Firstly, I have always thought India represented the best the cricket world had to offer. Now I'm not so sure. The only things that happened in that cricket match that haven't happened a 100 times before all over the world are three things, the poor umpiring, the Clarke catch being referred to Ponting and the racism incident. 1) The poor umpiring had nothing to do with Oz. Blame the ICC. As for walking, no-one walks the world over so to accuse Oz of this standard is a bit rich. If someone walks its a bonus, always was and always will be. 2)The Clarke catch is the result of a poor match condition agreed to by both captains. If Ganguly (or any Indian player) took a half volley (and genuinely thought he caught it) and said to Kumble he took it, Kumble would have said yep, thats out. Whether Clarke genuinely thought this or not, only one person will ever know and anyones opinion to the contrary is just fiction. 3)Half you guys say Harbi did it but was provoked or its meaningless, the other half say he didn't. Either way, he was warned and barring any ridiculous conspiracy theories, he has gotten what he deserved. If the 'B' word uttered by Hogg is shown to be RACIALLY offensive (and not offensive per se) to Indians, then he should be educated (without penalty) of such like the India team was previously. Same yardstick.
So, everything else is just fiction or perception. India were probably the better team and lost. Won't be the first time or the last. Thats cricket.
