THE LITTLE MASTERMIND?

TLM's suggestion that cricket use techno-umpiring for all decisions except LBW is a concept with a hole in it the size of the one in Chris Martin's bat:

Tendulkar calls for video decisions

THE longest-serving player in world cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, wants video replays to be used to decide every contentious decision in Test cricket except leg-before appeals.

For the basic line decisions, he proposed using "a laser or something like that", noting that no-balls, like tennis serves, could be called "with a machine".

"We are still using technology for close catches. They should use the Hot Spot for the bat-pad decision so the main umpire has to only make the lbw calls."

"I'm quite happy with the Hot Spot because that establishes the contact. For the caught behind, the Hot Spot will come. Close-in catches again the Hot Spot will come."

"You don't need a machine for the clean bowled, so the lbw decisions are all the umpire has to concentrate on."

Comments

[pat the sad fella asleep at the bustop]

Hey Tones, just draggin myself up from the devastating loss, (holding back tears and sobs now), and looking through the veil of tears and raindrops outside my balcony's windows, shut in with the best beer bought fresh from Plonk in the ACT (hat tip here to Plonk - the best BottleO in NSW and the ACT - Imported Beers a specialty!)

and I thought to get the Summer rolling from the Eels grave I'd pass on an email I got today from one of my many Indian mates in Mumbai and Delhi. Abhi says:

I hope you are watching current series bet India n Australia.
All matches were worth watching.
But yesterday our hearts got broke as Sachin’s innings goes in vain…But the australian team is still playng up to the mark even with new faces….Hope last match wud b decider…like a final….wht say???

To which I replied:

Gidday Abhi, great to hear from you.

I haven’t seen any of the games just following the scores on the internet.

Just checked the scorecard…wow! What a thriller (and heartbreaker for you) that must have been. 175 to the Little Master but out when he nearly had you home, then…4 wickets for 10 runs for Oz to steal the game - Ouch!!!

I’m gonna have to see if I can get coverage of the last two games. I hope India even up the series as well.

Great to see the NSW Blues win the Twenty20 Champions Trophy. Go the Blues, Go Oz! Good luck India!

Just for your Indian fans. Let's hope the series is drawn for a finale.

Go the Eels (he says sadly, tears still glistening from his left eye, the right eye red and mad with anger and pain)!!!!))))

[Adsy]

Whilst Tendulkar is calling for video decisions, India goes the other way and calls back something that has been dead in the water for some time...

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/435363.html

Harsha Bhogle.... round of applause. Have a gander at the photo too - if you can't tell by eye that he's chucking that then we aren't looking at the same picture.