England's Summer Of Cricket against New Zealand and AUSTRALIA!

[Chazza]

Cracking stuff with a Warne bowling masterclass in the Ashes zone.

[PTP]

Cracking stuff with a Warne bowling masterclass in the Ashes zone.

brilliant watching..Nasser Strauss and warne

[PTP]

Compare that to football analysis

[Shaggy]

Cracking stuff with a Warne bowling masterclass in the Ashes zone.

Absolutely fantastic television. Both insightful and funny as ****.

[Neil Young]

Hot Spot inventor calls on ICC to ban protective coatings on bats

• Warren Brennan expresses further concerns
• Channel 9 refuses to back down over allegations

Andy Wilson
theguardian.com, Saturday 10 August 2013 01.09 BST

Warren Brennan, who adapted Hot Spot technology for cricket and runs the company supplying the system, late on Friday night broke his silence on the controversy over batsmen possibly using silicone tape to prevent edges being detected – and did anything but back down.

Brennan claimed that "the majority of bats had some form of protective coating … strangely enough, this protective coating would cover only half the edge of the bat" and urged the ICC to ban all such coatings.

The England and Wales Cricket Board had demanded an explanation and apology from Channel 9 after the Australian broadcaster implied that Kevin Pietersen had used silicone tape on his bat to fool Hot Spot.

Far from apologising, the channel transmitted a follow-up report claiming that Brennan, a former employee who developed the Hot Spot technology, had met the ICC's general manager of cricket, Geoff Allardice – who subsequently flew to Durham to hold meetings with both teams before the start of the fourth Test – to express his concerns about the use of silicone tape.

Pietersen reacted by tweeting: "My name brought up in hotspot crisis suggesting I use silicon to prevent nicks showing! Such hurtful lies."

England and Australia will respond to the collapse in confidence in the decision review system that has occurred during the Ashes series by recommending at the International Cricket Council's meeting of chief executives next month a significant change in protocol, arguing that teams should no longer lose a review if their challenges are defeated by the umpire's call.

Under their proposals the DRS would remain weighted in favour of supporting the onfield umpires, who would retain the benefit of the doubt for marginal decisions. But in cases such as Jonny Bairstow's dismissal on the first day at the Riverside – when he called for a review after being given out lbw sweeping at Lyon, and Tony Hill's onfield decision was upheld by the third umpire, Marais Erasmus, because the replays showed that the ball was clipping the bails – England would not sacrifice one of the two incorrect reviews they are permitted.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...ventor-bat-icc

If there's one thing following cycling has taught me it's that some professional sportspeople are capable of lying about the lengths they'll go to cheat.

But also if there's one I've learned from social science some people will say anything to protect their own interests, in this case financial/business.

It seems to me Hotspot has been under-researched and Brennan stands to lose money.

[Shaggy]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Oh well - on your bike Warner, you cunt

[PTP]

12-2 defo sounded like a nick there

[PTP]

Bottom edge

[Shaggy]

About time Broad stepped up. Before this innings only 6 wickets in the series.

[Neil Young]

Australia need another 25 to avoid the follow-on.

[Aj34]

Australia need another 14 to avoid the follow-on.

[Chazza]

Be nice to get Clarke early.

[PTP]

Review

Broad would review every ball if he could

[PTP]

Looks plumb

[PTP]

Going down leg not out, decision stands review gone