PONTING has been totally exposed as far as his bad and unsporting behaviour umpteen times. further, there is lot of anger among Indians against PONTING, SYMONDS AND MICHEL CLARK. BCCI should seriously consider not to offer these three Aussie cricketers the IPL contract atleast for the year 2008.
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 02:28 PM
now did you actualy see the catch before the pic. because the pic doesn't show the whole story there, ponting had complete control of the ball before he landed. commentators at the time said that they had seen similar catches given. but it was not given. now all teams have done similar claimed for catches which they didn't actualy take. Dhoni has that distinction. dravid has the distinction of rubbing a lolly over a ball to alter it. ball tampering far more serrious charge. tendulkar has been charged with ball tampering. it is up to the umpire to decide these things not from rabid supporters who cannot see anything. now while that photo don't look good but cheating no. take the passion away and can you honestly say that no team has not done the same. India has. harbhajan failling to leave the crease when was bowled by pietersen and obscenly told peitersen to F off. would you call that cheating. see no team can say they have not done that or similar. this isn't a child's game you are playing both sides are playing to win and the stakes and reputations are high. there are no prizes for second.
RE:RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by sivaram chintalapati on Jan 16, 2008 02:52 PM
"this isn't a child's game you are playing both sides are playing to win and the stakes and reputations are high. there are no prizes for second".. Sorry friend, this sentence sums up the Aussie stand. I for one like watching fair cricket, even though I cheer for India. I strongly beleive sports are for entertainment and not a life-and-death issues.
RE:RE:RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 04:46 PM
"I strongly beleive sports are for entertainment and not a life-and-death issues." Now if you believe that then why the vitriol. India played to win like any other team, you claimed they played it fairly, I think time wasting is also cheating. claiming of catches India itself has been guilty of that one also, but all said and done I have seen kumble appeal outrageously for decisions where he knew they where not out. all the side have done this. but you have failed to note that ponting gave dravid a lifeline earlier by not claiming a catch saying he wasn't 100% sure, but that has been conveniently forgotten.
Now seeing that the 3rd test is on. there is two sussed decisions that have gone india's way and is anyone squealling the house down. no. Tendulkar was given not out to an lbw decision, but evened itself out eventualy and given out. dravid clearly was as plumb as you could get given not out. so he is the lucky recipient of a bad decision. it all evens it self out, now y0u would say it's karma. Dravid is also the one that likes to wipe lollies over balls to alter in the favour of the bowling team, now wouldn't you call that cheating. Ganguly also has been the reciepent of a bad decision that went into his favour, clearly out not given first test. called swings and roundabouts. the picture above doesn't tell the complete picture so gives a false impression. you are happily taking decisions on your side when you know that you really shouldn't have got. isn
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by on Jan 18, 2008 08:10 PM
people like you also agree with the underarm ball bowled by one of the Chappels against NewZealand for which Aussie Prime Minister has to say sorry to Kiwis...But present PM will not do so as he knows this the habbit of Team Australia. Though every action of these tests is available online yet you people can't speak the truth
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by sivaram chintalapati on Jan 16, 2008 02:48 PM
I tell you. Take that passion away and you realize how cleanly the catch was taken. Tell me, do you really think Aussies are not cheaters? I can't beleive it! It tells me some thing more than cricket!
RE:RE:RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 04:57 PM
so Did I and I saw some over appealling by both teams and umpire intimidation by teams also. saw also some time wasting and saw some disent.
the umpiring was woeful no one disputes that but it was woeful for the australians as well, while india got some poor decisions but that happens, happens to all teams not just india. but that alone is not the australian's fault they didn't choose the umpires, the ICC did.
but you take the bad with the good. move on and play a little better.
but put all the rubbish that went on asside and you would find it was a thrilling game which no one had won until the last hours of the game. India had a chance of either putting that away or drawing it, but their own performance lost them that game. to lose 3 for 5 in the last over instead of a draw wasn't good, kumble should have tried to keep the strike so the last 3 didn't have to face the strike.
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by Small on Jan 16, 2008 11:32 PM
Ponting is leading a bunch of wild dogs. He has converted a good bunch of Aussie players into barking dogs. I dont say this...your media says. Now stop advocating much...we know who is who! The problem is these umpires are afraid of dog-bites and mostly Mike Procter is a racist who knows how to take action against asians. Andrew Symonds really behaves like what he has been (if at all) refered to!
