Australia vs. India - Why India WILL WIN

[tech/a]

- MEDIA RELEASE -
>From the International Cricket Council
For immediate release (especially in India)

The ICC have announced several changes to the playing conditions for the forthcoming 3rd test in Perth between Australia and India. These changes include:
* India must win.
* The umpires shall be nominated by the Indian team. It will be acceptable if reserve Indian players rotate as umpires.

* During the game all appeals shall be referred to the Indian management team and the Indian media contingent prior to any decision being made. (This includes where an Indian player may appear to the naked eye to have been bowled.)

* When the Indian team is batting the boundary rope shall be moved inwards 20 metres.
* Australian bowlers shall bowl under arm.
* India must win.
* Any time Ricky Ponting is on the field he shall be restrained in a full length strait jacket and muzzled.
* Any Australian spin bowler must advise the batsman in advance what type of delivery is going to be bowled.
* At any time Andrew Symons is on the field he must where a gorilla suit and accept any sledging in the light hearted manner that this is intended.

* India must win.
* Harbhajan Singh will be cleared on appeal and be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
* Indian batsman may be permitted to use larger bats.
* Australian batsmen may use a bat every fifth over.
* Australian fieldsman should praise every batting attempt by the Indians by saying "Good shot chaps." Apart from this Australian players are not permitted to speak.

* During the lunch and tea break both teams shall get together and have a cup of tea.
* India must win.

The ICC and the BCCI hope that all Australians will understand these minor changes are intended in the best interest of the game.

The ICC would also like to announce that Steve Bucknor has been appointed as the ICC's new cricketing ambassador to Kazikstan. The ICC wishes Steve all the best in this important, newly created role.

RIP International Cricket

 

[mayk]

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haha

 

[derty]

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i am now trying to erase from my mind the image of Steve Bucknor in a pair of Borat bathers.

 

[PortfolioPlus]

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Leaving the politics aside for a minute...Australia are still good enough to win even with these "minor" changes and on that I'm prepared to bet a genuine downtown Calcutta Chicken Vindaloo!

 

[Buddy]

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And................

Any appeal from the Australian team must be referred to the Indian captain before uttering any words along the lines of "How is that ,sir?" If the Indian captain declines the appeal, he may say words such as "Go away you silly little monkey".

 

[2020hindsight]

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tech - for mine,
your provocative intro to this thread completely ignores the facts.

Steve Bucknor - Man of the Match - Must Watch

2nd Test: Australia v India
A Match filled with umpire goof-ups

well for mine - this youtube is indeed a must see.

Umpires had to be thinking of something else when :-

1. Symonds snicked, ball moves visibly, snick heard in stands - not out ??
2. Bucknor trusts his naked eye when Symonds is out of his crease.
3. Ponting snicks and is caught - NOT OUT
4. Third umpire even gets it wrong when Symonds out of crease
5. Lee gets wicket with a noball
6. wrongly called out for a snick that is impossible
7. ball "caught" after bouncing
8. - simply the principle of asking the fielder did he catch it, when the same man (as a batsman) denies snicking it.


Furthermore ...
btw, this is how the Indians see the 2nd test. - ending in the comment "win fair"
Umpiring Spoof, India vs. Australia Second Test

 

[2020hindsight]

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great summary...

Ridiculous Umpiring / 2nd Test Sydney

India should bank on having to get 35 wickets and score 2000 runs to have anu chance of winning the next test

bad umpiring decisions might be unimportant to the casual spectator.....
but cricket is what these blokes do for a living -

Bring on the technology (imo)

 

[2020hindsight]

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tech - in short...
I think your intro and sportsmanship have nothing in common. :bad:

 

[tech/a]

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Bring on the technology (imo)

I agree.
Tennis is played twice as fast as it was 30 yrs ago.
Cricket is no different.

Why pussy foot around!
Its replayed 20 times on TV.
Every No ball,Wide,snick,catch,LBW,Stumping,Run out 4,6 and bowling.
We can even let Tait know he's bowling to fast.As we know what speed he's bowing at.

Personally I've never made a wrong decision nor has anyone at home.
So lets get a 6 pack,Lounge and wide screen in the umpires room (No need to go out on the pitch) and stop all this controversy.

I think your intro and sportsmanship have nothing in common.

Just copied it off of the header on the email I received.
I'm not that clever.
Thought it was funny as did Arwand one of my estimators--an avid Indian Cricket fan and from Bombay.
God we give him Curry!

 

[2020hindsight]

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ahh ok - thanks for the background info.

