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Angelo Mathews: Replacement ball 'changed the entire momentum of the game'


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"We were told they didn't have old enough balls to replace. It changed the entire momentum of the game. You work so hard to get rid of that shine, and we did that. Once the ball was changed, it was a whole different game."

So, why wouldn't SL be offered the same if they didn't have enough balls? Gotta be fair for both side. Would like to see if the betting market betted on this. 

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13 minutes ago, Zero_Unit said:

"We were told they didn't have old enough balls to replace. It changed the entire momentum of the game. You work so hard to get rid of that shine, and we did that. Once the ball was changed, it was a whole different game."

So, why wouldn't SL be offered the same if they didn't have enough balls? Gotta be fair for both side. Would like to see if the betting market betted on this. 

 

This is where match refs have to step in and apply some common sense. I would've let England bowl with that old ball if there was no ball available with similar wear and tear. In cricket a team spends so much of effort to play off the new ball and remove shine off it so they can capitalize. If umpires are gonna hand the home team a newish ball after that, it's a huge disadvantage to the opponents.

 

I hope likes of Wasim Jaffar and Akash Chopra go after Michael Vaughan and England on twitter. Now we know what Bazball is all about. It's a way for England to maximize their home advantage via unregulated ball changes, and no wonder Bazball only works in England.

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Thank God Angelo talked about this. This nonsense has been going on for last 4-5 yrs or maybe even more. Happened during India's last tour as well. Every time there is a partnership, the ball gets old, stops swinging they deliberately change the shape by over through or pull the seam to get a newer ball and the Umps just turn a blind eye to the home team. Finally players and teams need to come out and talk about this. 

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15 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

This is where match refs have to step in and apply some common sense. I would've let England bowl with that old ball if there was no ball available with similar wear and tear. In cricket a team spends so much of effort to play off the new ball and remove shine off it so they can capitalize. If umpires are gonna hand the home team a newish ball after that, it's a huge disadvantage to the opponents.

 

I hope likes of Wasim Jaffar and Akash Chopra go after Michael Vaughan and England on twitter. Now we know what Bazball is all about. It's a way for England to maximize their home advantage via unregulated ball changes, and no wonder Bazball only works in England.

Called this 2 years ago.  They are gaming the ball change rule. That's what Bazball is about in home conditions. 

 

High risk batting is the distraction 

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10 hours ago, Sgattick10 said:

Thank God Angelo talked about this. This nonsense has been going on for last 4-5 yrs or maybe even more. Happened during India's last tour as well. Every time there is a partnership, the ball gets old, stops swinging they deliberately change the shape by over through or pull the seam to get a newer ball and the Umps just turn a blind eye to the home team. Finally players and teams need to come out and talk about this. 

Ye haramjade yahi sab karke Sara kuch twist wist karke ek tho WC scam kar gaye

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29 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Called this 2 years ago.  They are gaming the ball change rule. That's what Bazball is about in home conditions. 

 

High risk batting is the distraction 

 

Why are these things not discussed on PP. They always turn a blind eye to the mis deeds by England. Yeah I saw you raising this issue on PP in one of the threads but it didn't get any traction.Somebody should instead open a thread on this and discuss. Didn't see any thread on PP about the current topic.

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On 8/25/2024 at 10:30 PM, neel roy said:

Honestly if you have to blame blame an Indian. Dilip Jajodia. The founder and owner of Duke balls. Its his product which is creating the mess. 

 

Even if he is the owner he wouldn't be preparing these balls without the blessings of ECB. They definitely have a hand in this.

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1 hour ago, Tillu said:

 

Even if he is the owner he wouldn't be preparing these balls without the blessings of ECB. They definitely have a hand in this.

Yep. They are the only major board buying that specific product of Dukes. Windies are a minor board and use a slightly different product 

 

It's foolish to think ECB have no say over this considering they are the Dukes' biggest customer. 

 

It's been 3 seasons and they have still not addressed the quality issues ?

 

They're deliberately not addressing this issue. 

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On 8/25/2024 at 1:00 PM, neel roy said:

Honestly if you have to blame blame an Indian. Dilip Jajodia. The founder and owner of Duke balls. Its his product which is creating the mess. 

 

6 hours ago, Tillu said:

 

Even if he is the owner he wouldn't be preparing these balls without the blessings of ECB. They definitely have a hand in this.

 

IMO it's time for ICC to standardize cricket ball. We've too many such as Kookaburra, Dukes, SG etc. and they all vary. Some have prominent seam, some lose their shine after 10-15 overs, some keep on swinging till 40 over mark etc. Already we've multiple pitches players need to adapt to, and at the very least a standard cricket ball should be mandatory. Enough of home teams coming up with their own dodgy brands to extract even more advantage.

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6 hours ago, Tillu said:

 

Why are these things not discussed on PP. They always turn a blind eye to the mis deeds by England. Yeah I saw you raising this issue on PP in one of the threads but it didn't get any traction.Somebody should instead open a thread on this and discuss. Didn't see any thread on PP about the current topic.

 

Who cares what PeePee thinks? Don't think it'll be discussed there for the following reasons...

 

1. Majority of the braindead fans there don't have the intellect to grasp what replacing an oldish ball with a newish ball does. You need to remember they're the same fans who think Babar Azam is the second coming of Bradman, that Pak team is the best in the world, and that their phaast bowlers are the best in the world :hysterical:

 

For remaining few (exceptions), which TBH are extremely rare and can be counted on your fingers...

 

2. They've turned into Eng and Aus fans coz they know that their team can't beat India and that Eng & Aus are the best bet to win against us. So now anything other teams do, it's all good and anything which India does is cheating and coz BCCI=ICC.

 

3. This changing of balls reminds them of their own dodgy history with bottle caps and tampering with the ball to enable reverse swing. We all know ho wtheir "phaast" bowlers disappeared once 3rd umpire and more TV cameras were introduced, and ball tampering became difficult. For them it would be akin to throwing stones against Eng when they themselves live in a glass house. After all Imran himself admitted to ball tampering and none of their players deny it as they started doing it under Sarfaraz Nawaz and the practice continued till early 2000s when ICC clamped down on it thanks to 3rd umpires, match refs and numerous cameras.

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