AUS is desperately missing 2 of its main Allrounders in this Perth Test match. They are umpire Bucknor & Benson. Had they been there, AUS would have surely scored 400 runs in the first innings...
RE:Whatever !
by ROHIT MADAN on Jan 18, 2008 03:47 PM
whole world knew wat u all did in sydney test...even ur prime minister was insisted to sack ponting...it is surprising to see them all in front of press...specially the monkey...and the joker (ponting)...how can u...if india do 2-2...it will be considered at 3-1...india win...as everybody in the world knows that upto how much extent aussies can go to cheat...
Procter may be taking out frustration of pre-apartheid days - Rahid Latif
I had the misfortune of dealing with Mike Procter in 2003 during a Test match against Bangladesh. He handed me a five-match ban for claiming a catch behind wicket when television replays showed that the ball had touched the ground.
During the hearing I told him I did not know it was a bump catch but I got a feeling he was not willing to believe a Pakistani player could make an honest mistake.
Eventually, his punishment of five one day internationals ban led to my saying goodbye to cricket.
I got a feeling (I might be wrong) that he was taking out his frustration of the pre-apartheid days when South Africa were banned from international cricket on the Asian players.
What has happened during and after the Sydney Test between India and Australia is certainly not good for cricket's already tattered image.
But I firmly believe that while the Indian media and part of the international press is justified to some extent in going after Australian captain, Ricky Pointing and his team for their antics during the Sydney Test and even questioning the extent of their gamesmanship, I think everyone needs to go back to the Twenty20 World Cup to understand the Australian's behaviour. From what I have observed it is clear that the Australian's are stretching their gamesmanship only against the Indians and frankly speaking the ball was set rolling by the Indians themselves during the T20 tournament with
RE:A Paki is always a Paki
by Bihar Badshah on Jan 18, 2008 03:15 AM
Contd: some childish behaviour. Take a look at the India and Australia match and you will see that Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth had gone overboard with their celebrations against Australia. This animosity continued when Australia toured India for the one-day series with the Sreesanth antics and the Andrew Symonds taunts. I get a feeling that the Australians were waiting for India to play in their own backyard to pay them back in their own coin in gamesmanship and this has led to what has happened. I am not defending the actions of the umpires who made some glaring mistakes or the match referee, Mike Procter but honesty speaking I think the Indian players also need to review their behaviour. It is natural for any team to be arrogant when they are dominating world cricket like Australia is doing but the answer to breaking their arrogance is not to resort to gamesmanship like the Indians have tried to do, specially some of their younger players, but to beat the Aussies on the field. In that context, the Indians certainly have every right to feel slighted because they suffered some glaring umpiring blunders in Sydney and if these decisions had not gone against them the result might have been different. Certainly there was no justification for the way Symonds got let-offs on the first day from the umpires and it changed the course of the match. Procter should have kept this in mind while ruling on the Harbhajan racist remarks charge. He should have taken
RE:RE:A Paki is always a Paki
by Bihar Badshah on Jan 18, 2008 03:26 AM
I have always felt most of the on-field incidents between teams stem from frustration at poor or stubborn umpiring. I just hope that after the Oval incident, the Sydney Test will finally serve as a catalyst for changes in the way the ICC umpiring and refereeing system and also forces the Indians and Australians to have a long hard look at their ways. The bottom line is the rest of the cricket world nations are not happy with the Australian arrogance stemming from their cricketing prowess and the arrogance of the Indians built from their knowledge that they control and call the shots in the ever-expanding commercial market and value of cricket and that they control this market. Both need to change their attitude.
RE:RE:A Paki is always a Paki
by sandeep on Jan 18, 2008 07:49 AM
what india gave aussies is notthe beginning of the story... the story begins 10 years back when the success of the ausies went into their heads and they became symbols of arrogance if latif says india started it, then probably latif was sleepinf for the last 10 years.. where was he when the aussies were bullying everyone by their on field behaviour..... mad... forget it.. aussies are getting what they did over the last 10 years
INDIA SCORES 289 A.O IN 2nd Inngs(lead 400plus) asd Kangaroos 260 all out,India wins by 140 plus runs.R.P 4/70.Ishant 3/90,Irfan 2/70,Kumble 1/25 !!!!!
indians bowlers are best in world if they learn how to pack up late middle and lower order ..........i think they are best in term of packing first five wicket of any cricket plasying nation .......................since last 10 years
