That's a 1000 mega watt answer to what seems to be a stupid and baseless allegation of India trying to take control of cricket governance. They just simply don't want to accept that it is some Australian players and the ICC which are at fault. Great article Mr. Panicker !!!
RE:Symonds,Ponting, Hayden etc
by sriram gupta on Jan 08, 2008 12:36 PM Permalink
Yeah, Rediff responded very well to that stupid article, though I feel that stupid article in foxsports doesn't deserve any response
Just read that umpire Bucknor has been removed from Perth test. And the cricinfo report says %u201C Steve Bucknor, a member of the ICC elite panel of umpires, has been removed from officiating in the third Test between Australia and India in Perth. Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the ICC, confirmed the same during a press conference in Melbourne. Bucknor will be replaced by New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden. "I expect that Steve [Bucknor] will continue as an ICC Elite panel umpire but what we're seeking to do here is to take some tension out of the situation", Speed said. So, ICC hopes that Bucknor will continue to umpire more matches!! What for??? Does the fact that they removed him from next match states the fact that they agreed he is not an competent umpire? It is the same ICC who did not allow him to officiate in T20 worldcup because they were very upset with Bucknor%u2019s fiasco at Worldcup final. And despite all this they allowed him to stand in test that India played (in the light of India%u2019s repeteated appeals over the years that they do not want him) hoping that he will do fine. And now they are commiting the same mistake again and hoping again that he will be a good umpire in future until another nation cries foul.
ICC should give an explanation on why they still expect to see Bucknor in the so called %u201CElite%u201D panel.
After watching the test match, I feel some rules have to be incorporated by ICC to give the other teams a perfect clarification
(1) Ricky Ponting %u2013 (THE TRULY GENUINE CRICKETER OF THE CRICKET ERA AND WHOSE INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE DOUBTED) should be considered as the FOURTH UMPIRE. As per the new rules, FOURTH UMPIRE decision is final and will over ride any decisions taken by any other umpires. ON-FIELD umpires can seek the assistance of RICKY PONTING even if he is not on the field. This rule is to be made, so that every team should understand the importance of the FOURTH UMPIRE.
(2) While AUSTRALIAN TEAM is bowling, If the ball flies anywhere close to the AUSTRALIAN FIELDER(WITHIN 5 metre distance), the batsman is to be considered OUT irrelevant of whether the catch was taken cleanly or grassed. Any decision for further clarification should be seeked from the FOURTH UMPIRE. This is made to ensure that the cricket is played with SPORTIVE SPIRIT by all the teams.
(3) While BATTING, AUSTRALIAN players will wait for the ON-FIELD UMPIRE decisions only (even if the catch goes to the FIFTH SLIP as the ball might not have touched the bat). Each AUSTRALIAN batsman has to be out FOUR TIMES (minimum) before he can return to the pavilion. In case of THE CRICKETER WITH INTEGRITY, this can be higher.
(4) UMPIRES should consider a huge bonus if an AUSTRALIAN player scores a century. Any wrong decisions can be ignored as they will be paid huge bonus and will
RE:Some New ICC rules which needs to be implimented :-)
by Sandeep Nanu on Jan 08, 2008 12:31 PM Permalink
All AUSTRALIAN players are eligible to keep commenting about all players on the field and the OPPONENT TEAM should never comment as they will be spoiling the spirit of the AUSTRALIAN team. Any comments made in any other language are to be considered as RACIALISM only.
(6) MATCH REFREE decisions will be taken purely on the AUSTRALIAN TEAM advices only. Player views from the other teams decisions will not be considered for hearing. MATCH REFREES are to be given huge bonus if this rule is implemented.
(7) NO VISITING TEAM should plan to win in AUSTRALIA. This is to ensure that the sportive spirit of CRICKET is maintained.
(8) THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: If any bowler gets RICKY PONTING - %u201CTHE UNDISPUTED CRICKETER WITH INTEGTIRY IN THE GAME OF CRICKET%u201D more than twice in a series, he will be banned for the REST OF THE SERIES. This is to ensure that the best batsman/Captain will be played to break records and create history in the game of CRICKET.
Which race does this Andrew Symonds belong to? I understand that a cross- cross breed does not have a race? And yes, Monkeys do have a race..ha ...ha .haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
RE:DOES ANDREW SYMONDS BELONG TO A RACE ???
by Nikhil Karkhanis on Jan 08, 2008 12:31 PM Permalink
His problem was Bhajji did not specify what KIND of monkey, I think.....!!
RE:RE:DOES ANDREW SYMONDS BELONG TO A RACE ???
by on Jan 08, 2008 04:44 PM Permalink
No need to question Symonds race or to stoop to the Oz level. We don't care what race he is. Excellent article written tongue in cheek in the "Crash" Craddock style.
RE:DOES ANDREW SYMONDS BELONG TO A RACE ???
by sriram gupta on Jan 08, 2008 12:30 PM Permalink
No jokes please. There are some Australian monkey playing around here. LOL
The indian team and its supporters are coming across as whinging cry babies.... For goodness grow up and move on ...Your team needs to get a bit of ticker and win a game or two ..and stop blaming everything in the whole world on why they cannot win a game. if they had not crumbled once again in the last over with Clarks three wickets ,the game would have been a draw and most of this rubbish would have been avoided..No wonder you want your boys to come home as you know you will be annihilated by our fast bowlers in Perth and face yet another loss ... And another thing ....most Aussies dont rate playing India as important as playing England or even SA for that matter... Oh poor us....oh poor India ... the white boys are all conspiring against us ..If Australia,England,NZ & SA decided not to play in Asia do you think BCCI could still make as much money with Pakistan,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh etc .. India need the Aussies in world cricket ... what sort of hollow victory would you have if you could not challenge the best in the world .. JUST GROW UP....GO TO PERTH AND TRY AND PLAY SOME GOOD CRICKET ...And for goodness sake stop whinging ...
RE:Grow Up
by nagapavan chintalapati on Jan 08, 2008 12:42 PM Permalink
Indians watched ICL also, without even one International level player from India. and all retired overaged foreign cricketers.
Money is not every thing. Tommorow, the teams will start complaining for every thing Ponting and Australia does and let us see the refrees earning their salary overseeing and ruling on disputes
We now know that your brain, if any present in your system, is off. It is not about losing three wickets in the penultimate over of the match but the way India was brought to that stage by a combination of Steve Bucknor, Benson and Ricky Ponting and his mates. Deduct 40 runs from Ponting, 135 runs from Symonds and the lead for India would have been 235 runs and not 69. Now deduct this from the Aussie second innings score of 401 and you will know, if you know your mathematics that is, that the target for India would have been 166. India crossed this score at "seven down" (because Dravid and Ganguly were ruled out by Bucknor and hold your breath, proposed by Ponting and seconded by Benson). So, India would have won the match by three wickets. Now, I know your argument: the Aussies would not have declared at 401 if the leead was only 166. Fair enough. But, in that case, India would have easily drawn the test had Australia played exactly eight additional deliveries from India since Australia "won" the match with just seven balls to spare. Have some sense I say. We do not dispute the superiority of Aussies in cricket but think again and tell us whether they won the Sydney Test fair and square when it was just not cricket.
RE:Grow Up
by Anand on Jan 08, 2008 12:41 PM Permalink
You call it whining only because you do not know what honour and respect mean, you criminal race who killed all the aborigines! That word means:- "members of the dark-skinned people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia." Where are they? You are the worst racists,you whites!
