I can’t say whether it touched the ground or not.
It’s funny someone saying they recall those being called not out, I thought where there was doubt the umpires (and batsmen) generally took the word of the fielding team (which goes against benefit of the doubt to the batsman, but anyway…).
I’m of the opinion that you should ignore the fielder for those sort of catches because they’d have no idea whether they caught it.
Once the ball gets that low the eyes tend to leave it at the critical moment anyway.
And by the same token I very much dislike people suggesting a fielder cheated in those circumstances.
Ian Chappell has an excellent summation of Kim Hughes - not a great batsman but a player of great innings. That Boxing Day tonne made him a hero of mine for ever.
I dont think we saw the best of him, for a lot of reasons.
On a completely random note, this Test has reminded me of the Sydney Test in 2015 which ended in a draw.
No reason for it.
The first innings aren’t similar at all.
I think it’s that I expect a close finish in the fourth innings.
And I worry that Lyon might have a similar impact on a pitch that should deteriorate but won’t.
His ton in the Lord’s centenary test was a thing of beauty.
Not a bloke who’d command a lot of respect from his teammates though. I well remember him shielding Graeme Yallop from Graham Dilley as if he were a #11 ferret.
If I’d been Yallop, firstly i’d have burnt the ■■■■ in a run out, secondly, given him an almighty sendoff and thirdly, wrapped my bat round his head in the sheds and fourthly, crimped off a loaf in his cricket bag.
