Cricket:India's tour of England 2011
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So we're getting a standing ovation for withdrawing our appeal?
Bit sad this. I'd rather us get applauded for playing some half decent cricket.
Bit sad this. I'd rather us get applauded for playing some half decent cricket.
Now lets get Bell out 
That's what we said he should do! It's you lot who were saying he did the right thing...
It was probably in a heat of moment. I said it wasn't the right thing.
Now my stream has gone into meltdown, was a decent one too...
Edit: back now...
Edit: back now...
did they overturn this dismissal? Spirit and all!
You should be proud that even when your side isn't playing at it's best it still has the balls to uphold the spirit of the game. Which, for my money, is one of Cricket's finer assets.
So you're pretty much wrong on everything aren't you?
Pleasant surprise.
Anyway, I'm glad they realised they'd cheated and changed their mind.
No they didn't. It's what we expect from England anyway.
Bell was very lucky it was tea
As that gave 20mins for sorting it out
Had it been just a normal ball, then he would surely have gone
But again, I repeat, well done to Dhoni and India
As that gave 20mins for sorting it out
Had it been just a normal ball, then he would surely have gone
But again, I repeat, well done to Dhoni and India
They didn't and Collingwood (rightly) got vilified in his own nation.
Respect to Dhoni
Honestly I've barely watched a ball of today's play so I didn't actually see it properly enough to applaud our decision.
Nope
They didn't, and rightly England and Collingwood got slated, it's very easy in the heat of battle to get it wrong as India and England and New Zealand with Murali did in the past...
As I said above, Bell was lucky there was that 20minute break
It's only when India do it
If england did what India did earlier, caf wouldn't have responded like this..
I will give you that. Just short of vilification.
England players applauded when the indian team came out in contrast to the fans.
Anyway, back to back fours for Morgan takes him to 35 and brings up the 200 lead
Still 12 overs til the new ball
Still 12 overs til the new ball
IIRC Collingwood was absolutely vilified for it in England.
Nice try, but surely even you can see that the players would have been involved in some kind of discussion that none of the fans would have been
Really would have been better if Bell and Morgan came out first, and then India would have only got cheers
I don't think the fans knew until Bell came out. They presumed he was out.
Strauss and England management went and asked India to reconsider the appeal
The fans (commentators and those viewing at home included) didn't have a clue they had removed their appeal, the players did.
Anyone watching Star Cricket?
Gavaskar is embarrassing. Complaining about English players not applauding Dravid's century, cringeworthy stuff.
Gavaskar is embarrassing. Complaining about English players not applauding Dravid's century, cringeworthy stuff.
The fans didn't know ..
Is anyone else watching the Star Cricket stream?
And people say English commentators are biased...
And people say English commentators are biased...
True. Like the rest of us, the fans at the stadium only realized what had happened when the batsman walked out.
General comment about that situation not a complaint.
edit: yeah. I realize the fans didn't know. They did applaud once it became apparent that we have withdrawn the appeal.
Fair enough.
We've just thrown away the series here btw due to sportsmanship.
Yeah, clearly that's what happened.
In cricket, better that than winning unsportingly
And I do think you are being a bit melodramatic about your chances
The pitch looks a road, or is being made to look like one by Bell
If we have thrown away the series it's through letting a HUGE advantage go on each of the first two days, not because of our sportsmanship.
It will be forgotten from our minds until a similar situation arises.
Again taking me in the wrong sense. I applaud the move, but Bell will take the match away from us right now. It wasn't in sarcastic tone.
Gav's a wanker, to be fair.
So is Hussain. And I mean literally.
Seem to had a bit of unsavoury incident during the IPL.
The forecast for tomorrow is Cloudy I think. Anyway if the target is more than 350, then it's tough on any damn pitch.
This
Had England 88-6, and then 124-8 before allowing us to get to 221. England wouldn't have allowed India to do that
And then you were 264-4, before collapsing to 288
That's easily 100 runs that have given away
Nothing to do with being outplayed by England for 6.5 of the 8 days of cricket thus far?