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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 168098"><p>Surprisingly when it comes to Cricket, the Aussie fans may banter and talk, but they know what they see and usually say what they see as well. That was probably why there was such goodwill at the end of the 2005 Ashes between fans as it had been such an epic.</p><p></p><p>I'm more shocked by the ICC than anything. Usually they bend over backwards for the Sub-Asian Continent its ubelievable as exhibited with the disgusting witch hunt against Darrell Hair. But this level of incompetence truly shocks me. </p><p></p><p>You can't really blame Ponting for this because you do whatever you think you can get away with. What was the worst that could happen to Australia apart from a rejection of their complaint? Not much and thus it was a win - win situation for them. Granted and they remove a vital part of India's set up or rejected and they rattle a usually placid Indian team.</p><p></p><p>I'd rather blame the ICC and the umpires for buying into it. Bucknor is usually a superb umpire of the highest standards but this does lead me to question the quality of umpiring these days and the rather pedantic and random ways in which they run the game. </p><p></p><p>Cricket has come along so well in the past decade but its in danger of being undone by incompetent and autocratic umpires whose decisions put an artificial dimension on the outcome of a test match.</p><p></p><p>Yet another example of why the ICC simply arn't fit to run the game.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Surprisingly, India has been taking the whole controversy pretty well:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44338000/jpg/_44338788_burning270.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Usually they'd be laying siege to the Australian High Commission by now with a frenzy not seen since the Great Indian Mutiny so actually, it might blow over in a few days!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 168098"] Surprisingly when it comes to Cricket, the Aussie fans may banter and talk, but they know what they see and usually say what they see as well. That was probably why there was such goodwill at the end of the 2005 Ashes between fans as it had been such an epic. I'm more shocked by the ICC than anything. Usually they bend over backwards for the Sub-Asian Continent its ubelievable as exhibited with the disgusting witch hunt against Darrell Hair. But this level of incompetence truly shocks me. You can't really blame Ponting for this because you do whatever you think you can get away with. What was the worst that could happen to Australia apart from a rejection of their complaint? Not much and thus it was a win - win situation for them. Granted and they remove a vital part of India's set up or rejected and they rattle a usually placid Indian team. I'd rather blame the ICC and the umpires for buying into it. Bucknor is usually a superb umpire of the highest standards but this does lead me to question the quality of umpiring these days and the rather pedantic and random ways in which they run the game. Cricket has come along so well in the past decade but its in danger of being undone by incompetent and autocratic umpires whose decisions put an artificial dimension on the outcome of a test match. Yet another example of why the ICC simply arn't fit to run the game. EDIT: Surprisingly, India has been taking the whole controversy pretty well: [img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44338000/jpg/_44338788_burning270.jpg[/img] Usually they'd be laying siege to the Australian High Commission by now with a frenzy not seen since the Great Indian Mutiny so actually, it might blow over in a few days! [/QUOTE]
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