Whenever Glenn McGrath and Sachin Tendulkar come across each other on a cricket pitch, things tend to happen. And it was no different on Friday, with McGrath's very first delivery to his fellow legend providing for the day's main talking point. Pitched short, it tempted Tendulkar into the pull, but he was too early on the stroke. The ball brushed his shoulder and ricocheted behind the stumps to Brad Haddin and the Australian close-in fielders went up in appeal. After a moment's thought, and to Tendulkar's stupefaction, Mark Benson raised his finger.
Tendulkar's reaction was about as animated as he ever gets on a cricket field, and it perhaps implanted the first seeds of doubt in Benson's mind. And while Tendulkar trudged towards the pavilion slowly, he decided to consult with his colleague, Asad Rauf. Once Rauf gave his opinion, Benson decided that it was better to look silly than give the wrong decision, and to his credit, he recalled the batsman.
While McGrath smiled ruefully and walked back to his mark, Ricky Ponting was livid. Forgetting the fact that the umpire is well within his rights to reverse a decision (Law 27.9), Ponting shared more than a few words, and it will be interesting to see what view the match referee takes at the end of the game.
Saturday, 23 September 2006
Ponting in trouble again?
Perhaps Ricky Ponting is at last trying to break out of Shane Warne's shadow - because for the second match in a row he has just mouthed off to the umpire. When he did this a week ago he was slapped with a fine of 100% of his match fee and warned that further offences would result in a multiple match ban. Here is the Cricinfo version of Ricky's latest outburst against an umpire:
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ponting is very much a poor man's steve waugh..he often tries to emulate the seemingly solid image of waugh, but very rarely manages to live up to it, as can be seen by his numerous indiscretions on and off the field ( none of which have been hangable offences i might add )
outbursts like this latest, often show that there is pressure mounting ( could there be an ashes campaign on the way? ), and he is not getting his own way
ponting is at his best, when he lets his performance do the talking...not trying to convince the world that he and australian cricket knows what is best
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