Mikkyk wrote:

Highveld wrote:

white-lightning wrote:

28/2. Ridiculous decision by the umpire to give Mousley out stumped! His foot never left the ground! Albeit by a toe.

Actually an excelent decision from the umpire, and Mousley is very lucky he isn't facing a level 1 charge of dissent.

Would he have been charged already if he was going to be? Because I agree he should be charged based on his reaction, whether he was out or not.

And incidentally he was out and it's nice to see an umpire have the cajones to give a tight stumping without any third umpire available - even if it was against us.

Seemed like he was reacting as much to what was said by Simpson as the umpires decision to me.

I saw a reaction to Simpson after he started to walk, but his initial reaction looks directed towards the umpire to me.

Simpson did continue to give Dan verbals as he's walking back, which also isn't great.

I think he was just saying:
"Brilliant work, John! Enjoy your retirement, Tim!"

He reacted towards the umpire initially but not excessively in my opinion. He definitely had extended quarrel with Simpson and Murtagh though and seemed quite taken aback by something that got said by one or both of them.

Wouldn't like to see anyone reported for that to be honest was nothing major.

A question, if a batsman keeps getting out to bad shots, and playing the wrong shot in the context of the game and innings situation, is that the fault of the player or the batting coach?

Also, in the above situation, what is the effect on the moral and motivation of the rest of the team when a player continues to be selected despite consistantly failing and showing no effort to improve?