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Cricket Referrals

Published by bcg on 1 March 2009 in Sci & Tech. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

I enjoy listening to Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio 4 – usually.  During the current test series there has been a lot of fuss about the new referrals system, which is cricket's attempt at using modern technology to ensure accuracy in umpiring decisions.

They seem to me to be making a bit of a shambles of it.  They have got a mix of the implementation of technology in tennis and in rugby – the teams can question an umpiring decision that they disagree with.

This seems to me to be a nonsense.  In rugby, the umpire makes the final decision – and has the option of referring it to the video referee if he has any doubt.  This would seem to me to be the best way of implementing technology in cricket as well.  The referee's decision is final – but if he has a doubt about (say) an LBW or a run-out, he can ask the fourth official.

Then the teams have no say in it.  The umpires always have the final say – just like in rugby.

Sport on TV

Published by bcg on 5 December 2007 in Culture. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Sri Lanka v England 1st Test

This seems to have been a really exciting test match – I wish cricket would come back to terrestrial telly so we can watch some! It is very frustrating when national sport is exclusively on Sky. I think the government should ensure that all national sport can be watched free by the whole nation – especially the major sports like football, cricket, rugby, athletics/Olympics, boxing etc.

It was even more frustrating when Twickenham signed a deal so all England rugby home games were only on Sky... they are shooting themselves in the foot, by decreasing the number of people who can watch and get excited by sport.

Rugby Union

Published by bcg on 29 September 2007 in Culture. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

What I want to know is, how do teams like Australia and New Zealand consistently manage to field good sides, when the likes of England and Ireland go through huge ups and downs..? Surely it isn't a population thing – New Zealand can't be much bigger than England, if at all – so what is it?

The same thing happens in cricket – Australia are always good. When we are better than them, it only ever lasts a year or two! Why can't we manage to compete (I mean really compete, with a genuine chance of winning) at the highest level?

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