England v Pakistan (Cricket)

[axeman23]

But I can see it sucking from a spectator point of view, so it's a shame they got caught in the middle...

[Richo]

Murali IS a chucker, they had to ammend the law (how much your arm can bend) just so he was legal ! But I digress !

The Paki's shouldn't have walked and deserved the forfeit they received but I do your points guys.......professional cricket just isn't the place to make it !

[Richo]

Some more food for thought, this from the latest news:

But ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said Pakistan could face further charges after refusing to take to the field in London.

"The umpires are meeting this morning to consider whether there should be any further charges in relation to the refusal by Pakistan to take the field that resulted in the forfeit of the match," Speed told BBC Radio.

"It may be that there is more than one charge."

Somehow the view of "The Paki's didn't do anything wrong" sure doesn't seem correct it when they could be facing another charge !

and some more food for thought:

The forfeit, which rescued the home country from a difficult match position, cost England cricket authorities around $A1 million in refunds and lost ticket sales.

[mattyj]

i 100% agree with you Richo (first time for everything ) - They deserved the forfeit, it was an absolute disgrace they didnt return, they were acting like spoilt children... "he said i did this so im not playing" what a joke...if u dont like the umpires decision then protest properly, lodge a complaint withthe match referee, dont act like a bunch of spoilt brat children

Inzamum should be suspended and stripped of his captaincy

[ljandkg]

I'm 50/50 on this but the way Hair carries himself - it doesn't surprise me - The thing that gets my goat was when the Pakis had gotten over their little dummy spit and came back out Hair and the jr umpire refused to restart the game - now THAT is ridiculous - for the sake of the 20000 or how many were there to not go back out once the pakis had gone out shows u how important Hair thinks he is - for the sake of the spectators the umps shoulda just restarted the game and then sorted out discipline when the pakis had won....

[mattyj]

but after that performance do you think the Pakis deserved to win? i dont

[JZA]

I'm 50/50 on this but the way Hair carries himself - it doesn't surprise me - The thing that gets my goat was when the Pakis had gotten over their little dummy spit and came back out Hair and the jr umpire refused to restart the game - now THAT is ridiculous - for the sake of the 20000 or how many were there to not go back out once the pakis had gone out shows u how important Hair thinks he is - for the sake of the spectators the umps shoulda just restarted the game and then sorted out discipline when the pakis had won....

i think that there is some rule whereby if the ump has knocked off the bails to signify the end of play, then play cannot be continued, no matter what. i think thats what happened here, hair had knocked off the bails just before the pakis ran back on the pitch, so i dont think he had a choice. could be wrong but i think thats what happened.

[JZA]

the thing that annoys me the most is how the pakis have reacted afterwards. youve got imran kahn saying **** like "it is a grave insult to our people and our honour and pride" and blah blah blah, they say hair is racist and is a "mini-hitler"...what bull****. he had the balls to make a call that he thought was right, no matter the consequences. and he would have known the consequences since he went through all this **** before when he NB'd murali, getting death threats and such. pakistan should have appealed post match, not forfeit the test.

[Allstar cards inc]

One thing that bewildered me though was the batsmen being allowed to pick the ball after the umpires decided that the other one had been tampered with. I always thought the replacement ball was selected by the umpires alone or in conjunction with the fielding team??"

[Richo]

i 100% agree with you Richo (first time for everything ) - They deserved the forfeit, it was an absolute disgrace they didnt return, they were acting like spoilt children... "he said i did this so im not playing" what a joke...if u dont like the umpires decision then protest properly, lodge a complaint withthe match referee, dont act like a bunch of spoilt brat children

Inzamum should be suspended and stripped of his captaincy

Whoo Hoo at least someone does

Side note - LJandKG, I am a qualified umpire so I can tell you once the bails are removed to end play that's it ! It's in the rules, that is why play could not resume when the paki's decided to come out.
Regards