Koertzen losing it

Andrew Dunford

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Mar 25, 2008, 8:47:03 PM3/25/08

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Final ball of Anderson's over, Vettori looking to manufacture a single to
retain the strike. He steps outside off stump and shuffles around in the
crease. Anderson bowls short outside the leg stump, catching Vettori in two
minds and he ends up playing no shot.

Koertzen then calls dead ball on the grounds that he thought Vettori had
pulled away. Anderson gets a seventh ball and dismisses Vettori.

Andrew

Villanova

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Mar 25, 2008, 10:14:12 PM3/25/08

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Mr Andrew Dunford,

I forgive you for abusing me in a different
thread. Hopefully you will keep the forum clean.

Koertzen's decision luckily didn't alter the
Napier test and series outcome.

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Michael Seth

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Mar 26, 2008, 3:29:52 PM3/26/08

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That did seem pretty bizarre even from just reading the cricinfo
commentary. Overall from what I've read online and heard through the
radio commentary the umpiring in this series seems to have been very
good. Lots of tough decisions made correctly and only a few LBWs which
some fans might quibble with. Well done to those umps.

Cheers
Michael

Andrew Dunford

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Mar 26, 2008, 4:49:06 PM3/26/08

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"Michael Seth" <michaelseth@hotmail_dot_.com> wrote in message
news:fse87g$tld$1...@news.ucalgary.ca...

Yes, it has been very good and the two unusual dead balls (Oram hit one for
six in the third odo which was subsequently scrubbed out) have been in the
minority. My only other big whinge was the mishandling of the bad light
situation on the Sunday evening at the Basin.

That said, there have been plenty of debatable lbws and the occasional catch
decision given not out when a microscope reveals contact between bat and
ball, but this is completely normal. The big thing is that the players and
supporters of both teams have mostly just accepted the decisions and got on
with the game.

NZ v England has been the most enjoyable Test cricket series played in NZ
for years, perhaps since Australia toured in 1999/00. Well-chosen venues, a
ready-made atmosphere brought along by the visiting team's supporters,
fantastic weather (I don't think it rained once during the series), matches
which all lasted into the final day even if the result was inevitable by the
end of day four at Wellington and Napier. And of course positive cricket.
Although the weather is largely pot luck, the positioning of the tour a
couple of weeks earlier than in other years coupled with summer daylight
time being extended by a few weeks this year meant that, for example the
Wellington match wasn't blighted by darkness descending the moment the sun
went down behind the Vance Stand as has been the case in previous years.

Andrew

Villanova

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Mar 26, 2008, 6:23:56 PM3/26/08

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Perhaps because the decisions are within normal umpiring error
range ?

> NZ v England has been the most enjoyable Test cricket series played in NZ
> for years, perhaps since Australia toured in 1999/00. Well-chosen venues, a
> ready-made atmosphere brought along by the visiting team's supporters,
> fantastic weather (I don't think it rained once during the series), matches
> which all lasted into the final day even if the result was inevitable by the
> end of day four at Wellington and Napier. And of course positive cricket.
> Although the weather is largely pot luck, the positioning of the tour a
> couple of weeks earlier than in other years coupled with summer daylight
> time being extended by a few weeks this year meant that, for example the
> Wellington match wasn't blighted by darkness descending the moment the sun
> went down behind the Vance Stand as has been the case in previous years.
>
> Andrew
>
>

Results in all three test matches contributed to enjoyable cricket too.

Michael Seth

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Mar 27, 2008, 3:00:54 PM3/27/08

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My point of view on the umpiring is probably coloured by the fact that I
haven't seen any replays. There didn't seem to be very many horribly
wrong decisions which is all I'm after. This probably depends on your
value of "horribly wrong" I suppose.

Have to agree that the series was lots of fun even from the distance I'm
at. The attacking cricket mostly played and the fact that in each test
both team could say they were in the ascendancy made for fun listening.
The fact that the bowling was generally better than the batting probably
contributed. Still, three five day tests. When was the last time that
happened? Probably bloody ages since there hasn't even been a three test
series in NZ for a while.

Hoping for more fun from the tour to England.

Cheers
Michael