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[Vic Nicholas]

...and the terrible decisions continue.

[smokem]

The standard of umpire is truly embarrassing in this series. I have not seen anything quite like this before. How can they get it so ground given all the technology available??? What a joke...

[jackmorris]

great batting root!!

[Wedge2408]

Good knock by Root.
Still, Haddin should hang his head in shame.

[Vic Nicholas]

Composed innings from the lad.

[Giraffe208]

Good performance from Root but could have been interesting if Haddin caught him 150 runs earlier

[alexhilly1492]

aussies just go home now, game over, series over, predictions for the series down under?

[FattusCattus]

Gosh - that's a bit premature! Have you had too many J2O's

[alexhilly1492]

nope, i just dont see how they can come back into a) the match and b) the series, they dont look like a team working together for me, and none of them are good enough to compete over 5 days, yes they might win a session but i cant see them winning more than that atm

[ProCricketer1982]

That is a joke! It definitely carried, fingers were under the ball!

umm, no it didn't. Next

[joeljonno]

umm, no it didn't. Next

I didn't see any close ups, only couple of slo-mo at distance and I thought it bounced but not certain.

[tim2000s]

The problem with those catches is that the tv replays generally don't help. We always used ro use the direction the fingers pointed as the fielder came up from the catch. Generally if it's a bump you won't have managed to get your fingers under the ball.

[smokem]

The problem with those catches is that the tv replays generally don't help. We always used ro use the direction the fingers pointed as the fielder came up from the catch. Generally if it's a bump you won't have managed to get your fingers under the ball.

Yep and he had his fingers under for sure. Even the English commentators were a little puzzled as to how they concluded it was not out. Regardless I don't think it changed much. England were well on top.

[Manormanic]

Having just seen it for the first time, my reaction was that Bell could have walked.  Yes it was close to the ground but to me the way that the camera foreshortens the image of such catches means that batsmen cynically wait for the review knowing that it has to have been a good couple of inches off the deck to have any chance of being given out.

[400notout]

Get Lyon back in for the next test, call up Voges. Agar is a bowler, he's not done his job, come back to him in 3 years time.