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India vs England 2nd odi

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Has the Indian attack been more toothless than ours?

The only wicket coming from a mix up between the batsmen. None of them have looked dangerous at all. Kumar hard to get away but that's been it really.
 
That’s the problem though, the marginal decision isn’t defined for the third umpire. That would normally have stayed with the onfield decision, but that doesn’t exist in the run out situation. You can’t say conclusively that it is out, there’s a possibility some marginal part of the curvature of the bat is just beyond the line which makes it difficult to call. It’s just impossible to call with the available technology.

I take your point about the mid frames, but since they don’t exist you can’t make a decision on assumptions like that - the bails could also have broken at the exact second the frame was taken, of course, however unlikely that may be.

See avatar. You can conclusively say it was out, but the point is this isn't a court of law. The third umpire gives his best decision - and that is clearly out even if you think there's some scintilla of doubt.
 
Has the Indian attack been more toothless than ours?

The only wicket coming from a mix up between the batsmen. None of them have looked dangerous at all. Kumar hard to get away but that's been it really.
Don’t think it’s been any better for sure. Think it shows how hard it is setting a total and even moreso when you play old fashioned cricket like they did. They caused a lot of their own wickets by the way they build instead of playing shots early when it’s easier to bat
See avatar. You can conclusively say it was out, but the point is this isn't a court of law. The third umpire gives his best decision - and that is clearly out even if you think there's some scintilla of doubt.
I get what you’re saying, but the bat isn’t quite that shape and does have a curve to it which introduces the doubt.

In general using the third umpire it is the court of law principle rather than a balance of judgement, and even amongst the professionals on TV they couldn’t decide whether the batsman getting the benefit of the doubt is a thing or not. Whole thing needs clarifying
 
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