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[Cricket] England vs Australia Third Ashes Test - Leeds 22nd-26th August 2019





The Wizard

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Jul 2, 2009
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Absolute disgrace, cricket really doesn’t help itself does it. A mate of mine who’s up there today and tomorrow is absolutely fuming, understandably so you have to feel.
 


A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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There are lights. You play cricket AT NIGHT.

There should be no such thing as "bad light".
 


pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
30,178
West, West, West Sussex
Something to do with Archers pace. I wasn't listening intently on telly, but I heard something about Laburschange whinging about not being able to see Archers deliveries, and Root declining to bowl Leach
 


PILTDOWN MAN

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Can someone explain why they are off for light when they have floodlights.

Because they're playing in whites and not their pajamas , no other reason. There's no restriction on how fast you can bowl in a T20 game under lights but test cricket no.
 




Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
61,673
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Presumably a red ball isn't as visible as the white under lights.

Still an arseache.
 


The Wizard

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Jul 2, 2009
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Joe Root was offered the chance to bowl spin and elected not too. I was told once there is the ‘4 shadow’ clearly visible the umpires take the players off as that means the artificial lighting has taken over, the floodlights are used to supplement light, not to make it possible to play in unplayable dark conditions. Seems odd to me seen as if this was a one day match the light would be fine?

Bizzare, I’m not sure if that’s true mind.
 






hans kraay fan club

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Mar 16, 2005
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Absolute disgrace, cricket really doesn’t help itself does it. A mate of mine who’s up there today and tomorrow is absolutely fuming, understandably so you have to feel.

Indeed.

Here's the view my brother sent me earlier. Guess it was fun at that stage.

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A1X

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Raining again now. It's grim up north.
 






hans kraay fan club

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The *ahem* channel I was watching has now flipped to West Indies v India. Indians in a spot of early bother.

Nice and SUNNY in Antigua!
 






Mellotron

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Jul 2, 2008
31,722
Brighton
****s sake.

Amateurish.
 




Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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Uffern
Seems odd to me seen as if this was a one day match the light would be fine?

As Easy said, it's not a white ball so the rules are different. It's not easy picking up a red ball in the gloom (he says with memories of a skier he dropped in Worthing when the sky was as black as Newgate's knocker)
 








Mellotron

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Jul 2, 2008
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Brighton
Ball still moving but somehow these two have clung in there.
 



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