The Indian team fought valiantly in both batting and bowling, but were done in by malicious umpiring.
Read what the BBC (considered neutral) writes:
"Steve Bucknor was involved in another moment of high controversy. Having been roundly castigated for failing to give Andrew Symonds caught behind on day one - the batsman went on to hit 162 not out - he awarded the Australian the most tenuous appeal for a catch at the wicket which ended Dravid's innings.
An extraordinary incident seven overs later deepened India's plight, and again there was controversy as Clarke dived forward to claim a catch to end Ganguly's innings on 51. The umpires, apparently unsighted, accepted Clarke and Ponting's word that the catch was a good one - Ponting even raising his own finger as though giving the batsman out."
This is not a joke. BCCI should follow up and make sure these umpires and Ponting are punished.
Do you think the cheating Aussies would have kept quiet if this happened to them in India?v will teach them a lesson in the 3rd test keep it up india
RE:australia cheaters
by goyal goyal on Jan 06, 2008 02:05 PM Permalink
India has lost the match agaist 13 man team.Worst day for cricket.Shame for Steve Bucknor, Aussies, and BCCI if they fail to take any possitive steps to avoid Indian cricket.Is money is every thing for BCCI.
dear bcci please ask for cancellation of the test if not you cancel the tour if you are spineless and ready to sell the pride of india in international maket, continue the tour
india never played badly in this match and they dont deserve to loose this match like this..if anyone it is the aussies who played with bad spirit and attitude..they manipulate their media the way they want to put news against indians..indians are helpless..steve bucknor has surely wants australia to win...he shud not officiate in indian matches from here on wards...these things wont happen..just hope that cricket will get better with out all these cheaters..
Cricket is a colonial racist sport. This match in the 21st century proves it beyond doubt. This whole thing is run by racist administrators. Remember how many matches Asian teams get the wrong decisions compared to whites. This sport will never become as popular as Football. Even in UK Soccer is more popular. The umpiring decisions and the way Aus played this match is very bad for the sport and future of cricket.
RE:WHO WANTS TO SHOOT BUCKNOR??
by on Jan 06, 2008 02:04 PM Permalink
You are being very kind to Steve. I was thinking of the more slow and painful kind like his decisions.
The way you guys write here really show that we are indeed a pathetic loser.
Keep it up guys. Keep shouting against the Ausies and the umpires. The fact is our team sucks and cannot deny that.
Every one there lives in their past glory and there is no talent.
May be you are all right we should stop playing against the Ausies and start playing against the Kenyans, Zimbabweans, Canadians, bangaladesh( Oh cant play them either), UAE, Scotland.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by saurabh vajpayee on Jan 06, 2008 01:59 PM Permalink
such a big stupid like u could hav said that...u must b an idiot aussie who claims to have WON this match by defeating cricket...y do u ppl play the game u hav won most matches by pathetic upmiring...see wht ur darrell hair is doing these days...u shud also quit similarly or b prepared to b thrown out!!!!!
RE:RE:Sour Grapes...
by ramprasad mantravadi on Jan 06, 2008 02:02 PM Permalink
Do not forget that we were 90 for 3 at tea with Dravid and Ganguly playing. What a coincidence that both were declared out when they were not.
Australians proved to be cheats. When Michael Clarke's was not a catch, they claimed that it was a catch. The stupid umpire took his word on the face of it.