 

[2020hindsight]

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good discussion - including discussion of the alleged racial slur....

and the totally Un-Australian "dobbing in " that is required of the captain.

Ponting "It's out of my hands - I've already dobbed you in"

Experts Comments about Australia India battle - Must Watch

the time has come for Pontings and Kumbles to rethink walking? - help the umpires out a boit ? ( I disagree - personally I'd prefer better technology )

Tony Grieg: "Gilchrist is ahead of his time" ! lol - love it - except I can't see it happening.

This also worth a watch
"Just to tell you that you've been a fantastic ambassador for Indian cricket .."

Kumble Interview Day 5 2nd Test Ind v Aus @ Sydney 2008

 

[doctorj]

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One thing's for certain - they will lose if they're still focusing as much on the last match as 2020 is.

There's another game on - time to move on!

 

[2020hindsight]

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Interesting point made here -
"monkey refers to the man's hair - nothing to do with race"
when you think about it - it's not that crazy a suggestoin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-GY62fXU4

One thing's for certain - they will lose if they're still focusing as much on the last match as 2020 is.

There's another game on - time to move on!

lol - trouble is they've lost the series anyway s

 

[godzillaismad]

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Interesting point made here -

lol - trouble is they've lost the series anyway s

Indeed... there's little interest left in the series. Thank god tennis is here!

 

[doctorj]

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Indeed... there's little interest left in the series. Thank god tennis is here!

I'm hanging out for a series win to love! Great entertainment, shame to see India give away a couple of wickets late today. I wonder if Billy needs to wonder about his job now too...

 

[cuttlefish]

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Australia didn't win the second test - any independant observer would acknowledge that the umpiring decisions wrecked the game and the outcome was pretty much a non-event.

For some reason the Australian team still thought it was worth a bit of poncy self congratulatory prancing about and the 'leader' of the team didn't see any need to acknowledge the efforts of India in that match who played an awesome game and would have been in a very different situation had the umpiring been remotely balanced.

But the same 'leader' of the team with a decades old reputation for sledging bar none couldn't hack it when a bit got directed back his way and went running off like a cry baby to the judiciary.

 

[doctorj]

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Australia didn't win the second test

Sorry, are we talking about a different series?

http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/scorecards/auint2122008.html

Australia beat India by 122 runs

Date: January 02, 2008

Toss: Australia, Elected to Bat

MOM: Andrew Symonds

I know it's inconvenient and I conceed the BCCI may take over from the ICC sooner rather than later, but for the time being, I'm pretty sure the Aussies won.

 

[cuttlefish]

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No we're talking about the same series, and a sportsman knows how to acknowledge the accomplishments of their opponent, and only claims a win or a point when its deserved.

If Ponting was any kind of a man he'd have acknowledged the controversies of the game and shown some civility towards his opponents at the end in his 'victory' speech.

A gutless leader creates a gutless team and he's not setting an example that I as an Australian want the world to judge me by. (and these events do affect business relationships in a way that is embarrasing and detrimental to constructive business outcomes as well as personal relationships).

 

[doctorj]

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And really would him "acknowledging the controversies of the game" as you so eloquently put it, stop the Indian players and fans from whinging?

It's not up to him to apologise for winning or the mistakes of umpires. India had every chance to draw that game, but in the end lost it through lack of either skill, prepartion, conditioning or luck.

But they did lose. And I certainly won't jump on the fire-Ponting-bandwagon for it.

For the record, I've never known any sportsman worth his salt blame their loss on someone else. There is always something they individually or as a team could have done better. When they do everything perfectly but get a few dodgy decisions and lose, then blame the umpire.

 

[cuttlefish]

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Yes - Ricky Ponting, as captain of the Australian team and a representative of my country would have achieved a lot by showing some humility in a game that any independant observer would acknowledge was wracked by significant umpiring controversy that substantially influenced the outcome of the game. Instead he chose to prance about like an arrogant galah and shamed me as a fellow Australian by his actions.

The public persona of Australian sportsmen translates to a world view of Australians as individuals - and I strongly object to the way this team is representing Australian interests locally and abroad and as stated in my previous post it affects business and personal relationships by creating an unnecessary environment of animosity and distrust.

Ricky behaves like a spoilt, petulant child (throwing bats, claiming catches that aren't catches, crying to 'mum', and prancing about after questionable wins without showing respect for his opponents) and thus is not a great sportsman and this team will not be recognised for their genuine significant achievements under this sort of leadership. And its also detrimental to the sport overall.

Hopefully he's learnt something from the second test experience and the third test brings a better spirit between the two sides.