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[MD2812]

It was given out guys...get over it!! These things happen in cricket.

I agree, we should follow the example the Aussies set when Broad snicked to your keeper in the uk....... (Yes Broad knew he snicked it, but the umpires decision is the umpires decision)

I like the fact we discussed it to the detail we have, I didn't know about the disturbing of the bail differed to the bail being permanently dislodged.

[csnew]

Why blame bopara or any one else who played a stupid shot.
Just blame KP  .

[Nato]

I agree, we should follow the example the Aussies set when Broad snicked to your keeper in the uk....... (Yes Broad knew he snicked it, but the umpires decision is the umpires decision)

I like the fact we discussed it to the detail we have, I didn't know about the disturbing of the bail differed to the bail being permanently dislodged.

To be fair, if the Aussies had any reviews left during the Broad incident it would've been a moot point anyway. Agreed though, if the umpire makes the decision, even if it's a horrible one, then that is his decision. We have to abide by it at Club level, so the attitude shouldn't be any different at elite level.

[MD2812]

How did Bopara react after watching the TV? Did he accept it or did he look like he thought he should stay?

[ProCricketer1982]

Apart from umpires (especially elite ones!) should know the rules and apply them properly


#facepalm
#BlameKP

[Nato]

I have to be honest, I just saw him walking off after it, so didn't really see his reaction.

[Cowcorner]

Has everyone forgotten poor Tim Bresnan being run out off a single that only Usain Bolt could make? May be Ravi was jealous of the cracking 6 he'd just thundered over the boundary!
I say sack him and get Luke Wright back in.
And defrost Nick Compton in time for the next test series.

[mike1989]

I was surprised that Luke Wright hasn't had a shot in the ODIs in Australia. Though I suppose his  performances in the ODIs aren't as good as his T20 ones.

Compton back in the test team is a good shout. I'd put him back in opening instead of Carberry.

[TangoWhiskey]

There was obviously something wrong with Compton's attitude that made him be left out. He performed very adequately in terms of run scoring, but something probably wasn't quite right, perhaps with his integration into the team or something?

[rawpace]

Not quite sure what the England management see in Bopara. He's had plenty of opporunities in all forms, and has never really taken his chance. Granted, his bowling has become fairly tidy and economical, and he might be talented with the bat, but he's never really produced a solid run of significant/match winning contributions. Enough of him, get some fresh faces in or Luke Wright - reckon he should have been picked ahead of Bopara for this series at least.

[Bats_Entertainment]

What a joke that decison was!

[leeroy]

Looked like the bail fell forward out rather than bouncing back in to me The thing I found the most frustrating was Root's stupid shot, he had already attempted it beforehand and ended up wearing that ball on the arm! I think ramp shots should stay out of the trick bag when your chasing less than a run a ball. You know at some stage luck aint gonna go your way (Bopara) so gifting your wicket like Root did was unforgivable.

[mike1989]

Looked like the bail fell forward out rather than bouncing back in to me The thing I found the most frustrating was Root's stupid shot, he had already attempted it beforehand and ended up wearing that ball on the arm! I think ramp shots should stay out of the trick bag when your chasing less than a run a ball. You know at some stage luck aint gonna go your way (Bopara) so gifting your wicket like Root did was unforgivable.

Agreed. I guess I can understand - at a push - why some players might end up playing the ramp shot, or any other extravagant shot to reduce the pressure and put them back on the front foot. However, it was run a ball. Granted they had just lost a wicket when Morgan chipped one to Watson (?), but Root was joined by Bopara at the crease, with Buttler, Bresnan, Broad etc to come. So like you say, there was no need whatsoever to start playing stupid extravagant shots. Just get the singles, and put away the bad ball. 

It does make me wonder why we keep seeing so many 'weak' dismissals with the England batsmen gifting their wickets away.

[Cowcorner]

There was obviously something wrong with Compton's attitude that made him be left out. He performed very adequately in terms of run scoring, but something probably wasn't quite right, perhaps with his integration into the team or something?

There seems to be something wrong with the management England team - an incipient interference from the upper echelons of the ECB where selection is no longer left to Captain and Coach. I'd suspect that a man of Compton's quality and strong character might not fit with this mould.

[TangoWhiskey]

There seems to be something wrong with the management England team - an incipient interference from the upper echelons of the ECB where selection is no longer left to Captain and Coach. I'd suspect that a man of Compton's quality and strong character might not fit with this mould.

Sounds about right. Same as Graham Onions I suppose. Bucket loads of wickets but hasn't had a sniff of the England team.