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Re: Hawk-Eye to be Trialed. Absolutely, and that's why technology is needed - it's more important that the decision is correct than it's made quickly. The onfield umpire couldn't get it right when it was hitting half way up middle, so what hope is there for the difficult decisions? Taufel is...

Re: New Zealand in England I totally agree. And that Lux measurement should be viewable by all spectators - it shouldn't be some kind of secret!

Re: New Zealand in England I went to "watch the cricket" yesterday and Thursday but saw more of Bucknor holding up a lightmeter than anything else. Why do they have the bad light law in these days of superb protective equipment? The only reason to come off for bad light would be if the...

Re: Hawk-Eye to be Trialed. Another piece of inspired thinking. No half-way measures - either use it all or stay in the dark ages! Has anyone on simplycricket noticed that the use of technology to help umpires is something I'm almost fanatical about?! :)

Re: Hawk-Eye to be Trialed. You'd think so wouldn't you, but unfortunately not - that's why we need technology. Even balls hitting half way up middle are sometimes given not out by umpires - eg. the very first wrong decision (Dhoni) on this list: <a...

Re: Hawk-Eye to be Trialed. Yes, it's only a predicted path Jonesy, but you can therefore only give decisions if the ball is hitting the inside of leg stump for example, where as if it's clipping the outside it would be given not out. The tests the ICC are doing soon should determine the...

Re: Hawk-Eye to be Trialed. Allowing players to appeal decisions is a cop out - if we started the game of cricket today no-one would consider not using technology to help with all decisions. There's always resistance to change but those in charge need to show leadership to push the use of...

Re: England in New Zealand Never ever Harmison if we're trying to win!! They will play the same team. Despite Anderson's 5 wicket haul in the 1st innings in Wellington, Hoggard should have played and I fear that we'll see why in not so helpful conditions - Anderson could be treated with...

Re: Afraid of pace If you have access to a bowling machine then that's your best bet. You can very gradually push the speed up over time. A bowling machine also allows you to know where the ball will be directed so that you can get into a groove playing the same ball over and over again...