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ricky ponting 8)

first test, second innings - c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh  3
second test, first innings - lbw b Harbhajan Singh 55
second test, second innings - c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 1

and bowled by Khan for 4 in the first innings of the first test.

i love it 8)

would you be surprised to hear then that australia, of all teams, have complained about his comments on the field?

the irony isn't lost on me in the slightest.

win at all costs, do whatever it takes...but moan like fuck if the opposition do it

To be fair to the aussies,Harbhajan did call Andy Symonds a monkey.Not something the bloke should get away with no matter how foul the Aussie sledging is.There is a line and he stepped over it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7174122.stm

india are an absolute pack of cunts and were so over here. mind you england were just as bad. and the aussies are too.

the discipline amongst players and the standards of umpiring (the two are obviously connected as well) are shot away at the minute and the icc needs to think quick about how they are going to sort it out

All teams should be sent to Seth Afreeka to learn about humility and racial integration from the master race.

Its got worse.Now the Indians don't want to play anymore.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7174122.stm

Making themselves look silly,should just get on with it i reckon.

cheating Aussies .. thats all i have to say on the subject

what makes me laugh is India think they are the best in the world

Just sore, sore losers. Thats what India come across as.

They're the biggest bunch of cheating cunts in the world as it is, besides, if you could block 2 over of Michael bloody clarke this wouldn't even have really been an issue.

hardly sore losers .. that was the most appaling cheating ive ever seen in cricket yet .. Id be well pissed off if that had been England

If the umpire gives it out, it's not the Australians fault.

ponting acted like a total cock over the clarke "catch".

i like the fact the indians burn effigies at any given opportunity  :D

So what else is new....

If the Aussies had made a racist commen to one of the Indians, those fuckers would have been up in arms. Typcial

Man I must be behind the times, I thought Pakistan were the biggest cheats in cricket.

India and Pakistan think they own world cricket.

They fuck me off.

The ICC have caved in,Malcolm Speed needs to develop a spine.Ffs its not complicated,international teams can not be deciding who umpires games.Its maddness.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7174992.stm

on the other hand you could say the icc is doing what it should have done a long time ago. bucknor is at least five years past it.

there is no right answer here as far as i can see, and there certainly is no winner

I do think Bucknor made some major mistakes in the test and he maybe is getting to the time when he should be considering retiring.Even so caving in to the Indians demands is a dangerous thing to do.Whats to stop any country refusing to play because they don't like the umpires now?The Indians seem to be using the racisim row to get their own way and they are succeeding.
The way India are behaving is gob-smacking really,and the ICC are going to let them get away with it.Wonder what the odds are on Harbahjan being let off now as well?Maybe they will even the score and ban Brad Hogg and Singh?

As you say,there is no winner and cricket is made to look foolish in the eyes of the world yet again :(

as i said before, in my eyes there seems to be no right answer here and i could not tell you who was in the right or wrong, but one interesting thing to note is that the australian public are attacking their own side a heck of a lot more than they are the indians

this debacle has given the icc a platform to really sort out some of the issues that are in the game. a shame it won't happen with an idiot like malcolm speed in charge

neither of the umpires, the third umpire or the match referee heard the comment though apparently

You know in heads and volleys where you used to get stingers? They should do cricket ball stingers. I don't know how it would fit in. Maybe replace all that wickets runs and overs stuff with like cricket ball dodge ball, or dodge cricket ball as it could be known.

Also midgets on zoo animals.

Fully agree on that quote, saying that Bucknor should've retired years ago. I still remember on the last England tour to SA, when Vaughan and Harmison were batting and hitting the SA bowlers around the park in the sunshine...and Smith appealed for 'bad light' and Bucknor led them off the field !!!

Also, he was one of the umpires at the World Cup Final, which continued a game in near darkness, when DL could've been used.

i remember that aswell, that was dreadful umpiring. It was sunlight and also the floodlights were on. Vaughan was just finding his touch on the tour in that test match. England won the match with Hoggard bowling legendary well.

New ICC rules:


After watching the test match, I feel some rules have to be incorporated by ICC to give the other teams a perfect clarification

(1) Ricky Ponting – (THE TRULY GENUINE CRICKETER OF THE CRICKET ERA AND WHOSE INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE DOUBTED) should be considered as the FOURTH UMPIRE. As per the new rules, FOURTH UMPIRE decision is final and will over ride any decisions taken by any other umpires.
ON-FIELD umpires can seek the assistance of RICKY PONTING even if he is not on the field. This rule is to be made, so that every team should understand the importance of the FOURTH UMPIRE.

(2) While AUSTRALIAN TEAM is bowling, If the ball flies anywhere close to the AUSTRALIAN FIELDER(WITHIN 5 metre distance), the batsman is to be considered OUT irrelevant of whether the catch was taken cleanly or grassed. Any decision for further clarification should be seeked from the FOURTH UMPIRE. This is made to ensure that the cricket is played with SPORTIVE SPIRIT by all the teams.

(3) While BATTING, AUSTRALIAN players will wait for the ON-FIELD UMPIRE decisions only (even if the catch goes to the FIFTH SLIP as the ball might not have touched the bat). Each AUSTRALIAN batsman has to be out FOUR TIMES (minimum) before he can return to the pavilion.
In case of THE CRICKETER WITH INTEGRITY, this can be higher.

(4) UMPIRES should consider a huge bonus if an AUSTRALIAN player scores a century. Any wrong decisions can be ignored as they will be paid huge bonus and will receive the backing of the AUSTRALIAN team and board.

(5) All AUSTRALIAN players are eligible to keep commenting about all players on the field and the OPPONENT TEAM should never comment as they will be spoiling the spirit of the AUSTRALIAN team. Any comments made in any other language are to be considered as RACIALISM only.

(6) MATCH REFREE decisions will be taken purely on the AUSTRALIAN TEAM advices only. Player views from the other teams decisions will not be considered for hearing. MATCH REFREES are to be given huge bonus if this rule is implemented.

(7) NO VISITING TEAM should plan to win in AUSTRALIA. This is to ensure that the sportive spirit of CRICKET is maintained.

( 8 ) THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: If any bowler gets RICKY PONTING -
“THE UNDISPUTED CRICKETER WITH INTEGTIRY IN THE GAME OF CRICKET” more than twice in a series, he will be banned for the REST OF THE SERIES.
This is to ensure that the best batsman/Captain will be played to break records and create history in the game of CRICKET.

These rules will clarify better to the all teams VISITING AUSTRALIA.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He's been let off,round of applause for everyone  :-))(

Poor Shaun Tait as well,only 24 and he's had enough,big of him to admit it,but its not a very Aussie attitude so  :soapy tit wank:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7214672.stm