Not walking is not cheating :wall:
While the poor umpiring during the Sydney Test has attracted many of the headlines, much vitriol has also been directed at several players for not walking when they have nicked the ball. At best they have been accused of unsporting behaviour, at worst of downright cheating.
And yet what is it about cricket that it is the only major sport in the world where some people demand that players do the umpires' jobs for them? There is nothing in the Laws that requires a batsman to walk, although there is a widespread feeling that batsmen always used to do so in the good old days, and by not doing so now the current generation show themselves as being inferior.
The reality is that walking has always been a contentious issue. The concept grew up in social cricket in Victorian times when the whole ethos of gentlemen being sportsmen was formulated. And yet, even at that level, there were some batsmen who walked and some who did not.
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Kumble questions Australia's spirit
Anil Kumble has accused Australia of not playing in the spirit of the game in a heated finish to a Test that continued the ill-feeling between the teams. After a match filled with controversy it was revealed the BCCI would request Steve Bucknor, the "incompetent" official, be replaced for the third Test in Perth while Kumble will review the pre-series catching agreement he had with Ricky Ponting, who aggressively defended his integrity.
"Only one team was playing with the spirit of the game, that's all I can say," Kumble said after a day that included a horrible decision for Rahul Dravid and a claimed low, slip catch by Michael Clarke against Sourav Ganguly. The dismissal was sealed when Ponting told the umpire Mark Benson it was out, although
television replays were, as usual, not conclusive.
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Indian team stays on in Sydney to push ban appeal
Cricinfo staff
January 7, 2008
The Indian team has remained in Sydney, instead of leaving for Canberra on Monday morning as scheduled, so that it gets a copy of the order banning Harbhajan Singh. The team is understood to be deeply disappointed with Sunday's events and is pushing for an early return home but any decision will be taken at the highest level of the Indian board.
Around 4.15 pm local time, MV Sridhar, India's assistant manager, confirmed that team had been instructed by the BCCI to stay in Sydney till further instructions. "There is a lot of paperwork required and we need to be proper in our appeal hence we are delaying our departure to Sydney," Sridhar had told PTI.
Harbhajan was
banned for three Tests by Mike Procter, the match referee, for racial abuse against Andrew Symonds. The team has decided to appeal the ban, which it must do so within 24 hours, hence the urgency to obtain a copy of Procter's order.
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... Aussies still scored 400+ batting on 4th and 5th day ... I will agree tht not walking is not cheating ... Sachin has done tht many many times ... Cheating is wht aussies did by claiming the catch when it wasn't ...
