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[eukaryote76]

Reckon the gorget looks less sweaty however, and more sturdy of course.

[Stumper]

The stem guard looks like it is falling off or is not a very good fit, I hope that is the case otherwise it looks a little scruffy.

[Bowlers Name Please]

Yep definitely looks like the finished version of the 'stemguard' that is in the helmets thread. Will be interesting to see if it catches on.

Would love to see dilshan and Sangakkara bat for a while and make a game of this.

Sure they will catch on if it becomes a standard fitting.  I remember the comments about the fixed grill masuris when they were first released and how people disliked them but now they seem the norm. It certainly looks better being all the same colour rather than the initial released images which looked really cheap in my opinion.

Will be interesting to see if the stemguard can be added to existing lids if you decide you want one as I can't see many people paying out again if they've just purchased a fixed grill lid (myself included)..

As other comments have mentioned it still looks like it's a prototype as it doesn't look very well fitted.

[csnew]

Sangakarra going through bats this knock. Going from a Newbury to a ton and back to the Newbury

[Stumper]

Mathews is also wearing a stem guard and it seems a slightly better fit that that of Sangakkara.

[csnew]

Really good effort from Sri lanka so far in this massive chase. Still think they'll fall short.

Good to see the third umpires keeping up consistency in poor decisions this World Cup. Not sure how Sangakarra's wicket wasn't called a no ball. Nothing behind the line.

[skip1973]

Because it wasn't clear either way.

[Stumper]

Strange but true, every single Sri lanken batsman thus far has worn am arm guard, is it a team directive??

[edge]

Can't be a proto if it's been supplied to players - safety gear has to go through cert tests first. Does look a bit crap on Sangakarra's though, posted a photo in the helmets thread before I saw this.

Disappointed that the Aussies have realised after 10 years or however long that Watson isn't a top order bat, looks a much better prospect at 6!

[joeljonno]

Disappointed that the Aussies have realised after 10 years or however long that Watson isn't a top order bat, looks a much better prospect at 6!

He's batted lower before. He never really had the power to be a end-game big hitter or the skill enough to nurse the singles/twos as much as some.

He averages 45 opening the batting though   


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[Gerry SA]

Ah I see I was away during/post South Africa's dreadful defeat to Pakistan and certain posters where 'Looking for a bite'...

Anyway I said before the Proteas management made a huge error not selecting a second keeper(AB won't keep with his bad back) and with de Kock's shocking form there's no one up replace him. Selecting Phangio was an error, he's never likely to play unless Tahir gets hurt. I would've taken van Wyk instead of the second spinner.

Anyway we lost and TBH the side is unbalanced I fail to see why Ryan McLaren was axed after 2/3 poor games, yet Wayne Parnell has been crap for many years...

I was delighted for Glenn Maxwell to finally bag his first international century. Could open the floodgates. So much natural talent was just struggling to get that 100. Could go on to become the new Andrew Symonds.

[Gerry SA]

Interesting stat, the fantastic Michael Clarke has never scored a world cup hundred...

[csnew]

Wonder how the England management justify dropping Finn yet broad was averaging 90 with the ball before this game. England management scared of broad throwing the toys out of the pram?

At least hales finally gets a game, can't be worse than what ballance has done so far.

275 should be an easy score to chase on this ground with that 54m boundary. Then again England will probably end up losing

[Gerry SA]

Moeen Ali runs himself out like a pratt...

[skip1973]

schoolboy run out, would love to see the bangers pull this off.