Umpire Ian Gould would now have to play a crucial role for Australia, give at least 5 Indian top order batsmen out when they are not if Australia are to win the next one.
Umpire Ian Gould did a valiant job today for Australia by declaring Ishant Sharma out lbw on a delivery going down leg side and missing all stumps but his effort came in a bit late.
Hopefully for Aussies, Ian would practise more and try to declare top order Indian batsmen out on every appeal if Aus wants to level series.
Re: Ian Gould
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:36 PM
In the end it all evens out my friend. Ohja was out plumb LBW but Bill Bowden didn't give him. India would have lost by 5 runs had he given him out.
Re: Ian Gould
by Nostradamus Great on Oct 05, 2010 11:39 PM
Glad that India won, otherwise the media would have blamed the umpire.. not the efforts of Dhoni and Co in the first innings to to squander a chance of the lead!
Re: Ian Gould
by Nostradamus Great on Oct 05, 2010 11:38 PM
Glad that India won, otherwise the media would have blamed the umpire.. not the efforts of Dhoni and Co in the first innings to to squander a chance of the lead!
Re: Re: Re: Ian Gould
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:47 PM
Steve Bucknor should have been sent to officiate a match of blind cricketers, he being totally blind in his last few years of umpiring.
Re: Re: Re: Ian Gould
by Nostradamus Great on Oct 05, 2010 11:56 PM
India is to be blamed in this series... they opposed the UDRS... Aussies are for it but BCCI was against it..!
Re: @Sports Lover
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:28 PM
hahaha, I just read your comment and was just about to say "Are you joking about 2000" :-) I was very young then perhaps 10 years old :-)
Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by Nostradamus Great on Oct 05, 2010 11:35 PM
and you watched cricket when you were 10 years old and remembered the details 24 years later.. wow Veera, you are the man! :-p
Re: Re: Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by Nostradamus Great on Oct 05, 2010 11:41 PM
what an amazing day... I couldnt stay up and watch the match till the end... had a meeting at 8, so had to convince myself to go to bed at 3 AM. Woke up and reluctantly checked cricinfo.. and Yay...! Very Very Special one did it again! :-)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:44 PM
Was your heart in your mouth when you opened cricinfo? That is normally the case with me when I switch on TV and match is expected to have a tight finish.
Re: Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:39 PM
Me too..today as soon as the last run was scored,picked up a beer from fridge for lucnch and again two for dinner. these are occasions to celebrate
Re: Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:39 PM
Thing is those kinds of moments get stuck in your memory. Not like these days when team is playing 40 on dayers and 15 tests a year. I don't even remember much these days.
Re: Re: Re: Re: @Sports Lover
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:44 PM
very true..and the quality. Even today,the last innings of Gavaskar in Bangalore and te 97n.o. by Vishwanath against WI in 1979,they are just in front of me eyes.
Re: Perhaps this was the best sentence about this Ind v Aus match
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:16 PM
did u see that tied test match in chennai...same against Aust?
Re: Re: Perhaps this was the best sentence about this Ind v Aus m
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:19 PM
Yes sir I did. Cannot forget the hard work of Ravi Shastri and then Mainder singh getting out LBW to Craig Methews. And it was an Indian umpire who gave it out ;-)
Re: Re: Re: Perhaps this was the best sentence about this Ind v A
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:20 PM
u r right..Maninder was unlucky..anyway,those days it was only the local umpires officiating...
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perhaps this was the best sentence about this
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:24 PM
early 2000..don't remember exactly..the recent commentator Dean Jones was part of Aust team
Re: Re: The Australian - Aus Newspaper
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:03 PM
cricketfan do you remember our discussion last night. I had said if laxman comes at 7 I'll hope for Indian win. That is exactly what happened.
Re: @cricketfan
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:01 PM
Ok..I am on break till year end. And yes,now I recollect..this Sarah,Khan,of Bidai,a cute,girl, I only watch such serious stuff occasionally on dinner with family.My wife told me once about her.
Re: Re: Re: Re: @cricketfan
by Sports Lover on Oct 05, 2010 11:20 PM
Only problem with sab,tv,serials now is that they waste so much time in songs and festivals and that makes it boring.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: @cricketfan
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 11:22 PM
that's in most of the progs...giving importance to some festivals..ok,no heady stuff
Sometime back,this captain was against the elders in the team. Today they saved the day and the match for us. In fact,Dhoni has become old.He should retire.
Re: Re: Re: @ cricketfan
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 10:42 PM
Yes, for both of us,u work at night and I don't work at all for the time being..ha ha ha
Re: @ cricketfan
by cricketfan on Oct 05, 2010 10:36 PM
ok..will watch next episode. To your question,been to Assam once as a school kid to the tea gardens when I studied in Bengal, so don't remember much.
Re: Re: Re: Re: okay
by Mr Bean on Oct 05, 2010 10:32 PM
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