Re: South Africa v England, 4th Test, Jo’burg, Jan 14-18

by Merlin Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:21

taipan wrote:
embee wrote:Rachel (Not Tom) may be too

I think Rachie might be on some sort of rules committee at the MCC.

Not so.
But yeah, she works there.

PS - you DON'T have to be an officil umpire to decree on caught behinds taips.
regular umpiring over the course of 15 years (with or without a piece of paper wth your name on it), ought to suffice (in some cases sheds better than the guy who has the piece of paper!!)

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:23

Merlin wrote:
taipan wrote:
embee wrote:Rachel (Not Tom) may be too

I think Rachie might be on some sort of rules committee at the MCC.
Not so.
But yeah, she works there.

PS - you have to be an officil umpire to decree on caught behinds taips.
regular umpiring over the course of 15 years (with or without a piece of paper wth your name on it), ought to suffice (in some cases sheds better than the guy who has the piece of paper!!)

The best qualified umpires on the circuit are all too often the most inept - and the most certain they're right because they've been taught so. Wink

by tac Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:26

Shoeshine wrote:
Merlin wrote:
taipan wrote:
embee wrote:Rachel (Not Tom) may be too

I think Rachie might be on some sort of rules committee at the MCC.
Not so.
But yeah, she works there.

PS - you have to be an officil umpire to decree on caught behinds taips.
regular umpiring over the course of 15 years (with or without a piece of paper wth your name on it), ought to suffice (in some cases sheds better than the guy who has the piece of paper!!)

The best qualified umpires on the circuit are all too often the most inept - and the most certain they're right because they've been taught so.

Yep, just like the mouthiest cricketers on forums are usually the shittiest in real life . . .

by Merlin Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:28

.............. boxer

Fight .............fight ..................fight ............

by Henry Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:28

FFS, looks like England have used up all of their good fortune.

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:28

tac wrote:
Shoeshine wrote:
Merlin wrote:
taipan wrote:
embee wrote:Rachel (Not Tom) may be too

I think Rachie might be on some sort of rules committee at the MCC.
Not so.
But yeah, she works there.

PS - you have to be an officil umpire to decree on caught behinds taips.
regular umpiring over the course of 15 years (with or without a piece of paper wth your name on it), ought to suffice (in some cases sheds better than the guy who has the piece of paper!!)

The best qualified umpires on the circuit are all too often the most inept - and the most certain they're right because they've been taught so.

Yep, just like the mouthiest cricketers on forums are usually the shittiest in real life . . .

Yep, that's also very true.

by tac Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:29

Shoeshine wrote:
tac wrote:
Shoeshine wrote:
Merlin wrote:
taipan wrote:
embee wrote:Rachel (Not Tom) may be too

I think Rachie might be on some sort of rules committee at the MCC.
Not so.
But yeah, she works there.

PS - you have to be an officil umpire to decree on caught behinds taips.
regular umpiring over the course of 15 years (with or without a piece of paper wth your name on it), ought to suffice (in some cases sheds better than the guy who has the piece of paper!!)

The best qualified umpires on the circuit are all too often the most inept - and the most certain they're right because they've been taught so.

Yep, just like the mouthiest cricketers on forums are usually the shittiest in real life . . .

Yep, that's also very true.

Yep . . . this thread is conjuring memories of CountyPlayer . . . .

by Merlin Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:31

by Henry Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:31

Pietersen's just not there mentally at the moment.

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:32

Henry wrote:FFS, looks like England have used up all of their good fortune.

You are saying England have been lucky up until now?

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:33

tac wrote:Yep . . . this thread is conjuring memories of CountyPlayer . . . .

Didn't he upgrade to TestPlayer?

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:34

taipan wrote:
tac wrote:Yep . . . this thread is conjuring memories of CountyPlayer . . . .

Didn't he upgrade to TestPlayer?

He never actually said who he was did he? So just as likely to have been total fantasy.

by Henry Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:34

taipan wrote:
Henry wrote:FFS, looks like England have used up all of their good fortune.

You are saying England have been lucky up until now?

Lucky that South Africa haven't been good enough to finish them off.

by Merlin Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:37

Face it earlier rather than later Trev ...

- Saffers 105 - 1 ..
- No f**king rain in sight
- Umpires blinder that the one-eyed-willy behind a zipper
- England have to bowl a min of 98 overs today (bar light)

... we're doomed.

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:37

Henry wrote:
taipan wrote:
Henry wrote:FFS, looks like England have used up all of their good fortune.

You are saying England have been lucky up until now?

Lucky that South Africa haven't been good enough to finish them off.

Backtracking.

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:39

Merlin wrote:Face it earlier rather than later Trev ...

- Saffers 105 - 1 ..
- No f**king rain in sight
- Umpires blinder that the one-eyed-willy behind a zipper
- England have to bowl a min of 98 overs today (bar light)

... we're doomed.

Knew that before play started this morning didn't we?

by Henry Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:40

We knew that before play started yesterday when we dropped our most dangerous bowler and chose to bat on a greenish pitch under grey skies.

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:42

I see Smith only needs another 500 runs to overtake AB as the highest run scoring test captain.

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:43

taipan wrote:I see Smith only needs another 500 runs to overtake AB as the highest run scoring test captain.

Bit surprised he hasn't already done it to be honest.

by tac Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:45

Shoeshine wrote:
taipan wrote:I see Smith only needs another 500 runs to overtake AB as the highest run scoring test captain.

Bit surprised he hasn't already done it to be honest.

Most runs as captain, I take it?

by Henry Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:45

This is starting to look like a repeat of Lord's 2003 now. Oh well, I guess we would have taken 1-1 at the start of the series.

by Basil Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:46

Shoeshine wrote:
taipan wrote:
tac wrote:Yep . . . this thread is conjuring memories of CountyPlayer . . . .

Didn't he upgrade to TestPlayer?

He never actually said who he was did he? So just as likely to have been total fantasy.

The closest County Player got to playing first class cricket was posting on the old C4 forum!

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:47

tac wrote:
Shoeshine wrote:
taipan wrote:I see Smith only needs another 500 runs to overtake AB as the highest run scoring test captain.

Bit surprised he hasn't already done it to be honest.

Most runs as captain, I take it?

Yes

by taipan Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:49

Henry wrote:We knew that before play started yesterday when we dropped our most dangerous bowler and chose to bat on a greenish pitch under grey skies.

8@45

by Shoeshine Fri 15 Jan 2010, 09:52

Basil wrote:
Shoeshine wrote:
taipan wrote:
tac wrote:Yep . . . this thread is conjuring memories of CountyPlayer . . . .

Didn't he upgrade to TestPlayer?

He never actually said who he was did he? So just as likely to have been total fantasy.

The closest County Player got to playing first class cricket was posting on the old C4 forum!

C4 was first class? Is this simply club forumming then? Or is it fake first class like Oxford and Cambridge Universities?

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