err…Ponting
shocking decision by England’s Mark Benson
which game was this?
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Was right in front of the screen when it happened. Amazing turn of events. Known for their poor show of spirit, words were exchanged between Ponting and Tendulkar and the scene was not pretty at all. The time it took for Benson to raise that finger knowing neither Gilchrist hadn’t thrown the ball in the air nor McGrath had any convincing of an appeal was terrible.
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^ thanks.... I initially thought it was Ponting asking Benson to call Tendu back only to realise later that Ponting infact was being very unsporting here
a close game in the end....
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hmmm, keeper was Haddin not Gilchrist. :snooty:
Was right in front of the screen when it happened. Amazing turn of events. Known for their poor show of spirit, words were exchanged between Ponting and Tendulkar and the scene was not pretty at all. The time it took for Benson to raise that finger knowing neither Gilchrist hadn’t thrown the ball in the air nor McGrath had any convincing of an appeal was terrible.
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fkhan2
June 13, 2007, 6:13am
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And after walking a disciplinary tightrope in recent times, Ponting spent a couple of minutes having to answer questions about the Tendulkar incident that saw him exchange more than a few words with Mark Benson, who reversed his caught-behind decision. “The umpire made his decision, and then he reversed it. I think he actually got it right in the end. He explained the reason why. I wasn’t that happy at the time, but it was the umpire’s decision.”
Ponting made it clear that he hadn’t approached the umpire to voice his displeasure. “I didn’t approach him, he called me over to explain why he had changed his decision,” he said. “I didn’t actually see Sachin being called back. I was in the middle of a group with the guys, and Mark was calling me over to explain it.”
He refused to accept that such controversial moments made a case for the increased use of technology. “I’ve never been a great fan,” he said candidly. "We’ve experimented with a lot of things. The Super Test was one where the umpires could refer everything to the third umpire. There were a few that went either way. I think technology for line decisions, the way it’s being used, is about as much as it should be used.
“You have to understand that umpires are human and they will make mistakes. Much like the players - we probably make as many mistakes as anyone going around. I’m a big believer in leaving the human element in.”
After his last transgression, Chris Broad, the match referee, had suggested that Ponting was on very thin ice. And but for the umpires taking a benevolent view of his antics today, he might well have slipped under. With the Champions Trophy and the Ashes looming, Australia can heave a sigh of relief that it hasn’t happened.
SOURCE: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/dlfcup/content/story/260332.html
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...Aur Bhai Sahab aagey **hum **sey poochtey hain kiya baat hai, waqt buhat hai aapkay paas aaj kul. :D