Mendoza
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99 all out may seem rubbish, but we are yet to bat (after last innings shambles 99 may not be gettable) 
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Third test - Pakistan v England, Dubai
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Strauss will make 11, and Pietersen will make THREE, and we will make a tidy 133.99 all out may seem rubbish, but we are yet to bat (after last innings shambles 99 may not be gettable)
I liked this comment on the BBC website:
"When you win the toss and bat you are hoping for your openers to be batting at the end of the day. In fairness you can see that happening."
Well quite.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
DRS has completely changed test cricket. I'm undecided whether I think its a good thing or not.
Spinners will now be the main wicket takers and Tests are certainly going to be a lot shorter. I also don't think England will win a series in India, Sri Lanka or Pakistan for a very very long time.
I fear it is going to make test cricket massively predictable, England, South Africa and Australia will continue to stuff India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at home but then get hammered away. It has obviously always been a bit like this but I think DRS will make the situation worse.
or batsmen will adapt their technique, back to proper attritional TEST MATCH cricket, rather than all these T20 shots that have crept in.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
I think you are probably right, but I'm not really sure you can 'blame' the DRS for this. What the DRS is doing is ensuring that LBW decisions that always should have been given (but often weren't) are being given. I don't think the DRS can be blamed for spinners hitting the wicket a lot more than they were previously credited for.
Oh FFS Cook 
Boycott or Edrich would never have played that shot.
Boycott or Edrich would never have played that shot.
Mendoza
NSC's Most Stalked
The thing I dont like being lost is the euphoria of the players celebrating a wicket along with the crowd going nuts, only for it to be completely killed whilst the review takes place. When it is finally given out, its always a muted response.
Loses some of the magic for me
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Common as Mook
Not Posh as Fook
- Jul 26, 2004
- 5,642
FFS Cook
The Large One
Who's Next?
Quite. Give me a cartwheeling middle stump any day.
I agree... it is not an edifying spectacle. A little decorum would go a long way.
Trott off... another shocking shot
This is EMBARRASSING.
This is EMBARRASSING.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,972
Agreed. I don't see how people can complain that bowler's getting wickets they deserve is bad for the game.
People have been saying cricket's getting more batsmen friendly for years, DRS seems to be correcting this.
From a personal perspective low-scoring games do always seem to be more fun
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I wasn't joking when I said Pakistan would fancy a first innings lead!
Indeed. But such a rare sight, it must be said. Mind you Pietersen is at the crease now so perhaps worth waiting 5 mins for when he decides the time is right to bat completely across the line attempting a slog to the midwicket boundary...
and if they had DRS'ed that one... it would have been NOT OUT... feeble
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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FFS Straussy...!
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Oops
Absolutely this. I've never been keen on it to be honest and that's partly why I think I am against technology in football also. Any review will involve a delay no matter how fast the technology is.
I don't see the problem with the odd wrong decision given in football or cricket anyway. They generally do even themselves out over time and it all adds to the drama of what is an entertainment business not an exact science. We've managed perfectly fine without it for years.
Our batsmen do need to improve their technique against spin though, we have always been poor. They just don't have enough practise against top quality spin bowling as they are developing. Obviously our conditions don't help but spin bowling is also not encouraged enough at junior levels. Maybe that will change now.
