Re: Pakistan V England 2nd Test Match, Faislabad
I jumped from 16 to 12 by two wickets 
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Afridi to bowl...
Re: Pakistan V England 2nd Test Match, Faislabad
Kaneria comes on...
Re: Pakistan V England 2nd Test Match, Faislabad
woh gye hain chaye peenay tum laug bhi ja kar sutay laga aao:smokin:
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It is clear from this article that umpiring in this match has been to say the least unsatisfactory. I too was guilty of believing that Inzi was run out, given the rule quoted by this gentleman its quite clear that the umpires have allowed a illegal decsion.
An affront to cricket
Sambit Bal
November 21, 2005
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Inzamam-ul-Haq: done in by the ignorance of those running the game © Getty Images
The scorecard will record the dismissal of Inzamam-ul-Haq in the first innings of the Faisalabad Test as a run out. The truth is it should be put down to ignorance. Every cricketer learns to take wrong decisions on the chin and move on, but this stroke of injustice will no doubt rankle Inzaman much more because he was done in, not by a judgment the umpire had to make in a split second, but because of lack of knowledge of cricket’s laws from the men appointed to implement it. It was appalling. And an affont to cricket.
Inzamam was declared run out after Steve Harmison, the bowler, knocked down the stumps at the striker’s end when it was clear that Inzamam was not attempting a run. Such throws are not uncommon, not the least from aggressive fast bowlers intent on keeping the batsmen in their territory. He was within the rights to appeal too. But to anybody who saw it, either live or on television, it was patently clear that Inzamam moved away to avoid the ball hitting him. And this is what the law says:
“…a batsman is not out Run out if (a) he has been within his ground and has subsequently left it to avoid injury, when the wicket is put down”
It is natural to lay the blame at the doors of Nadeem Ghauri, the third umpire, who pressed the red light after surveying the evidence. He had enough time and access to enough replays to consider his decision. That he should have limited himself to the line call - Inzamam’s right foot had left the ground for a moment and it was in the air when the ball hit the leg stump - and not look at the broader picture could be down to two things. He was trying to stay with his perceived jurisdiction (of delivering only the line decision), or worse, he simply didn’t know the rule. That half of the professional commentators, all of them former international cricketers, were not aware of the law either - Ian Botham paraded his ignorance spectacularly - merely makes the matter more shocking, but it’s no excuse.
But the field umpires cannot escape culpability. Simon Taufel and Darrell Hair are respected and experienced umpires from the ICC’s elite panel. Taufel was in perfect position at the bolwer’s end to see Inzamam take evasive action and Hair called for the replay from square leg. Both had enough time to consult, and if needed, use the walkie-talkie for further confirmation. In the end, they all abetted in the execution of an illegal decision. Shouldn’t they be hauled in before the match referee and asked to explain their action? If this was an act of collective ignorance, cricket lovers have a right to know.
That Pakistan themselves were beneficiaries in a similar situation in a Test at Kolkata in 1999, would hardly be of any comfort to Inzamam. The victim in that case was Sachin Tendulkar, who had grounded his bat after completing a run, but then left the crease to avoid colliding with Shoaib Akhtar, the bowler, who was moving to collect the throw from Nadeem Khan. The throw hit the stumps, Pakistanis appealed and Tendulkar was given out, a decision that led to a mini riot. Two horrible wrongs don’t make a right.
Sambit Bal is the editor of Cricinfo
Re: Pakistan V England 2nd Test Match, Faislabad
i think inzi run out waz fair n afridi waz big doubt n MoYo waznt out at all
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pak need two wickets b4 the day is up
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it was not fair, that being a fact and not opinion.
Re: Pakistan V England 2nd Test Match, Faislabad
urrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
plz get one of these out now
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what has happened :(
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tell me it was just a cracker and not a bomb :s
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a gas cylinder???
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a gas tank blew up according to commentators .. Allah ka shukar no serious problem.
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I just saw that, Rameez saying it was a Gas Bottle or Tank, and no serious issue.
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thanx ALLAH, it waznt sumthin like bomb or sumthin maine socha k bhaagnay lagay hain yeh goray
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Phew!!!!!
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Phata gas tank lekin hawa nikli england players ki LOL
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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why were the commentators laughing? i missed it :o
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Huge explosion some kind of big cracker near the midwicket fence,
and play has stopped now
The noise came off with the short circuit just outside the boundary
line Correction it was cylender which was blast outside the boundary
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It was a gas bottle which exploded. The police and security officials moved in very quickly.