Re: This
by thomas mathew on Aug 01, 2011 12:40 PM
agree to that. these idiots did hara kiri to earn some sympathy .if andrew flower and strauss comes and talks , they took them as our old english masters and complied with their order even after the culprit Bell said something to implicate PK .
If a batsman is out as per the rules, he is out. MSD has thrown a test away by recalling Bell. Not only that he has opened the floodgates for the racist white spectators of England, Australia, NZ and South Africa to "boo" the Indian teams in future and force Indian captains to withdraw their appeals.
Re: This spirit of the game thing is nonsense
by anuj aggarwal on Aug 01, 2011 12:38 PM
british were always at no.1 and will remain at when it comes for cheating,how can one forget their infamous body line bowling against australia years ago.
Well if the captains decide the issue, the question is what is the role of the umpires. Clearly the Indian captain had no business to reverse the umpires decision. If the spirit of the game is reckoned look at what happened when Dravid in this very test completed the century not many in the crowd very few in the balcony cheered and English Dressing room went into hibernation. Clearly it is not in the spirit of the game to recall/withdraw the appeal for it is the rules of the game that constitutes the spirit of the game
If there was no tea break, Dhoni would not have had a chance to recall Bell. So rather than talking about what great spirit we play with, let us focus on our performances. Hiding behind this will do Indian team no good.
Re: where was england's spirit of the game
by atindra kulkarrni on Aug 01, 2011 12:27 PM
I fully Agree .. English r cunning ppl they will applaud dhoni's gesture would Andrew do this???