Mike Procter & Ponting are close friends...mmm now I have serious doubts!
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by Amit Balgi on Jan 17, 2008 09:41 PM
upmiring was not woeful, aussies had fixed them in fear of indians stopping Ponting of equalizing Steve's record of 16s.
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by jagdish kumar on Jan 19, 2008 04:35 PM
u may b a good cricket fan or great lover of the game.........but...........u r wrong................comon man grow up
RE:Any comment on the picture above, Mr. Hadley?
by sarathidasc on Jan 17, 2008 06:20 PM
Yes you are right.anything that white skinned do is correct in the eyes of law.what about the Aussie's behaviour on the field and the 'world famous sledging'that aussie;s and S,African's are famous for?we could make out Nel foul mouthing Tendulkar after each delivery using the words they are used to[maybe they call their parents such language]
Ricky pointing has mastered the art of confusing the public and that too in the age of stump cameras and Television; He is sure trying to save his skin by behaving like a kid in his mama's backyard -
Ricky - Micky - Licky jo bhi ho, Can't you grow up plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
let all ausie businesses get the hell out of INDIA ,we will not feel it,but without INDIAN business it would be hard for ausies to talk abt their future,the cricketers would be again be convicts for stealing or hooliganism ...LETS ALL BOYCOT AUSIE GOODS & Companies OR products that have or use ausies for endorsement
RE:BOYCOTT all ausie Products & products endorsed by Ausies
by Adnan on Jan 15, 2008 08:28 PM
I will and I will also not support this NAPUNSAK indian team!
RE:BOYCOTT all ausie Products & products endorsed by Ausies
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 07:02 AM
wouldn't that invoke banned indian products and businesses, affect your economy so rather stupid don't you think.
you want to be part of the global ecconomy well start acting like a grown country instead of a childish one.
RE:BOYCOTT all ausie Products & products endorsed by Ausies
by DN on Jan 16, 2008 02:18 PM
Maybe you need to grow up and start that by shutting your trap.
The more you blabber the more people come to know what a knuckle-head you are.
RE:BOYCOTT all ausie Products & products endorsed by Ausies
by Small on Jan 16, 2008 11:38 PM
ritely said DN...this chap's brain is dead and like a aussie dump muscle-cowboy this lad needs some fosters first...i think he forgets. I think he is one of the aussie team... pity!
The BCCI has to be banned for not giving chances to younger players like Raina, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthich, Irfan Pathan in the playing 11. Yuvraj, Jaffer & harbhajan can be rested.
I think Mr Proctor should be charged with Racism. Once, he find Pakistan Captain Latif guilty of claiming a dropped catch and bans for 5 ODI and here he lets off Ponting and Michael Clark scot free. Then he believes in aus players and say thats the truth and ignores Indian players I am not sure if thats called racism or hypocrisy or something else
RE:who is racist
by Subhendu on Jan 15, 2008 01:01 PM
Hi Suman..
what you have mentioned is absolutely true..i think Mike Proctar is partial to the Australian players..Action should be taken immediately against him also.
RE:who is racist
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 07:09 AM
how is this racism, you don't understand the term racism.
Latiff actualy dropped the ball twice then picked it up and claimed the catch, so proctor had no option but to ban him. which is the very thing you want the aussies charged with, a bit of a double standard here. if latiff wasn't a sub continent player you all would be saying he got what he deserved. it is more like reverse racism here and you are suffering from it.
ponting and clarke where not charged with anything so how can they be banned. Idiotic remark.
it was the australian players that heard the remark not the indians seeing how sachin was down the other end of the pitch, gee I know he is a good cricketer but he doesn't have a bionic ear.
you are accusing australia and umpires of double standards but you have the same affliction.
RE:RE:who is racist
by sivaram chintalapati on Jan 16, 2008 01:57 PM
Do you mean to say that dropping once is alright? And there is no reverse racism here, nobody here is telling you Latiff was a saint, but only to compare the double standards shown by Procter. Learn to understand simple sentences, friend.
RE:who is racist
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 05:12 PM
while you are lambasting the aussies from this that and the other you forget that your side is no better. are actualy the most misbehaved side next to pakistan. 43 reports. please explain.
no aussies never changed the game actually it was changed by the english when they introduced bodyline. and I also seem to remember asian sides charging the umpire demanding wickets by intimidation so who is the thug there.
all teams indulge in pushing the limits as far as they can. India is no different.
there are lot of people here who think that latiff is a saint. but the point of bringing up latiff is to say that no team is saintly.
