Oh no, the umpire takes ages before raising his finger to an lbw appeal, I fear umpire's call will be huge here, and it is, just a sliver of wicket being hit.
He's just going to have to try and block his way through
Surely they do everything to ensure he doesn't face a ball, having to run on the 6th ball of ever over regardless. India should have a fielder right by the stumps.
The six dropped catches cost us a lot of runs, over a hundred, and ultimately the match but their 10th wicket put on 49 including 5 sixes as we exerted no pressure so when we were down to 27 and then 18 to win we wouldn’t have needed them. I think England get a bit arrogant in feeling that they’ll chase down whatever they’re set regardless. In any case 2-2 was a fair reflection on the series.
From what I saw with ball tracking the ball barely shaved the stump and I doubt it would have dislodged the bail. Every other lbw appeal that was reviewed (at least those that I saw) showed the ball hitting at least enough to have done so. The umpire up until that decision had been very good with the 50/50 calls so it was a surprise that he gave Overton out. Anyway, all IMO, assuming of course I'm allowed an opinion.
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In any case 2-2 was a fair reflection on the series.
Every other lbw appeal that was reviewed (at least those that I saw) showed the ball hitting at least enough to have done so.
The umpire up until that decision had been very good with the 50/50 calls so it was a surprise that he gave Overton out.
Anyway, all IMO, assuming of course I'm allowed an opinion.