India Tour of England 2011

phoenixdesi · August 22, 2011, 1:31am

Re: India Tour of England 2011

Here were David Lloyd’s logic for defending 3rd umo’s decision re: Dravid:

Dravid’s body language indicated he is out. (This is the same Lloyd who also felt Dravid’s body language indicated he was out in the last test).

Fielder’s body language indicates Dravid is out. These are the same fielders who appeal on everything - so this one does not pass the sniff test.

Back in our day - batsmen used to walk - this one makes me throw up. I followed that era. The English batsmen definitely did not walk until the ump gave them out.

The hot spot is not 100% - so because of that should we be relying on batsman and fielders body language (which of course is 100% reliable?)

Theh ball deviated - I looked at the replay - did not see deviation.

This was an open and shut case. There was actually no doubt Dravid was not out. This was not a bang bang call. 3rd ump had enough time to get ot correct. Unless he wanted to rely on body language…

uncle jee for god sake…the deflection was huge…ganguly declared dravid out because of deflection…