Carlton Supporters Club

Just noticed a Monash Uni sign on the electronic fence advertising, do they have a campus in India?

Aussies dropping like flies in the space of 3-4 overs. 8-196

These pitches are a disgrace, the other test nations need to get together and do something about India and
the outrageous advantages they create for themselves at home.
If we produced corrugated green tops at home everytime India toured you would never hear the end of it and they would probably go home....

EB educate me, was that collapse the pitch? If so how? I was watching and Green and Handscomb were looking solid. They looked like they were digging in and were selecting the right balls to score off. Then all of a sudden it was like dominos. If I'm correct did India bring on a quick and it all changed?

Interesting new tactic which is obviously only relevant when the keeper is keeping up at the stumps when the spinners are bowling. If the keeper thinks the batsman nicked a catch to him or was trapped LBW, take off the bails and claim a stumping. The umpire at square leg will send it upstairs if the batsman was playing forward to check if the back foot lifted. Then on the review, they check firstly for caught behind or LBW before checking for the stumping. Even if the eventual decision is not out, the fielding side doesn’t lose a challenge. Of course, if the umpire at square leg turns down the appeal for stumping without sending it upstairs, the fielding captain can challenge.

Not a bad little lurk. If I were a Test cricket coach, I’d be telling my keeper he has to take the bails if there’s any chance of an LBW or caught behind and appeal even if there’s no doubt the batsman kept his foot behind the line.

I would have thought the 3rd umpire should only decide the stumping. If there was no stumping, he should tell the square leg umpire to say not out. But if the batsman was stumped and it wasn’t a no ball then check for caught or LBW as they would take precedence.

It will be a tiight finish.

Meanwhile in South Africa, SA made 342 first innings.  The next 25 wickets have fallen for 361.  (I don't care, just an observation!)

EB educate me, was that collapse the pitch? If so how? I was watching and Green and Handscomb were looking solid. They looked like they were digging in and were selecting the right balls to score off. Then all of a sudden it was like dominos. If I'm correct did India bring on a quick and it all changed?