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[The_Bird]

Agar was not given out on the field and was reviewed by the on field umpires. According to the third umpire there was no conclusive evidence to give Agar out with the video footage they had.

Trott was given not out on the field because the umpire thought he had hit it. So therefore without the use of the side on hot spot there cannot be any conclusive evidence that he did not hit it. Therefore the decision on the field should stand like the Agar decision.

Snicko is irrelevant as it is not part of DRS.

[tc2584]

What bat was Agar using?

[ajmw89]

TNF according to the chap at Dingbat sports

[tc2584]

Never heard of them. Just in Oz I presume?

[ajmw89]

From Melbourne.  Indian import bats apparently

[smokem]

What a great day of test cricket. England now scrapping hard and staying patient in the 2nd innings. This has been a great test so far. Test cricket at its best!

[smilley792]

I wonder if agar will stick with TNf for the next test(if picked) or gets offered a better deal elsewhere??

[Manormanic]

the more and more I watch it, the more the deviation becomes obvious
that combined with the Agar stumping that was turned down, not a great day for 3rd umpire Erasmus, over ruled Dar for the trot decision, but not for the stumping, when neither had conclusive evidence, no consistency

the more and more you want the decision to be wrong the more it looks wrong?

no offense, as I said my initial reaction was that he hit it, but the evidence just doesn't support that view.  Though, having said that, and though I am still convinced that there was no contact, the umpire's reaction was, erm, interesting.  Indeed, in the overall scale of reactions by umpires that was kind of the same as Cantona's kung fu kick of Tonya Harding vs Nancy Kerrigan!
 
Now the stumping....yeah, that was a fairly ordinary decision. 

[Sam]

I wonder if agar will stick with TNf for the next test(if picked) or gets offered a better deal elsewhere??

Surely would be on a set time period deal that he can't pull out of wouldn't he?

[smilley792]

Surely would be on a set time period deal that he can't pull out of wouldn't he?

He may be on a low paid contract, or non paid contract, which the likes of kookaburra, slazenger etc will happily pay to get him out of.



Then again, the exposure from this innings will be all on TNf, I wonder if they'll start cropping up here and there at games. Very good advertisement for them.

[Buzz]

anyone else think he was using one of Michael Clarke's old bats?

those drs issues today really hurt, an 85 run lead would have been match winning.

[joeylough]

The fibre cover? Could well be. Can see the TNF Cricket shifting a bit more stock!

[FattusCattus]

TNF are a Queensland plastics manufacturer - they make boxes for most of the aussie retailers.

TNF actually stands for Total Nut Flick.

These crazy Aussies eh?

[Blazer]

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anyone else think he was using one of Michael Clarke's old bats?

those drs issues today really hurt, an 85 run lead would have been match winning.

I have been closely following that Spartan bat, The glued back middle of the face looks similar but his old one had a bit of wear on the right side  toe.

[Blazer]

You are right Buzz , same old trusty bat.