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.
RE:Officiating/Other issues
by mmspm on Jan 08, 2008 07:51 PM Permalink
you loa..ff..errr... mondey michael
just recall what this idiot match refree proctor did to Rashid Latif of then the Pakistan Captaion for what reason, and what he couldnt did the same to ponting and clarke
