Pretty unsporting this.
Cricket:India's tour of England 2011
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Bell must be out...can't complain about the decision either..
Bell will be out. Umpires I guess have no option.
They have no choice if India appeal and want to maintain that appeal
That's not cricket India.
Rubbish, they are well within their right
Nothing like trying to uphold the spirit of the game, eh? How could they have the nerve to appeal for that?
Pretty stupid thing from Bell TBF. Can't assume its 4.
But a fantastic innings. One of the best I've seen him play.
But a fantastic innings. One of the best I've seen him play.
Not the spirit of the game to pretend it's a four and then sneakily take the bails off.
The ball was in play, why is it unsporting?
Silly from Bell, highly unsporting by India.
Let's hope kharma is as much of a bitch as usual.
Let's hope kharma is as much of a bitch as usual.
I think that's going to overshadow the whole game if India win. Bell was battering them and then they do that.
It was England who thought it was a 4 wasn't it?
It was the English Batsmen who presumed it was a boundary
Same old India, always cheating
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You play to the whistle was the main defense when Nani scored that goal against Spurs.
The fielder on the boundary acted as if it was four.
No one pretended it was four
I find this all a bit funny atm, feel sorry for Bell - shame to see him play that well and throw his wicket away like that..
they knew it didn't go for 4 and pretended that it did, ridiculous
I'm with India on this, the umpire is in charge, not the batsman
You can't get someone out sneakily in cricket. If you see an opponent walking off for tea cos they think they've hit a boundary, you argue that they haven't and replay the last ball.
Yep.
Hang on a second. Did Umpire called for a tea?
Did Umpire called for a boundary?
I can see why you're peeved but Bell acted stupidly here.
Also you can't just walk off for tea before the umpires call time.
No one pretended it was four
I find this all a bit funny atm, feel sorry for Bell - shame to see him play that well and throw his wicket away like that..
so why was he just lying outside the boundary while england were running between the wickets?
You don't replay because someone thinks its a four or not, it clearly wasn't a boundary. It's not in the rules to replay a ball unless it was a dead ball.
Bell saying the umpire called over, this needs clarification.
Nice to know that the spirit of Ricky Ponting in test cricket lives on...
If the Umpire called for a tea, then Bell is not out, if he didn't then it's Bell's fault.
The umpires handed the jumpers over the bowler and all that before they took the bails off. It was clearly a dead ball.
No doubt about that
The stupidity isn't up for debate
The issue for me, is whether it's within the spirit of cricket for India to appeal or to maintain that appeal
No one pretended it was four
I find this all a bit funny atm, feel sorry for Bell - shame to see him play that well and throw his wicket away like that..
Did you miss the fielders around the Wicket?
He thought it was four, he had no idea where the ball was and assumed it hit the boundary but the other fielders on the field clearly saw it didn't hit and asked him to throw the ball back.. watch the replay.
Bell was just stupid.
This fielder pretended thing is retarded that it's funny. How many of you were slating Nani when scored that Gomes goal. You play to the whistle.
Agreed on both, the answer is clearly no, it's not in the spirit of the game.
Yeh the jumper thing was ridiculous. He obviously thought it was four. Disgraceful behaviour. I'd be embarrassed to get that wicket.
Apparently Bell has claimed that the umpire called over