Originally Posted by Lojen:
“Poor old Dharmasena, at this point I think he is better off just tossing a coin than trying to make an actual judgement.”
Originally Posted by bradybrady:
“Quite
The last one was close but the earlier catch down the leg side that he gave was poor”
Like few other elite umpires, he just guesses. When I did umpires courses I was told, " Give them out if you are very sure they are out, otherwise give not out "
Originally Posted by GrouchoM:
“Spot on - Ansari & Hameed should have played in 1st test instead of Ballance & Batty. The selectors should do some navel gazing - not sure why they were swayed - maybe the press campaign for Batty (why?) but not sure how Ballance got selected. Now we head to India with 2 young untried (almost) players”
Why Ansari? His stats show that he is a bits and pieces county player. What has he done in the first class game to merit playing for England.?