The Ashes sookometer thread 2013

[taipan]

Winners day by day:

Day 1. Aus

Rogers LBW
Horrie's pitch doctoring conspiracy

Day 2. Eng

Agar stumping.
Trott LBW

Day 3, Aus

Broad edge.

And 9.5 tests to go.

[tricycle]

And stuck with pretty much the same set of umpires for all the nine tests...

[taipan]

And to make it forum friendly the daily winners are:

Horrie
Trev
Wally

[baggygreen]

What do they win?

[taipan]

A case of South African whine.

[Hass]

I must say, there's been enough controversy in the first three days of this series to last a summer.

That's probably a good thing - it's a sign the contest is close.

[Growler]

Made from the bitterest of sour grapes taips  ?

[taipan]

Yep, Growls, as a neutral I have to admit I am enjoying this immensely.

[beamer]

Particularly as both sides look closer to Bangladesh than South Africa in terms of quality?

[taipan]

Nowt to do with it. Just loving the accusations and counter accusations.

[skully]

All makes for an excellent post count.  

[Paul Keating]

Have to say the sooking has not been over the top.

Perhaps because the opposing forummers respect each other so much.

I much prefer cheating when done between Australia and India. Now that is when a sookometer is required.

[Brass Monkey]

And to make it forum friendly the daily winners are:

Horrie
Trev
Wally

Yes
Yes
Hell, yes.

[Brass Monkey]

Have to say the sooking has not been over the top.

Perhaps because the opposing forummers respect each other so much.

I much prefer cheating when done between Australia and India. Now that is when a sookometer is required.

I disagree. The reason the match thread is getting on for 1,700 posts is because of the sooking.

[Red]

The interesting thing about the Trott whinge is that apart from the batsman himself saying he hit it, there wasn't any evidence that he did.

[Basil]

The interesting thing about the Trott whinge is that apart from the batsman himself saying he hit it, there wasn't any evidence that he did.

Apart from the visible evidence that the ball deflected before it had the pad.

[Brass Monkey]

The interesting thing

Really? You make it sound quite boring.

[Red]

The interesting thing about the Trott whinge is that apart from the batsman himself saying he hit it, there wasn't any evidence that he did.

Apart from the visible evidence that the ball deflected before it had the pad.

"There was no evidence of an edge on Hot Spot from the front-on angle. The Snickometer, a visual representation of the noise made as the ball makes contact with the bat, is utilised by Sky for the purposes of entertainment, but is not currently among the approved ICC aides. It did not suggest an obvious edge.

[taipan]

Looks like we have an early front runner for today's award.

[Henry]

The interesting thing about the Trott whinge is that apart from the batsman himself saying he hit it, there wasn't any evidence that he did.

Apart from the visible evidence that the ball deflected before it had the pad.

"There was no evidence of an edge on Hot Spot from the front-on angle. The Snickometer, a visual representation of the noise made as the ball makes contact with the bat, is utilised by Sky for the purposes of entertainment, but is not currently among the approved ICC aides. It did not suggest an obvious edge.

I saw a long, thin line on snicko, which is what they say you should look for when there is an edge.

[Brass Monkey]

4) Wally.

[taipan]

Was just about to ask for nominations. I was inclined to Red but Wally has made a late surge.

[Brass Monkey]

Huge surge. Totally blown Red out of the water.

[taipan]

I'm sure Red's time will come.

[taipan]

Winners day by day:

Day 1. Aus

Rogers LBW
Horrie's pitch doctoring conspiracy

Day 2. Eng

Agar stumping.
Trott LBW

Day 3, Aus

Broad edge.

Day 4. Aus

Hughes LBW

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