Sunday, January 06, 2008

Where the hell is sportsman spirit in the “gentleman’s” game????

I was watching the final day of India Australia second test and I am losing the respect I had for the game. Infact I haven’t written a blog in this much rage. Australia is the no 1 team in the world and nones questioning that . When they have the capability of winning a game fair and square, they should play a decent game and prove that they deserve to be the rulers of the game. It’s not only about the winning always, you have to set examples for the future generations..about great batting bowling and fielding, but also about the fairness of the game . Its evident that they have been and they are the best in the play and also the sledging. As Gavaskar said its them who came with the principle that what happens in the field stays in the field. But apparently now it stays in the field only when they give it. Complaining about Harbhajan when theres not even a witness after what they do on the field(rolling my eyes..maybe ponting is in search of ways to keep bhaji outta the coming games so that he wont get out in the first ball itself).But its actually upto them. Everyone has their own definition of professionalism. What drives me crazy is the umpiring of this game. Yesterday Kumble lost a hatrick just because of bad umpiring . If they aren’t sure why the hell cant they go for the third umpires decision? Today Dravid was given out caught behind when his bat wasn’t even visible on the screen . Dravid walked back in utter shock. The worst was the way Sourav’s wicket was lost. Clarke was the one lucky man to take this magical “catch”. The ball was grounded before it was in his hands and he rolled with the ball and the ball definitely touched the ground while his rolling celebrations as well(which was clearly visible on replays). Sourav is not convinced and he asks the umpire and this clever umpire asks Ponting if the catch was taken and Ponting says yes and India lost another batsman in a crucial stage. So now when the umpire has his doubts he doesn’t consult a third umpire or the umpire at the other end, but asks the opposing team captain? If the players were to decide themselves why the hell should there be an umpire??? To hold the bowlers cap while hes bowling? To tie the shoelace of the batsman? If its coz it’s the gentleman’s game that the umpire asking players , then I wonder why he hadn’t asked Dravid if he had nicked the ball before it was caught . Is the traffic one way in this road? Is India playing a 13 member team? Or maybe I am not bothered when the wrong decision is in favor of India that I don’t even realize it. Atleast im sure that dint happen in this match. Anyway lemme get back to the &%$@ game.
P.S: No net now, ill post this later
Match over. On their 16th consecutive test win a BIG BOO to Australia. Id rather have India lose the match than win it this way even if it’s a world cup final. Around 7 questionable decisions happened in this game and if there had been a fair umpiring the outcome might have been different .At the end of the day what really matters is who won..everyone will forget the mistakes the umpires made in a week and Aussies 16th consecutive win would be a golden page in cricket history. Life is so not fair!!!