RE:who is racist
by Sam on Jan 16, 2008 09:43 AM
Why are you trying to defend Australia? Looks like you are no different then any other Aussie who whines like a child when given out. Can't you see that incompetent (or corrupt) Bucknor gave 8:1 decision against India? In fact India took 30 Aussie wicket i.e 10 more, i.e. Australia played three innings while India played only two.
RE:who is racist
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 16, 2008 01:15 PM
to sam. umpires are selected from neutral countries. so blame the ICC. as far as whining, a lot of you guys are crying and whining about how done in you where. no comment when tendulkar was plimb LBW on 30 and given not out. and went on to make 154 and yet sook about symonds who went on to make 162 if you where to take both scores off the tally of the first innings India would not been in any position of saying whether they would have won it not. umpiring was bad but not the australians fault at all.
you don't know much about cricket do you or you would not have made that ridiculous comment of 30 aussie wickets, nor the three innings, cricket only has 2 innings each in a test. india lost 20 wickets australia lost 17 dont' make 30 to me, unless you look through coloured glasses. when you can see things rationally maybe then you should follow cricket if you do at all.
misbehaviour India is the most misbehaved cricket side in the whole cricket playing nations. 43 offenses top of the list. so I guess you could say you are winning something even if it noteriety.
RE:who is racist
by jagmeet mangat on Jan 17, 2008 10:41 AM
I think aussies were so confident about the onse sided decision making of the umpires that even after giving a catch to slips, Clarke stood there to try his luck...and who would forget Adam Gilchrist's full-on appeal for a caught behind against Dravid when the ball & bat had 2-3 inches gap. Geoff Boycotts mum could have driven a car through it.
RE:who is racist
by sivaram chandra chintalapati on Jan 16, 2008 01:53 PM
I am sure Aussies know so much about cricket they don't mind manipulating it for their advantage. The batsmen won't be sure about an LBW decision (Sachin's case you mentioned), but they sure must know if they knicked the ball (Symonds, two times). And if you can not understand this, I understand how much you know about the game. And Indians do not need behaviour lessons, not least from Aussies, who are branded rogues on cricket field. They changed cricket from a gentleman's game to a thug's game. If your media is not highlighting the problems, you can surf internet to get an idea of how reputed Australia is in terms of behaviour. And, yes, what Aussies do on field most of the times is not illegal, but it is immoral. Got it, friend?
RE:who is racist
by Alex Dsouza on Jan 17, 2008 08:48 PM
So stupid of u.. Sachin being not given LBW by umpire..LBW decisions can surely be a bit the wrong way as there is no surety to batsman or umpire to make it out, but droping a catch (you surely know it that u have dropped it) and claiming it is waht sort of cricketing spirit, also staying on the crease when you know you have nicked the ball which has gone to fielders hands is simply called Cheating..!!
RE:Have your say
by Puneet suri on Jan 14, 2008 03:36 PM
HI ADNAN, THE EMAIL ID'S OF THE TWO ICC COMM. OFFICERS YOU HAVE GIVEN ARE INVALID.CAN YOU PLEASE RECHECK AND GIVE THE CORRECT ID'S. THANKS.-PUNEET
I was a big fan of Australia after seeing the TV series of Body line. And have great respect for Bradman. It was not winning that counted but playing morally and honestly. I guess I stand corrected now. The same country that produced such a great person(?) can loose its sight and can get desparate to win. And they are firing on all cylinders to cover they behind. Picking on Harbajjan. (Attack is the best defense) Come one Australia, wake up. Are there no sportmen/women left in your country? Are you not ashamed to be lead by guy who sold his soul to the devil. And talk about playing per the book and doing nothing wrong. Shame on Australian team!!!
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Ruchi on Jan 14, 2008 01:08 PM
The on-field antics and behaviour of Aussie cricketers is not secret from neone.... But at least Steve Waugh did not try to preach gentalmanly sportmanship and pretend and be Holier than Thou....
Ricky Ponting is one of the most unsaoury characters and worse representatives for world cricket....Coz he speaks words like "Integrity" while his behaviour does not have even an ounce of Integrity in it.....He clearly grounds catches and then openly lies that he'd cought it cleanly....Wat a hypocrite!!
I guess if team like Australia are the ones leading cricket, then "Gentalman's Game" is one of the biggest misnomers of the decade!!
