There were 4 issues in this match 1. Steve Bucknor%u2019s personal vendetta against India. Please dig into the matches he has officiated in the last 10 plus years. You will be amazed at the percentage of erroneous and dubious decisions he has given against India. I dare you to compare this with any other neutral umpire%u2019s dubious decisions against any other country. 2. Harbhajan%u2019s racial slur allegation, and later upholding it. Enough is said already on this topic. 3. Australian team%u2019s lack of honesty, especially Ricky Ponting appealing for a grounded chance, and then siding with his teammate for converting a grounded catch into a clean one. It does not matter that Ganguly had given an easy chance a few overs before that, and Clark had dropped. Had he continued, Ganguly might have nicked next over only. But, the point is, before the series Ponting and Kumble had agreed for something noble. On the fifth day of the second match, Ponting betrayed. 4. Some very inconsistent decisions in the match. When Dravid played a shot to gully or point area, in the first innings, Australians appealed even though it was caught after one bounce, and Bucknor referred this to the third umpire. Of course, obviously it was a not out. Again, in the second innings, I don%u2019t exactly remember who the umpire was, but he referred an obvious not out (run out chance of Bhajji, I think) to the third umpire because the Australians appealed loud. However, the genuine stumping of Hussey
RE:There were four issues
by ISHWAR CHANDRA on Jan 09, 2008 12:00 AM Permalink
yeah ponting belongs to janata dal secular? deve gowdas party , thats why he betrayed
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by Anil Kumar on Jan 08, 2008 11:56 PM Permalink
Contd.. 4. Some very inconsistent decisions in the match. When Dravid played a shot to gully or point area, in the first innings, Australians appealed even though it was caught after one bounce, and Bucknor referred this to the third umpire. Of course, obviously it was a not out. Again, in the second innings, I don%u2019t exactly remember who the umpire was, but he referred an obvious not out (run out chance of Bhajji, I think) to the third umpire because the Australians appealed loud. However, the genuine stumping of Hussey (I think) by Dhoni was not even referred to third umpire. As everybody knows, Ganguly%u2019s catch (by Clark) should have had been referred to the third umpire first. Then again, even third umpire gave a dubious decision in the first innings favoring Symonds.
Aren%u2019t these enough reasons for Indians to get angry about the whole episode? On top of it, Australians claim they played hard and fair.
If you are one of those people supporting Steve Bucknor, calling those were human errors, ask yourselves one question: Why Indians who have really watched and paid attention to the matches over the years are singling out Bucknor? Why not Dickie Bird or David Shepherd? Of course there will be one or two errors by any umpire, but this fellow has carried out some personal vendetta against India. There is no other way to describe it.
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by Anil Kumar on Jan 08, 2008 11:56 PM Permalink
Contd... Oh, one last thing, after all this hungama, Indian team should be brought home. Just think about the ramifications of being tagged as racists. It took hell of a lot of time for South Africa to get back into international cricket because of their racist society that existed way back then. If Bhajji is not completely cleared off the charges, I will leave it to your imagination how the crowd will behave when Australia tours India next. It will kick off a whole new cycle of racism allegations.
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by RC on Jan 09, 2008 12:43 AM Permalink
hey.. well said..but if you think indians do the same to australians..then...the following scenario is quite possible..indian crowds are very hostile to whites..so most of the white countries..like eng, nzl, aus wont tour india..so then what..india to play Bngladesh,kenya,nepal(BCCI started the coaching there),Zimbabwe, srilanka, west indies(no team after couple of years), and then only country left would be pakistan & southafrica..then what..people might loose interest in cricket and BCCI might loose lot of money...then what no more good classy cricket..then we might have to start Renji Series(similar to world series in US)...r u sure we indians are smart enough to do something stupid(start racism cycle)..who would be at loss....
