Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
Collingwood to Tendulkar, OUT, and he's got him - Tendulkar can't believe it. Just outside off stump, Tendulkar took a big stride down the pitch but offered no shot. A huge, lengthy appeal from Collingwood and the wicketkeeper - and Taufel, after a long Bucknor-like delay, raises his finger, though replays suggest it's a poor decision, the ball missing the off stump by several inches. And that's a shocking decision from Taufel; it didn't look out with the naked eye and Hawk-Eye confirms it would have passed by his off stump comfortably. Oh dear.
*SR Tendulkar lbw b Collingwood 91 (197b 12x4 0x6) SR: 46.19 *
Another day, another wrong LBW decision.When will the ICC wake up ?
Watched the Sania Mirza- Sybille Bammer Semifinal game at the Stanford Court yesterday (Bank of the West Classic Tournament). Before the game, it was announced that each player would have two chances to challenge any line calls...and both players used those chances....its the same Hawkeye technology that is used to settle line call disputes....and at one time, the Hawkeye proved that the linesman was wrong..when challenged was made by a player (bammer).
WHY IN THIS GOD'S WORLD CAN WE NOT HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN CRICKET ?
Instead of the friggin rules...like a free-hit for no- balls that ICC keeps coming up with.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
Tendu given out on 91 and i must say it was a shocker of a decision from Taufel.
India 351-4
poor guy just when thought he could make Kapil and co eat their words (whcih to be honest he has done anyway with innings at least) he has to depart.
Well life goes on
Yes that was a poor decision by Taufel but Kapil's argument still stands. Tendulkar was under little pressure in this innings as India were chasing a mere 198 and a solid platform had already been laid by the openers. Tendulkar's performance in the first innings was never an issue. He averages a handsome 72 odd in the first innings. The bone of contention is his performance in the 4th innings of a test with India trying to save a game or chasing a reasonable total to win. There he often comes unstuck as his paltry average of 26.85 amply proves. Hence Kapil and co. have every right to querry Tendu's ability to turn it on when the team needs him most until he starts winning tests for India in crunch situations.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
On a seaming pitch India's current lead (211 with 6 wickets in hand) already looks enough for them not to have to bat again in this test. Things looking ominous for England!
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
Damn if Sachin's decision was bad Gangu's was worse. What is Simon Taufel doing ? I mean he is a very good umpire no doubt about that but something is wrong with him here. Two wrong decisions for two well set batsmen. Indian's must be fuming and rightly so.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
Cricbuzz says this about Sreesanth : Sreesanth doesn't seem to have marked his run up properly and he also seems to be very careless in his approach. He is just jogging in and taking things light. Even schoolboys bowl more seriously even at the nets than what Sreesanth is doing here. Absolutely unacceptable for a test match especially when your team is on top of things.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
I really, really think that all LBW and dubious caught decisions, or at least some to a certain extent, should be referred to the third umpire. It is enough of an argument that umpires are the be all and end all in the field of cricket. There was an era where the lack of advances in technology made a very strong case of umpires calling the decisions as they saw fit, but modern times has seen the progress of technology so much in this day and age. Instead of having the on-field umpires make the decisions on their own, why not use them as an aid and have the technology prove their case? Don't have the power taken from them but also force them to make use of what we have today to properly aid their decisions. We have been talking about this for quite some time now, long before what happened today between these two sides. I concur with Some1 Bhai, this has become a serious concern and should be looked into by ICC.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
I can't belive that those mistakes were done by the best umpire in the world cricket ,right now .May be 3 consecutive awards have taken for granted .Shocking !
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
^I watched the Semi Final game at Stanford. I got upgraded to a very good seat (immediately behind the players' chairs where they sit between games for drinks etc) and it was great fun to watch the game from such close proximity.
Anyways, I made a good decision not to go today (saved some money). I had a feeling Sania would lose this one. I followed the game on TV though. Sania was just too lethargic and failed to capitalize on her opponent's many double-faults. I feel bad for the desi brigade who had turned out in large numbers for this match to support Sania.
btw, Sania's needs to urgently work on her serve. It was way too friendly...though her low-height forehands are awesome.
Re: 2nd Test: India v England at Nottingham - Jul 27-31, 2007
Eng 63 runs behind and 43 overs left in day.......THis is going to be heck of a good game....India have a more than a good chance to win this one. and if india wins then it will make a very challenging for Eng to come back in series.