On the subject, you know that 1970/71 Ashes series which we WON that everybody mithers about because we didn't get a single LBW decision? Anybody know/fancy a guess at how many LBWs Australia had in the same series?
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Biscuit Barrel
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I will have a go at 16
8 (EIGHT)
I'll post the answer tomorrow morning to give more people a chance to guess/know the answer.
It is (spoiler alert) on the low side.
Man of Harveys
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Drat! and double drat!
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It's 5 in total, across the 6 matches that actually saw play. The first test didn't feature a single LBW for either side, neither did the ODI played after the third match was abandoned. The remaining matches saw one each.
It's not particularly unusual for a test in Australia to not see any LBWs, given the bounce and that teams are generally bowling for the outside edge, but less than one per game over a whole series is notably low even compared to other series from the time, which suggests to me a drastic case of not-outism rather than any particular bias on the past of the umpires.
40% of the LBWs were given against John Hampshire, which while vaguely amusing probably isn't statistically significant.
Pretty sure that LBW appeal was plumb as anything as well.
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Yorkshire 26-2 requiring 157. The ball is flying around out there, obviously no draw coming today.
Root in the crease - have to say the game hinges on his knock
Root in the crease - have to say the game hinges on his knock
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Lunch - 45-3. Root goes plumb lbw to Lamb for 10 on final over before sandwiches
138 runs or 7 wickets to win
138 runs or 7 wickets to win
Scappa
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Crap! Well done! Sorry, they played another over as the commentators erroneously said it was the last ball before lunch, so I switched off.
So two wickets in two overs just before lunch!!!
76/5.
Wharton bowled Hunt, inside edge onto leg stump.
Wharton bowled Hunt, inside edge onto leg stump.
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Come on lads!!! Let’s grab an unlikely victory here. Would be a fantastic result
Pevenseagull
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chance that there could be a Sussex Albion victory double today, secured in the space of an hour, for the second time this month.
(sorry everyone)
(sorry everyone)
6th wicket falls just as I was mentally writing the game off.
Although the moment was somewhat sullied by the Yorkshire commentator referring to us as SURREY.
He did immediately apologise, to be fair.
Although the moment was somewhat sullied by the Yorkshire commentator referring to us as SURREY.
He did immediately apologise, to be fair.
mjking73
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Robbo! Lyth gone!