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smoker said:
Is there any evidence drs has benefitted bowlers not batsmen? Shane warne must have had a lot of wickets from over appealing
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I think it has for spinners but I certainly don't have evidence to prove it. Umpires would always take the easy way out with LBW's and rarely give front foot decisions but DRS has changed all of that in that even when a batsman gets a big stride in they can often by LBW on most pitches.
 

rentaghost said:
I think it has for spinners but I certainly don't have evidence to prove it. Umpires would always take the easy way out with LBW's and rarely give front foot decisions but DRS has changed all of that in that even when a batsman gets a big stride in they can often by LBW on most pitches.
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Fair enough, although running contrary to that is you are less likely to be given out for not offering a shot, which umpires enjoyed penalising, and of course umpires are under less pressure from the home team.
 
rentaghost said:
Over the last 5 years not one single player in the world of cricket has got more test match wickets than Graeme Swann - not a single player.

Just absorb that fact, acknowledge a great cricketer and then criticise him if you feel fit.
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will do. very impressive record. very good cricketer, not sure i would say great but the numbers back it up.

totally spineless decision to retire and come home for christmas half way through a series.

sticking another nail in the coffin of this england team and making the rest of this tour that much more of anightmare for his 'teamamtes' still out there.

making crass comment after crass comment, running his mouth whilst running home, needs to shut the f up, he is no longer part of the team so has no right to discuss it.

smug twat, if anyone's head was up their arse it was his.
 
chunkylover53 said:
It's quite difficult to prove I guess

But I seem to recall that lbw now counts for a higher % of dismissals than in the past. I could be making that up mind
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Lbws have been steadily increasing since the game was invented, I think you are certainly more likely to get given out front foot than you were 20-30 years ago. Mushtaq was a bowler who seemed to pick up a lot of lbws, maybe he has had that influence on swann.
 
Twisted said:
will do. very impressive record. very good cricketer, not sure i would say great but the numbers back it up.

totally spineless decision to retire and come home for christmas half way through a series.

sticking another nail in the coffin of this england team and making the rest of this tour that much more of anightmare for his 'teamamtes' still out there.

making crass comment after crass comment, running his mouth whilst running home, needs to shut the f up, he is no longer part of the team so has no right to discuss it.

smug twat, if anyone's head was up their arse it was his.
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He shagged your lass didn't he?
 
Twisted said:
will do. very impressive record. very good cricketer, not sure i would say great but the numbers back it up.

totally spineless decision to retire and come home for christmas half way through a series.

sticking another nail in the coffin of this england team and making the rest of this tour that much more of anightmare for his 'teamamtes' still out there.

making crass comment after crass comment, running his mouth whilst running home, needs to shut the f up, he is no longer part of the team so has no right to discuss it.

smug twat, if anyone's head was up their arse it was his.
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He retires with a test bowling average of just under 30 (29.96). I wonder if that played an influencing part because the way he was bowling this tour, that average could have been 32-33 come the end of Sydney.
 
In Going home now Swann has bottled it.
The Aussie's have targeted him with lots of Right handers and he has buckled under the pressure.
The more he opens his mouth the bigger the whole he digs himself into and his reputation and standing as a cricker decreases.
He has been outstanding in some matches but he is one of them with a huge ego and he wasn't liking the tap he was taking from current Aussie batsmen.
 
Wise Man Says said:
He retires with a test bowling average of just under 30 (29.96). I wonder if that played an influencing part because the way he was bowling this tour, that average could have been 32-33 come the end of Sydney.
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not at all, ask yourself would he have retired if we were 3-0 up, no matter how bad he was bowling.
 
Mainze said:
I reckon he was going to get dropped anyway, mag bottler.
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I reckon there is truth in that. Elbow injury, getting carted all over, sick of Aussie gobshite tactics and Pietersen, being told he isn't playing in Melbourne was the final straw.
 
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