If they could make something similar work on a proper telly that would be really something.

I agree with Fred:

https://youtu.be/PlQu9gSyWKA

Tech(as we know it now, rather than the literal definition) and the internet have a very tangible and interesting history. Perhaps made more so as many of the advances have been made during our (speaking/typing as a 40-odd year old) lifetime.

I agree with Sam, who made his point just below me, but I seem to be somehow above him. How I yearn for the non-indented linear comments section.[/Sadsmileyface]

Sadly, I don’t see where the uncertainty principle comes into this. Is there an inevitability principle along similar lines?

An unobserved England team exists in a quantum superposition of both winning and losing.

It’s when people open the BT app that the wave function (and middle order) collapses and England lose.

For Nineties Nostalgia purists, one of the grave disappointments of the 2013/4 whitewash was the complete lack of innings defeats as well as ten wicket defeats. In BT Sport’s credit, these shortages have both been resolved within three matches – result!

There’s still history – it’s just shorter. Star’s app obviously didn’t appear in 1991, but we’re still confident that they had one before BT, who only started broadcasting cricket last year (or possibly the year before).

Star has had more time to trial and refine their app. This has allowed BT to offer something pretty good from pretty much the outset.

Star has been broadcasting cricket since ’91 in India – covering almost all cricket incl World cups with very few exceptions. Also tech and the Internet have very little to do with history 🙂

We did feel it was unlikely that such a thing would arrive fully formed from a broadcaster with no great history of covering cricket.