Few overs later, when Ponting caught a ball off the pad (or rubbed off the edge of the glove, let us say), he grounded the ball before completing the catch. He had to cunning to claim and appeal to the umpire that it was a catch.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by on Jan 06, 2008 01:59 PM Permalink
What a stupid comment from you. This is not the first time nor will this be the last time for Indian team to lose, but the multiplicity of decisions and all uniformly against us, with regularity and precision is what we are protesting against. This had happened in our previous tour to Aus Sachin was given out 3 times, this time entire team was made to pay, Jaffer was not out, and so on, these players live on cricket, it is their major source of income, and faulty decisions by umpires will impact their place. Also a game should be won or lost fair, one borderline decision going wrong can be condoned, (actually should not be) but so many decisions going bad in both innings of India is too much to tolerate. You are pathetic.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by manchana kumar on Jan 06, 2008 02:41 PM Permalink
pathetic should be aussies not the indians dude... we have put up a great fight even with 14 players on the other side.. thats marvelous go india go.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Avi J on Jan 06, 2008 02:08 PM Permalink
OK we are not saying the Indian team is awesome and is better than all. What is being said here is pretty straight forward. Yes India can bat 60 overs if we are not given 2 to 3 bad decisions against us to take out 2 top class batsmen. Now Aussies were 124 for 6 in the first innings. They would have been 150 for 7 and would have most likely all out for 200. India scored 500 runs in the 2nd innings. Even with bad umpiring. Now if Aussies had scored even 500 in the second innings. We have effectively won the match. Correct me if I'm wrong but India scored 200 in the 2nd innings. Man yes we should not cry about bad decisions. All I'm asking is how many bad decisions went against Australia. Not even one. If you don't see that there is a problem here then you are blind like Bucknor. And by the way Bucknor is a a very wealthy blind man with all the cash he got out of the betting money he got paid.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Tim on Jan 06, 2008 01:58 PM Permalink
By using the Bat that they hold in their hand. Dont flush anything outside the offside, dont get it on the pad. These two things are enough.
I dont know how old you are, but I have seen this for the past 40 years and Indians from then till now do not know how to play outside the off stump on bouncy wickets. Period.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Akbar on Jan 06, 2008 02:20 PM Permalink
Tim, you are so stupid... sorry for not respecting your age..you probably should go himalayas and do tapasya there...y r u still watching criicket... If indian batsmen cant play outside the offstump, then no other batsmen in the world can play that...Remember they might not be consistent, but still they are they are the best batsmen in the world...
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Neelkanth on Jan 06, 2008 02:31 PM Permalink
i think Tom..after seeing all these replies..u might have got the answer..no need for me to answer to your stupidity..
RE:RE:Sour Grapes...
by Tim on Jan 06, 2008 02:00 PM Permalink
I am 65 years old and have watched cricket when your Dad was not born. So stop talking about cricket to me.
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Bhardwaj Velamakanni on Jan 06, 2008 02:10 PM Permalink
By the way my Granda is 90 and she had watched her first match when your Dad was not born! If only "Watching" cricket makes one a Cricket Pundit!
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Bhardwaj Velamakanni on Jan 06, 2008 02:07 PM Permalink
Ahh .. 65 years old and still so stupid? Thank God You havent played international cricket for India - Or else the Indian team wouldnt have scored even 100 runs in any innings following you "outside the offstump" funda!
RE:Sour Grapes...
by Supratik on Jan 06, 2008 02:04 PM Permalink
That's absolutely untrue.
By and large in cricket you get good and bad decisions but never ever have I seen a match where ALL bogus decisions go against one team, whether batting or bowling. In this match India got rorted in ALL crucial junctures in the match and what's worse, everyone is pretending like this is a routine thing and no-one needs to be upset about it!
India outplayed Australia in every department of this match and had it not been for BIASED (not incompetent) umpiring India would've won the match inside 4 days! That's the truth (trust me, I've grown up in Australia, live in Sydney and have seen every ball of this Test match).
A big reason why we couldn't bat out 70 overs was that at a crucial juncture just when Dravid & Ganguly was settling in Dravid was out off a bogus decision! Hell we wouldn't have even had to save the game on the last day if Symonds the monkey was given out on the first day and Hussey yesterday!
This is a joke. I hope Aussies are made to pay like hell when they are next in India, monkey chants and all. I want Australia to come back next time beaten, battered and bruised by India, crying with their tails between their legs!
This match was cleverly won by Ponting.. Seems to be everything is match fixed. There is no point playing against Aussies.. They should feel shameless to play such cheap games..
Ricky : Thannks Buddies, thank you very much. i was really worried. You guys did it for us. Buckner & Co. : Oh yeah..you are always welcome RICKS...anythijng for you Buddy....
Cangaru's just want to make world record for winning 17 match in row.They could do any thing to win the match even They can acquire or buy umpires for that.this is worst cricket from Australia.
