India's paceman, Lakshmipathy Balaji, has had the gloss taken off his outstanding performance in the first Test at Mohali, after he was fined 30% of his match fee for excessive appealing.
Balaji was reported to Chris Broad, the ICC match referee, after taking a career-best 9 for 171 - a performance that had all but secured victory over Pakistan, until Kamran Akmal and Abdul Razzaq combined to thwart his progress.
If Balaji's appealing was excessive, then there were at least mitigating circumstances. After recovering from a groin injury, it was his first match back in the side for nearly a year, so his enthusiasm was perhaps understandable, and in bowling a tight wicket-to-wicket line, that resulted in four batsmen being bowled, two lbws and a caught-behind, he was at least hitting the right areas for an appeal or two.
However the two umpires, Darrell Hair and Rudi Koertzen, felt he had overstepped the mark, and Broad agreed. "There is no place for this sort of appealing," he said in a statement. "The player apologised and I hope that will be the end of the matter."
The second match of the three-Test series gets underway in Kolkata on Wednesday
Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to be in the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago - he is terrible, and completely inconsistent. And the best that could be done for Aleem Dar is to take him out into a field and shoot him.
alvey <alvey_greig_sidecast@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<39jkclF62ku3nU1@individual.net>...> Racist umpires wrote:>
snip small beer.>
If you want to see *real* racism by umpires, go to NZ.>
On 13 Mar 2005 15:06:20 -0800, ants.bull@paradise.net.nz (Ants Bull) tapped the keyboard and brought forth:
Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to be in>the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago ->he is terrible, and completely inconsistent.
Ants Bull wrote:> Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to be in> the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago -> he is terrible, and completely inconsistent. And the best that could> be done for Aleem Dar is to take him out into a field and shoot him.>
Well said sir! And if top-posters ever form an association then you'll be a shoo-in for the Conflict Resolution Officer position.
alvey in briz, where showers are predicted for D1 of the PC final.
Andrew Dunford 16 March 2005 01:18:40 [ permanent link ]
"alvey" <alvey_greig_sidecast@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:39oss0F62r6tiU1@individual.net...> Ants Bull wrote:> > Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to be in> > the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago -> > he is terrible, and completely inconsistent. And the best that could> > be done for Aleem Dar is to take him out into a field and shoot him.> >
Well said sir!> And if top-posters ever form an association then you'll be a shoo-in for> the Conflict Resolution Officer position.>
alvey> in briz, where showers are predicted for D1 of the PC final.
Does one of those showers happen to be named Brett Lee?
Shishir S Pathak 16 March 2005 02:49:17 [ permanent link ]
"Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> wrote in message news:39p1poF5t0ee0U1@individual.net...>
"alvey" <alvey_greig_sidecast@yahoo.com> wrote in message> news:39oss0F62r6tiU1@individual.net...>> Ants Bull wrote:>> > Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to be in>> > the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago ->> > he is terrible, and completely inconsistent. And the best that could>> > be done for Aleem Dar is to take him out into a field and shoot him.>> >
Well said sir!>> And if top-posters ever form an association then you'll be a shoo-in for>> the Conflict Resolution Officer position.>>
alvey>> in briz, where showers are predicted for D1 of the PC final.>
Does one of those showers happen to be named Brett Lee?
Shishir S Pathak wrote:> "Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> wrote in message> news:39p1poF5t0ee0U1@individual.net...> >
"alvey" <alvey_greig_sidecast@yahoo.com> wrote in message> > news:39oss0F62r6tiU1@individual.net...> >> Ants Bull wrote:> >> > Its not racism in NZ.......its brown-nosing. They all want to
be in> >> > the Auzzies good books. Sheppard should have gone a few years ago -> >> > he is terrible, and completely inconsistent. And the best that could> >> > be done for Aleem Dar is to take him out into a field and shoot him.> >> >
Well said sir!> >> And if top-posters ever form an association then you'll be a
shoo-in for> >> the Conflict Resolution Officer position.> >>
alvey> >> in briz, where showers are predicted for D1 of the PC final.> >
Does one of those showers happen to be named Brett Lee?>
