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[procricket]

Trawler alert

Oh this is poor

[The_Bird]

Those last two decisions don't feel right for me as a cricket fan.

As an Englishman I'm delighted but i'd rather they were snorters than contentious LBW's.

This series will be remembered as Farcial thanks to DRS and Tony Hill.

[Gerry SA]

Trawler alert

Oh this is poor

Something wrong with you?

I'm pointing out facts.

[Gerry SA]

Those last two decisions don't feel right for me as a cricket fan.

As an Englishman I'm delighted but i'd rather they were snorters than contentious LBW's.

This series will be remembered as Farcial thanks to DRS and Tony Hill.

IIRC Steven Bucknor was forced to retire after a woeful match back in Sydney 2008

Hill's been much worst and should be retired as well.

[The_Bird]

Spot on

@pavilionopinion: Haddin unlucky. "Umpire's call" isn't really the same as "Tony's Hill's" call.

[Vic Nicholas]

Only Warner and Clarke could say they were out to excellent balls...especially Warner.

Smith was simply unlucky.

The rest have surrendered their wickets in a pitiful manner.

Rogers had a loss of concentration.

Khawaja missed a straight one (hasn't got the mental temperament for this level by the look of things).

Watson went as Watson always goes.

Haddin also played across his pads.

Utterly insipid and not worthy of wearing the baggy green.

[Vic Nicholas]

Some of the umpiring is beyond farcical in this match.

Bresnan kicked a Jackson Bird ball which was hitting 46% of the stumps and wasn't given out.

Watson and Haddin are given out when under 5% of the ball is hitting leg stump.

Those sort of decisions have been a feature of the series - but, having said that, Watson and Haddin really did contribute to their own demise, no matter how marginal it all was.

However, if this was India, the BCCI would have packed the team off home after Lord's and would have branded the English racists reasoning that the white umpires hate them because they are closet Englishmen and that the Pakistani and Sri Lankan umpires hate them because it is traditional.

I just accept it as one of those things.

[The_Bird]

England on the brink!

[junter97]

Matt prior, what is wrong with him at the moment?

[Kaz092]

We still might have the infamous 10th wicket stand yet

[The_Bird]

Job Done

[joeljonno]

We still might have the infamous 10th wicket stand yet

... Or not

[Liam-SCCC]

That Australian innings has been a mirror image of our oppositions run chase on Saturday!

[Alvaro]

Matt prior, what is wrong with him at the moment?

Believing his own publicity perhaps?

[The_Bird]

Cook, Trott, Prior, Root, Bairstow have all had a pretty average series which doesn't bode well for Australia down under.