose and neither are the umpires. Did the umpire even raise his finger? Did they look at the distance between bat and ball?

This is truly pathetic.

Didn't raise his finger and has no right to send it upstairs himself other than to check a fair catch.

Didn't look at distance between bat and ball.

Absolutely disgraceful umpiring, and behaviour by the aussies.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

Ive never known a series where snickers has been so inaccurate mind.. England have not deserved anything

 

[jcrossan]

Maybe snicko wants to get this over as quick as possible like the rest of us

 

[Parkside]

Let's not be negative all the time

I'm merely stating an opinion which statistics back up. Are you implying they're not wayward?

 

[scotch]

Pope and Smith are mentally shot.
That's two batting slots to rejig for the dead rubbers

 

[zebediah]

Don't expect much from Jacks, he was after all, selected for his brilliant spinning ability.

 

[scotch]

Hartley is completely right on her comments with snicko today

Hartley and Maxwell arguing on TMS

 

[Mr Redknapp]

The decisions are much better these days to counter that

 

[scotch]

The decisions are much better these days to counter that

The umpire didn't even make a decision, bottled an obvious catch and sent it to the 3rd umpire to check for a nick.
Smith averaging 11 for his last 5 test matches

 

[Mr Redknapp]

The umpire didn't even make a decision, bottled an obvious catch and sent it to the 3rd umpire to check for a nick.
Smith averaging 11 for his last 5 test matches

It was more a general point about technology overall