Cricket thread

[matticus]

Snicko did pick it up, but they say they used the wrong microphone, so the image and the recorded snick weren't synchronised.

Ah, that's interesting. Sounds like a very fixable problem 👍 I just hope none of our guys get out via Snicko tomorrow ...

[I also hope our guys ARE batting most of tomorrow!]

 

[laurentian]

You can see just how wrong Snicko was here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c0mpjw7g7nko

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

You can see just how wrong Snicko was here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c0mpjw7g7nko

The BBG explanation makes little sense. Using a mike just 22 yards away would not result in such a time delay.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The BBG explanation makes little sense. Using a mike just 22 yards away would not result in such a time delay.

I've read this mistake exacerbated something that's already known whereby the TV Snicko is already slightly asynchronous, whereas the one that's shown to the TMO is properly synced. Not sure if true though.

 

[laurentian]

The BBG explanation makes little sense. Using a mike just 22 yards away would not result in such a time delay.

Yeah . . . and, even if bowled very fast, you would expect the "snick" to be seen after you could see contact not before

 

[Dogtrousers]

This team is capable of batting for best part of 2 days and building a winning lead. equally they are capable of subsiding to 260 all out in 50 overs!

So at the end of tomorrow's play Aus could be facing the prospect of another long day in the field in the searing heat..

... Or maybe they'll say "nah, we won't enforce the follow-on."

 

[Dogtrousers]

Oh dear, it seems that technology has effected to outcome of this test.

It did affect the Aus innings but it's a bit early to say it's affected the outcome of the test.

 

[T4tomo]

The BBG explanation makes little sense. Using a mike just 22 yards away would not result in such a time delay.

Well the real indication the explanation is bollox is that it would result in the snick noise occurring after the ball passed the bat, not before it

 

[Dogtrousers]

You know in ye olde film days they had a clapperboard which they used to synchronise the sound recording with the pictures?

Well, they need one of those.

 

[Beebo]

The Ashes is all over.
English batting is not good enough.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I blame Snicko

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The Ashes is all over.
English batting is not good enough.

And, apart from Archer, the bowling fails to keep the batters under pressure.

 

[T4tomo]

The key tomorrow when we bat is concentration and patience. Its a pretty flat deck, see off the new ball, don't gift wickets and let the aussie bowlers suffer in the heat, cash in when the ball goes soft and treat Lyon with respect.

This team is capable of batting for best part of 2 days and building a winning lead. equally they are capable of subsiding to 260 all out in 50 overs!

and it was almost the latter 😭 😭

 

[geocycle]

The Ashes is all over.
English batting is not good enough.

Yes. Interesting stat from chap at work that of the top ten highest test averages across both teams only two were English.