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The Collingwood howler
By Will 2 years ago, mid-December Add your comment below
Paul Collingwood has worn a sore loser’s face for a long time now, and with good reason. He seems to be magnetised to poor umpiring decisions, and today’s was about as bad as it gets. Have a look at the screengrabs below (kindly stolen from Patrick – cheers Paddy). The great irony is that over in New Zealand, the ICC is continuing its trial into the video-review appeal system – Chris Gayle’s successful challenge prevented Daniel Flynn from reaching his hundred yesterday. Hmm. I think now might be the time to “let this idea float”, as those sickly marketing types might say. Just check these howlers out:
Tags: billy-bowden, paul-collingwood, replays, umpiring, video replays |
12 Responses to “The Collingwood howler”
December 12th, 2008 at 12.25 am
December 12th, 2008 at 1.01 am
They were probably appealing for LBW. 
December 12th, 2008 at 2.58 am
Euthanasia: Bowden just wanted to put him out of his misery.
December 12th, 2008 at 3.11 am
Strauss was out caught 1rst slip.Not given.
Collingwood might have been LBW to Sharma or was it Singh.Wasn’t given.
Anderson,the nightwatchman,was out 1rst ball.Again not given.
Given all that, I can say-
I can’t believe 2of the 3 didn’t walk.
But I won’t.
What was he doing anyway?
Is he capable of scoring runs.Your guys poked around on Day 1.On Day 1,Chennai is 1 of the top 10 batting pitches in the world.
Your team is poor with the exception of 2 odd bowlers.
No wonder you keep a track of teams such as the windies or newzealand.Its the weak team brotherhood,is it?
Open your mind to the fact that there were other howlers as well.
December 12th, 2008 at 5.24 am
Wrong decisions were given to both sides so I’m not sure there is any scope for much howling over Collingwood’s ‘howler’.
But forget that-
This Atherton guy.It’s a visual medium,partially,is cricket commentary.Why does he look like he’s allergic to soap & water???
Or toothpaste on a toothbrush??
I think I’ve made one of my points there.
He gets a lot of praise from cricinfo journos who hail him as the only ex-cricketer to transform into a great ‘journo’.
His language skills are allright,he’s articulate,all thats fine.But the guy is a lil whacked.
Vishy Anand,who’s the Roger Federer & Tiger Woods of World Chess without the fall that Federer’s seen recently or Tiger’s is apparently ’some local chess player’.
He also thinks Venky’slightly-quicker-than-Kumble’ Prasad is ‘not too indifferent’ to Ishant Sharma.
About 30 Kmph difference from 154 kmph to 124.
Might I add,the yellow-teethed cricketer-turned-journo/commentator/presentor/article-writer/so & so doesn’t think of Rahul Dravid as someone who’s taken any great catches.
Well this year notwithstanding,Dravid has been as good as anyone to have played the game.
In terms of sheer importance & excellence have a look at the catches he took of Tendulkar’s slow leg-spin in Adelaide to win India their first test in Australia after god knows how many years.& there were a lot more.
If he can’t say anything nice maybe he should shut his mouth & keep those dirty yellowish-brown teeth under wraps.
December 12th, 2008 at 1.08 pm
Poor decsion, but there were a few. Bob Willis called them both poor umpires.
Just read Sunny Singh’s post. ITs one of the best batting pitches in inda? Why didn’t England score quicker?
Do you want to ask those five Indian batsmen that are back in the sheds?
December 12th, 2008 at 1.33 pm
Agree with TG:-). This is a hurriedly relaid or under-prepared pitch. Might not be the batting paradise everyone thought it would be. I really can’t see India not losing from here.
December 12th, 2008 at 1.46 pm
Fair comment Sunny, but one Howler does make up for another …..
and Sathnam – Mike Atherton has always talked or at least try to ‘a good game’ but the way he batted …..he never packed a stadium…..
December 12th, 2008 at 2.51 pm
That said I do like his comments about Atherton! He could make anyone looky sruffy. Still thinks hes a student at cambridge I think!
December 14th, 2008 at 6.42 am
Jem,
My cousin Sathnam’s point about Atherton’s appearance & his mental state are bang on.He looks like a ghost.
An unhygeinic one at that.
&
I agree,1 Howler does make up for another.
December 14th, 2008 at 9.42 am
It’s a total myth that these howlers even out. What if a batsman is incorrectly given not out on 0, then goes on to make a century before being incorrectly given out? By the time the second “howler” has occured, the entire state of the match may well have changed and the outcome may have been affected- so the second howler most definitely does not make up for the first in that instance.
And even more worryingly, what if a player recieves a bad decision that results in damaging his career? Before you call me crazy, there are examples. Paul Collingwood has apparently been on the recieving end of quite a few howlers before he was dropped- and who was to know if he was going to be recalled? Remember Damien Martyn in the Ashes? He suffered as a result of being on the recieving end himself too many times- like Collingwood, his Test career could have ended prematurely all because of some bad decisions which didn’t “even out.”
At least the authorities are finally showing the good common sense to allow these referrals on a trial basis- and based on what I’ve seen in the New Zealand series, they seem to be on to a good thing.
December 15th, 2008 at 12.17 pm
From the few still photographs provided, the appeal MIGHT have been for LBW, but not having been the umpire watching the delivery all the way and what the ball did on/after pitching, it’s not possible to adjudicate or give an opinion. However, what IS clear is that the batsman was certainly not Out-Caught!
In the context of an LBW decision – which is not, incidentally, by any means the most difficult decision for a PROPERLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED UMPIRE** make – the first thing that a A PROPERLY TRAINED, QUALIFIED, UMPIRE** does is to note (and fix in his mind) the height of the batsman’s pad knee roll in relation to the bails when giving him his guard.
(**Of which there are all too few, particularly at County and Test Level)
What not only the couch-potato umpires above, but also too many (particularly ex-player) cricket commentators need to remember is that the batsman taking guard at his crease is already 4 FEET in front of a WICKET that is only 9 INCHES wide and 28.5 INCHES high (incl bails).
Thus, if he steps forward to play a ball that has pitched, say, 2 INCHES outside the line of the off stump and 2 FEET in front of the popping crease (i.e. 6 FEET in front of the stumps) that turns and impacts the striker’s pad in front of middle ‘n off, there is not a cat in hell’s chance that it would have gone on to hit the stumps. Not Out!
Oh, and by the way chaps, the 10 foot wide strip between the two sets of WICKETS (each comprising 3 stumps with two bails set on top), is the PITCH(!) NOT the ‘wicket’. Have you ever seen a ‘turning wicket’, or a ‘good batting wicket’? … ‘Cos I ain’t!
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