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Reply #765 –
Apparently the camera operator concerned has been stood down.
Reality always wins in the end.
 

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Reply #766 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Really dangerous, that camera needs to be higher for safety.
Maybe a form of autonomous braking when getting closer to objects.

That could have killed him if hit him in the head in the right spot.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #767 –
Quote from: Gointocarlton on
That could have killed him if hit him in the head in the right spot.

I didn’t realise that the camera/mechanism was so large.  It would have to weigh 50-60kg and it moves at a fair clip.

After bowling like he meant it in those conditions, the last thing Nortje needed was to be assaulted by a flying camera.  It is pure luck that he wasn’t seriously injured.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”  Oddball

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Reply #768 –
Quote from: Gointocarlton on
That could have killed him if hit him in the head in the right spot.
Yep...I was thinking of Phil Hughes when I saw how he got hit, I cant believe there were no safety precautions and why it
was rigged to go so low. It needs to be well above the tallest player(Jansen).

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Reply #769 –
Quote from: DJC on
I didn’t realise that the camera/mechanism was so large.  It would have to weigh 50-60kg and it moves at a fair clip.

After bowling like he meant it in those conditions, the last thing Nortje needed was to be assaulted by a flying camera.  It is pure luck that he wasn’t seriously injured.
Hope that Camera has safety chains like the lighting does in professional TV studios, apart from hitting someone when running along you also wouldnt want it falling off either.

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Reply #770 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Hope that Camera has safety chains like the lighting does in professional TV studios, apart from hitting someone when running along you also wouldnt want it falling off either.

I’d love to know more about how spidercam works, and I’m sure Google could tell me.

I’m guessing here but I imagine if one of the cables came adrift, the other three would make the system safe. In other words, human error is more of a problem than the technology.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?”  Oddball

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Reply #771 –
Quote from: DJC on
I’d love to know more about how spidercam works, and I’m sure Google could tell me.

I’m guessing here but I imagine if one of the cables came adrift, the other three would make the system safe. In other words, human error is more of a problem than the technology.

https://www.spidercam.tv/

https://www.spidercam.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SC19-009-12_scFIELD_OverviewShort.pdf

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Reply #772 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Yep...I was thinking of Phil Hughes when I saw how he got hit
Same thought exactly.
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time

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Reply #773 –
Weak dismissal Warner, really weak
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #774 –
Quote from: Professer E on
Weak dismissal Warner, really weak
Horrendous 3rd umpire decision too for Marnus, that was a catch imo, given out on the field and you could see the hands cupped under the ball. We usually a get a couple of those each season and they are all given out but not this time and its the inconsistency I cant put up with.
Re: Warner.....think he has played his farewell innings in Melbourne and should retire from test cricket before the next ashes.

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Reply #775 –
Yep, old man feet and couldn't GAF attitude with the bat - time to go.
I would have been annoyed to be given out to that one to slip, with the naked eye I thought it contacted the ground before being scooped up, I thought it was a fair call by the third umpire.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #776 –
Talking about blokes out of form, Maharaj can't land two in a row in the same metre of pitch.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?

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Reply #777 –
Quote from: Professer E on
Talking about blokes out of form, Maharaj can't land two in a row in the same metre of pitch.
Seen him bowl well vs other teams and be a good support for the quicks but Australia is a graveyard for overseas orthodox spinners either of the left or right hand variety.
Harmer has been better but in that typical english county pro way which doesn't work out here either.
I would have played Gerald Coetzee who is a young rookie fast bowler with real pace for the experience and gone with the one spinner. Most of the Aus batsman don't like real pace and South Africas success has always been built around their pace attack over the years and that's what wins tests in Australia.

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Reply #778 –
Why not give Khawaja 5 or 10 overs to get his double ton ? It's not like the game or the series (or even in the summer) is in the balance. Cr@p decision IMO.

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Reply #779 –
Because winning the test match counts for more than a personal milestone.  One over plus a change of innings is 15 minutes or about 4 overs.  This match will come down to the wire
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?