Out with the old
It costs about $30K a season for the WACA to run the manual scoreboard at their cricket ground in Perth. The scoreboard is far from an aesthetic masterpiece but it has some charm and it reminds us of the modern… Continue Reading
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Objective cricket
Umpiring changes in the game of cricket have been pretty much uniformly praised. The field umpires can refer decisions to a third umpire, who is off the field and has the luxury of watching television replays. Teams can now challenge… Continue Reading
SMS evictions – the viewers’ revenge
Starting with a cricket theme, we are giving viewers the chance to evict television personalities, programs and executives. As the graph says, SMS your victim’s number or enter it on the web at m.smspoll.net Cruel. But fair. You need the… Continue Reading
Hawkeye and The Hopman Cup
Terrific event. Two star performances: Michaella Krajicek and Hawkeye. The Hopman Cup was the first ITF tennis tournament to allow players to invoke the Hawkeye system to adjudicate close line-calls. There was full on acclaim for the implementation of this… Continue Reading
Over the top
Commentators at the second cricket test at Edgbaston (you know, near Baston) could hardly contain themselves after the English batsmen hit 10 sixes on the opening day. This was in part the result of outstanding batting but was also due… Continue Reading
Ben on cricket
There’s a bit of a sports theme running here at the moment folks. Been talking to my brother Ben, who’s also a cricket lover, about the present difficulties of the WACA and he had this comment: The problem for the… Continue Reading
Cricket in Perth, 2005
Went to see the Pakis play WA at the WACA yesterday; first time I’d been to the ground in a long time. The redevelopment has the place looking very smart; I liked the use of the flat grassed area kids… Continue Reading