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Kerry Hadley on Jan 14, 2008 04:44 PM
do you all forget dhoni's claimed catch that he didn't catch at all, do you forget dravid's incident with the lolly and the ball, for info sake I happened to see the incident with the lolly and said at the time stupid thing to do, you have been sighted. so do you say that australia only ones to have unsavory practices,
harbhajan's remaing at the crease when clearly been bowled by pietersen and the tells KP to F**K off. yes savory practices, I guess Indian fans have only one view at that is not a fair view, take off your blinkers and then you may see that all teams have history in unsavory practices, only australia don't have ball tampering to their names. even god like tendulkar has some history. even if he is a great batsman he also is no bradman. India will do anything to win, seeing how India's runins with the ICC are a total of 43 to australia's 25. when ganguly's tally is 12 to pontings 6. but then you will all deny and play the victim. to which the rest of the world is mighty sick of.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Sam on Jan 15, 2008 05:16 AM
Sachin is far far better than Bradman. Just to kep his number of centuries under control he has been wrongly given out many times. He never tempered the ball. But he was wrongly accused.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by deepa on Jan 15, 2008 11:10 AM
Sam,
Don cannot be compared. His test average is 99. How can you compare him with Sachin. If Don had played more than 100 tests, he would have scored 30000 Test runs with 100 hundreds in his records.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Small on Jan 16, 2008 11:43 PM
with a plank 1 ft wide haan? You speak about current situation man...dont talk abt some don bhon who is history.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Indian Expatriate on Jan 14, 2008 05:43 PM
That is because icc is racist, and no indian subcontinent player! get the records straight!
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by julianthehooligan on Jan 14, 2008 10:22 AM
Get off your soap box mate. I bet my left nut that India would trade cricketing sides any day of the week.
India would love to have a side as good as Australia.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by S Chandra on Jan 14, 2008 02:34 PM
Hahahaha, biggest joke of the century, India would love to swap sides !! LOL ... cant stop laughing.
Yes of course, since u dont have a batsman the class and elegance of Laxman, and dont have an off spinner like Harbhajan.
And u cant play the game without help from your media and cheating, and trying to intimidate people in your backyard !! LOL
Mr. Ricky "Bradman" Ponting is clueless against Bhajji, he doesnt know the first thing about facing his bowling, so to avoid himself being humiliated in front of his home crowd, he dreams up a "racism" charge based on no proof !!
Hahahahaha, no thank u, u can keep the disgrace of a sporting team u call a cricket team to yourself. Thank u !! LOL ... hahahahaha
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Harit Shah on Jan 14, 2008 04:31 PM
Hey, How dare you sully Sir Don Bradman's name by calling Ricky Ponting as "Ricky Bradman Ponting"!?!??! He is nowhere close to the Don, not in batting and DEFINITELY NEVER EVER EVEN CLOSE IN RESPECTABLE AND DIGNIFIED ON-FIELD CONDUCT!!!!
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by sivaram chintalapati on Jan 16, 2008 02:57 PM
Sorry, I am very happy with the team we have. We do not need rouges in our team. And we play it as a sport and do not need cheaters who scoop so low down to win that their country's image in the world takes a blow.
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Ruchi on Jan 14, 2008 12:02 PM
India wud like to play good clean, competitive cricket, and win as a team....but India wud never like to stoop to Aussies level to win.... As it is the next best batsman to Bradman, as acknowledged by Bradman himslef is Sachin Tendulkar, not the hypocrite called Ricky Ponting!!
India has lots of talent, at leats more batting talent than Aussies....but they have to convert the individual skill and talent into good team work, and hence match victories
RE:Where is Bradman's legacy?
by Indian Guy on Jan 14, 2008 12:16 PM
As long as Aussie's don't cheat, and not say abusive words on the ground, then player and umpire can focus and then I'm sure Aussie will not be able to win so many matches.
They are no better than lowest ranking team. They use bad methods to win the matches.
There was a tamil movie where the villain begs evrybody to be punished. I think the best way to punish Ricky and company is not to punish! When they come to Inida (or even now) if all the scribes do not report on anything that the Australians say 9totally ignoring them) and nothing other than the score card, what a powerful pusnishment it will be. Ignoring is the best medicine for being arrogant.
RE:Why should'nt Ponting not banned
by Adnan on Jan 15, 2008 08:30 PM
This "Chamcha BCCI" and "Napunsak Media" will run after Australian team. Nothing like this is going to happen dost!
