I agree with Adnan - the umpiring was completely unprofessional, utterly incompetent and wrecked the game. BUT that's my point - unlike hundreds of posters on this page suggesting the match should be cancelled/awarded to India/etc, it wasn't a conspiracy against India, just sheer incompetence.
Ashish - I must admit I'm erring on the optimistic side of caution as I'm HOPING that Proctor found something concrete to justify his comment that he was satisfied "beyond a reasonable doubt", which is why I fully support the BCCI appealing (but not holding the game to ransom pending the result!).
Also Ashish, please verify your own facts - Symonds was supported by Hayden and Clarke who said they heard it. Gilchrist and Ponting I believe said they were only told about it (therefore their evidence would have been largely irrelevant).
Again read my comments - I urge the BCCI/Sachin to come out PUBLICLY and EXPLICITLY and say nothing was said. The alleged text message from Sachin was non-existent, and I honestly can say every Australian would believe Sachin if he told us the world was ending tomorrow!
Yuvraj was cited by umpires and CLEARED by Proctor (though again I believe Proctor was incorrect). Again Ashish, check your own facts about officiating before commenting on the veracity of my facts.
