Australians have won last 3 world cups in a row. Wonderful!! Great acheivement!! They played wonderfully and won 99% of the matches they played in these cups. They beat us(I am an Indian Cricket fan) in one of the finals. Fair and Square!! No one questioned thier spirit or whatever. I still remember Ricky's great knock!! The result in the first match at Melborne in this same series is no different from the second one. Everyone blamed the Indian batsmen for their failure and no one whined about the umpiring or Aussies' spirit. But, lot of people have questioned it after the Sydney test. As Kumble said, it is there for everyone to see(The reason for questioning the spirit of the Aussies and the umpiring blunders). What about the 7 match one day series in India? Were there any umpiring blunders against the Aussies?
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by mmspm on Jan 08, 2008 08:06 PM Permalink
that doesnt matter for anti nationalists who wanna bring nations pride all the time by hook or by crook
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by Spinal Tap on Jan 08, 2008 08:16 PM Permalink
Did you read my posting entirely? Can you make your points more clear? I dont even understand whatever you are trying to say!!?
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by raj on Jan 08, 2008 08:30 PM Permalink
@ spinal tap, yeah well, at least they wont consistently ignore one team and give a lot of wrong decisions. also the machines wont mock dravid !
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by raj on Jan 08, 2008 08:20 PM Permalink
a lot of people said indians played well,l and but for those dubious decisions, india could have saved the match. they felt india wenret up to it in the first match. the second match they played good cricket, only to be cheated of a fair result by a bunch of liars taking advantage of the situation of an umpire who'd decisions in your favour as long as you appealed
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by Spinal Tap on Jan 08, 2008 08:22 PM Permalink
I say, bring on the machines. They will do mistakes like the human upmires. But atleast, they are not 'biased' like Bensen and Bucknor against 'some' team
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by on Jan 08, 2008 08:42 PM Permalink
machines won't be used to umpire. The technology used is soooooo inaccurate. Hawkeye is an absolute joke, do you know how many variable would be needed to assess the course of a ball. Snickometer only detects the presence of a noise and can not distinguish noise sources. The only reliable technology is the heat sensor and that may be used one day. Even the cameras are dodgy for most decisions, depending on who you talk to interprets the questioned catches have differently. Some say caught, others grassed. In the end its always going to come down to interpretation, and always 1 party is not going to be happy with the interpretation.
RE:RE:Aussies' Spirit
by Spinal Tap on Jan 08, 2008 08:47 PM Permalink
It wont be this harder to accept the mistake of the machines and move on. This mistakes of B& B makes me think that they were biased towards the Aussies.
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by Dileep on Jan 08, 2008 08:29 PM Permalink
No one is complaining about the lost match. Aussies are still the better team and they may go on and beat us in the remaining matches. But the protest is against racism charges against Harbhajan which is based on a lie by Ponting & Symonds. Also protest is against poor officiating standards. It is not because India lost the match.
RE:RE:Aussies' Spirit
by raj on Jan 08, 2008 08:31 PM Permalink
relax, none of the aussies are on a mission to listen. they are spamming away what they feel is their version. i tried reasoning. but it wouldnt work. they'd very politley ignore the other side of the story! like how proctor did.
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by on Jan 08, 2008 08:51 PM Permalink
Raj - you say none of us are listening? Listening to what precisely?
1) I agree that the BCCI should appeal because on what has been made publicly available, Proctor shouldn't have found Harbhajan guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt" 2) I disagree that India played "in the true spirit of the game" as per Kumble given its own slow over rates, over appealing, deliberate time wasting, own players not walking 3) I agree that Australia also did not play "in the true spirit of the game" given its slow over rates, over appealing, own players not walking 4) I want the BCCI to allow Sachin to disclose his exact testimony to give transparency to the decision 5) I want Indians to acknowledge and admit that Harbhajan did racially abuse Symonds in India (as proved by Mr. Panicker) 6) I want Indians to realise that the umpiring was the root of all evil in this match, as it facilitated the players losing their cool, control and making bad decisions re: appeals, walking and general decency. 7) I want INdians to acknowledge the umpiring was BAD, not BIASED, as evidenced by the anti-Australian decisions in Sydney 8) I want Indians to acknowledge the inconsistency and fallacy of their comments that it is an anti-Indian conspiracy, given the decisions by Bucknor at Lords last year, decisions throughout the recent ODI series in India and past history - rather that it is just poor umpiring generally.
I look forward to hearing from you Raj, or will you just ignore logic? Cheers Michael
RE:Aussies' Spirit
by Spinal Tap on Jan 08, 2008 08:44 PM Permalink
Dileep, Let me make something clear to you. I am with you and with India and not with the Aussies.
