Gringo Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Chances that Bell goes first ball he faces after tea? Edit: Fortunately he doesn't.I half expected him just to sky one and give them a free chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Fair play to Dhoni, but there is a part of me a little disappointed, it would have livened up the rest of the series. I would have been slightly disappointed if England had appealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Fair play to India. Good form wins out, it seems. Agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I wonder how Bell feels now about racking up the runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 31, 2011 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2011 Any result but a draw will leave a slightly odd taste in the mouth here now - problem is that a draw looks quite unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I wonder how Bell feels now about racking up the runs. Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Im sorry I like Bell but he should have went, India did nothing wrong and i dont believe its a breach of the spirit of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 bell gone - oddly glad he's not got himself too many runs after the controversy even though he did nothing wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Bell out for 159. Great innings despite the controversy. Big Villa as fan well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 bell gone - oddly glad he's not got himself too many runs after the controversy even though he did nothing wrong! He diddo something wrong, he never checked the ball went for 4 or the umpire called over. Anyway good faith and sportsmanship has cost India 21 runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 bell gone - oddly glad he's not got himself too many runs after the controversy even though he did nothing wrong! he lacked concentration and should have walked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Sunny Gavaskar and CMJ both thoroughly spot on, just, in their exchange about the Bell incident, the preamble, setting an example and so on (and Sunny's remarks about the England players' reaction to Dravid's hundred if that was the case). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Prior has come out to bat with vengeance, the episode may well have fired up the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 From the interview Bell just gave on the radio, he appears to acknowledge that he was naive and that he himself made a mistake. Good stuff from him, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah but he really should start shaving - that tache is embaressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah but he really should start shaving - that tache is embarrassing. The beauty of the 'wireless'. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Well thanks for the spelling coreczion ;P Out of the 8 sky presenters, all international cricketers, only shane 'spirit of the law' warne felt bell was hard done by. I think there'll be some questions asked about the entourage who visited dhoni in order to ask him to review his appeal. If we're playing by the spirit of the law, then anderson really shouldn't be going off for a rest a few overs before the new ball is ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Well thanks for the spelling coreczion ;P Out of the 8 sky presenters, all international cricketers, only shane 'spirit of the law' warne felt bell was hard done by. I think there'll be some questions asked about the entourage who visited dhoni in order to ask him to review his appeal. If we're playing by the spirit of the law, then anderson really shouldn't be going off for a rest a few overs before the new ball is ready. No worries.;-) I wouldn't disagree with you about the spirit of the game. Not surprised about Warne, tbh. I remember him going out of his way to go and shake Pietersen's hand after his innings at the Oval. I know Pietersen is his mate but that suggested the level of sportsmanship (like the Freddie/Brett Lee moment) that ought to be what the game is about. I think some of the Aussies get/got an undeserved bad press (especially when they had the likes of Gilchrist there all along). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 ^^^^ but on the other hand, Snowy, the aussies have had their fair share of arrogant knobheads too - Ponting, Hayden, Symonds (isn't he a Brummie really?), McGrath - good players all, but who all like to think that they are 'hard done by' whenever decisions go against them. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 ^^^^ but on the other hand, Snowy, the aussies have had their fair share of arrogant knobheads too - Ponting, Hayden, Symonds (isn't he a Brummie really?), McGrath - good players all, but who all like to think that they are 'hard done by' whenever decisions go against them. Just sayin'. Very true, mate. Though didn't Punter say he hadn't caught something in the last Ashes series when it looked like he had? I wasn't suggesting the Aussies were squeaky clean (as no team is - I don't think we are at the moment) but that our perception of them was a little incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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