God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

Not a chance in hell Ollie Pope took that catch without grassing the pill, he may not have known it but the video is pretty clear he had no fingers under the ball as his gloves made contact with the ground.

It's quite bizarre as a decision, because here in Aus we've had catches denied because of blades of grass were seen coming up between fingers that were clearly under the pill.

Batsmen getting the benefit of the doubt was the way of the past, plenty of half volley catches look doubtful  and umpires just give them out knowing they have the 3rd umpire/slow mo replays to refer to. Problem is when the 3rd umpire isnt sure either because the replay isnt conclusive and refers it back to umpires call and then the poor batsman has to go because the initial decision was out.`
The other rule that has gone out the door is the 2 bouncers per over and the interpretation of what is a bouncer.
Englands bazball bowlers including Anderson were bowling six an over at one stage in that last test but the umpires only called the extreme ones that were miles over the batsmans head.
England have also turned test cricket into one day cricket with their tactics and I dont rely enjoy watching that style of game..Pope is playing as the keeper so they can play one day player allrounders like Livingstone and Jacks. Root took the second new ball in Pakistans second innings and it might be great entertainment but its not traditional cricket and I hope we dont see that BS in the next Ashes series.