Sourav, Sehwag caught using over-sized bats.

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I wonder who the other ‘un-named’ players are?

Some of the ‘Ihsan’ bats used by Pakistani palyers seemed quite wide to me aswell?

http://headlines.sify.com/1660news1.html?headline=Sourav,~Sehwag~caught~using~over-sized~bats~

Sourav, Sehwag caught using over-sized bats

Harare, Feb 19

The already battered Indian team may land itself in a new controversy, with the match-referee for the India-Zimbabwe tie reportedly finding the bats of skipper Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag “broader” than prescribed limits.

As the Indians were preparing to take on the hosts in a crucial World Cup tie, match-referee Clive Lloyd is believed to have checked out the bats of players of both the teams and found at least seven of them using willows that exceeded the International Cricket Council`s specifications by five millimetres.

Among the seven was Zimbabwe`s Craig Wishart but details about the identity of the other four batsmen were not available.

According to ICC rules, if a cricketer is found guilty of using oversize equipment, he could be deemed to have sought an unfair advantage, and could even be banned.

The surprise check sent the Indians scurrying for remedial action and Terry Nicholls, a Zimbabwean national selector, agreed to help them out by getting their bats trimmed to the allowed specifications.

Nicholls, it is learnt, asked Ganguly to leave the oversized bats at the conference room of the hotel for him to pick up and carry out the necessary trimming.

But once Stevens arrived at the hotel, he searched in vain for the bats and his attempts to get in touch with Ganguly also did not materialise.

“I am terribly disappointed with the Indian captain. Apparently he left the bats at the conference room and then took them all away. My attempts to get in touch with Ganguly didn`t bear fruit either,” Stevens said.

Team sources said they were aware of the issue but the players were taking necessary precaution.

Lloyd, a former West Indian captain, is a no-nonsense match-referee and recently banned Darren Lehmann of Australia for five one-day internationals for a racial slur against the Sri Lankans during a triangular series Down Under before the start of the World Cup. PTI

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:rolleyes:

yeh kuch kaam to sahi karlein:smack:

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Well, That explains the nicks Ganguly and Shewag have been getting :hehe:

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ICC random bat inspection at Zimbabwe v India match
ICC Media Release - 19 February 2003

As part of the ICC’s Random Bat Inspection program before the Zimbabwe v India match on Wednesday 19th February, ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd identified that several players had bats slightly wider than permitted.

The inspection - carried out before the start of the match – found that **bats belonging to players from both sides slightly exceeded the **maximum width of 4.25ins that is allowed under the Laws of Cricket.

All of the bats were adjusted to within the legal parameters before the start of play.

The ICC will continue its Random Bat Inspection program throughout the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.

Media Contacts:

Brendan McClements: 083 417 5492
Jon Long: 083 417 5518

http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/FEB/143614_ICC_19FEB2003.html

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*Originally posted by Asif_k: *

The inspection - carried out before the start of the match – found that **bats belonging to players from both sides slightly exceeded the **maximum width of 4.25ins that is allowed under the Laws of Cricket.

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chalo asif bahi ne phir rakh li indian players ki by including both sides ;)

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*Originally posted by smooth_guy: *
chalo asif bahi ne phir rakh li indian players ki by including both sides ;)
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Arey yaar - maine kahan rakhi players ki, Cricinfo ne rakhi. Blame cricinfo :)

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Ganguly ko baRRaa ballaa lainay kaa kia shoq hay rayyyyyyyyyy :D

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Isnt it surprising how players from both teams had wider bats??? I can understand if one day all of a sudden ganguly brings a wider bat in a desperate bid to get his team out of the dark ages, but how come zimbabwe used the same strategy in the same match? I offer two explanations...

  1. Both teams (and possibly other teams) have been doing this from quite some time, unnoticed...

  2. Zimbabwe must have received intelligence reports from the ISI, about the Indian team using wide bats, and they were given wide ihsan bats to offer a balance of power.

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Speaking of bats, did you guys notice most of the countries uses bats made by PAK. Like Windies, ZIM, Kenya, Namibia, SL (seen few of the players using CA bats), Holand.

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It was not players’ fault, as said by match ref. And thats the end of all this chaos.

http://www.cricketworldcup.com/news/reuters/reuters568.htm

Several bats belonging to India players were found to be too wide before their World Cup Group A game against Zimbabwe on Wednesday.

Match referee Clive Lloyd said he had made a random inspection and asked for some of the bats to be replaced before the start of the game, which India won by 83 runs.

“A couple of bats with the Indian players were out of order, bigger,” he said. “One among the Zimbabwe players as well. They were changed and there will be no further action.”

There is no specific weight prescribed for cricket bats but they should not exceed 4.25 inches in width.

Lloyd added: **“I don’t think it has anything to do with the players. It is just that the manufacturers would have got their measurements wrong.” **

Indian media manager Amrit Mathur added: “Some of the bats were found to be of bigger dimensions by the match referee and they were changed. It is not a big issue.”

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Originally posted by The_Indian_teen: *
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Lloyd added: *"I don't think it has anything to do with the players. It is just that the manufacturers would have got their measurements wrong." **

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Right, and the players couldn't notice that the width of the bat may be against standard.

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nope they can not , rather no human can with just eyes. As it exceeded by 5 mm against 4.25 inches. And the fraction is apprx 5/108 (=4.6%). can you notice that with naked eyes, without measuring?