In this case: (a) the BCCI doesn't agree with the guilty finding (as is their right, I also don't agree with it) (b) unless Proctor has something concrete to go on in making such a finding "beyond a reasonable doubt", it must be overturned on appeal (c) if the BCCI/Indians have something definitive to contradict this, come out publicly with it; (d) again, it is the BCCI's right to appeal; BUT (e) IT IS NOT within the SPIRIT OF THE GAME to tell your team to sit in Sydney whilst awaiting the outcome of the appeal. This is an unequivocally veiled threat to the ICC's power.
If Craddock has a problem with the BCCI even appealing, then on this point I vehemently disagree.
The right thing to do was for the BCCI to say "we think the umpiring has been abysmal and are not happy, but in the interests of the world game, we will continue with the series, but are undoubtedly appealing Proctor's decision which we belive has no merit and no foundation".
Look at the disgust from respected Clive Lloyd re: the removal of Bucknor this morning.
The analogy I would draw is the young boy in the Kerala backwaters who is the only person with a bat and ball in his village - gets given out unfairly and says to the others "if you don't let me back in, I'm taking my bat and ball away". Yes, this is far more serious, but no-one in their right mind can say the hearing was without basic merit given the admission Harbhajan said it before.
