***Official*** India in South Africa

[adharcric]

Ntini on fire. The umpires finally using their brains.

 

[adharcric]

Robin Jackman is the biggest idiot I've ever seen in the commentary box. He's literally bull****ting his way now to demand that Ganguly should've been timed out.
The umpires messed up, FFS.

 

[adharcric]

Sehwag should never open for India again. He may have an average of 50 but he'll never be reliable against good bowlers on pitches with any life whatsoever.
Jaffer and Gambhir to open from here on out and Sehwag to compete with Ganguly and Yuvraj at #6.

 

[Perm]

Haha, the commentators are so desperately wanting Smith to appeal for Ganguly timed out.

Big suprise, they were giving Ganguly absolute hell after he got hit on day 2 and during his struggles with the short ball the commentators had a very negative and biased attitude towards him.

 

[Jono]

That was the most drama for the whole series. 30 minutes of insanity.

So devastating for India.

 

[adharcric]

Captain and ex-captain need to rescue India from deep **** here. Come on guys.

 

[adharcric]

Wasim Jaffer getting a jaffa.

 

[Pratters]

Robin Jackman is the biggest idiot I've ever seen in the commentary box. He's literally bull****ting his way now to demand that Ganguly should've been timed out.
The umpires messed up, FFS.

It was not the umpire's fault that the South Africans did not appeal. That said, it was really stupid of

a) The Indians to send in Ganguly risking him being timed out instead of a tail ender.
b) The South Africans not appealing to get the wicket.

 

[adharcric]

Pratyush, this is what happens when you send Sehwag to open.

 

[Marius]

Come on SA!!!!!! Jackers isn't so bad, he's a character, and that's what we need in the commentary box. Supersport actually has some good commentators, Darryl Cullinan, Allan Donald, Ravi Shastri and Gerald de Kock.

 

[adharcric]

It was not the umpire's fault that the South Africans did not appeal. That said, it was really stupid of

a) The Indians to send in Ganguly risking him being timed out instead of a tail ender.
b) The South Africans not appealing to get the wicket.

It was the umpire's fault that they didn't inform India of the situation with Tendulkar early enough. I have a feeling India had already settled it with the third umpire before they sent Ganguly out. Doubt they would risk something like that. SA probably knew about the umpires allowing it too, hence them not appealing. Jackman was a jackass nevertheless.

 

[Jono]

Look, sending Sehwag in to open was either going to be a genius move, or a failure. I didn't like it when I saw him out there, but at least it showed we wanted to win the game.

But he batted like a dick, and it shouldn't have happened. They should have backed Karthik. If Karthik and Jaffer got a 50 partnership or so, then send Sehwag out at 3.

 

[adharcric]

Look, sending Sehwag in to open was either going to be a genius move, or a failure. I didn't like it when I saw him out there, but at least it showed we wanted to win the game.

But he batted like a dick, and it shouldn't have happened. They should have backed Karthik. If Karthik and Jaffer got a 50 partnership or so, then send Sehwag out at 3.

Even if it had worked out, it would have been through luck and I wouldn't call it a genius move. Sehwag batted like **** and that's exactly what I expected from him, unfortunately.

 

[Pratters]

It was hilarious to see Tendulkar agitated and restless like a kid to get out there. He seemed so restless. I just feel it is unfair when people question his hunger to play because he has played so long. He is still one of the hungriest cricketers I see and I do not think until people see some irresponsible batting or proof regarding his hunger decreasing. I guess people will speculate any way and it cannot be helped.

 

[Pratters]

Pratyush, this is what happens when you send Sehwag to open.

My whole point was India has a 40 run cushion. I do not think there is reason to panic really.

 

[Isolator]

It was the umpire's fault that they didn't inform India of the situation with Tendulkar early enough. I have a feeling India had already settled it with the third umpire before they sent Ganguly out. Doubt they would risk something like that. SA probably knew about the umpires allowing it too, hence them not appealing. Jackman was a jackass nevertheless.

That's a pretty big assumption, "everything was sorted out behind the scenes", doesn't sound convincing at all. SA should have appealed.

 

[adharcric]

Do you guys think Sehwag should still open for India again?

 

[adharcric]

That's a pretty big assumption, "everything was sorted out behind the scenes", doesn't sound convincing at all. SA should have appealed.

I'm assuming that because Smith is pretty ruthless out there and I'm sure he would've appealed if he knew had a chance for a free wicket.
Also, Ganguly didn't explain anything to the umpires when he came out. That suggests that things were already sorted out behind the scenes IMO.

 

[adharcric]

Great shot from Dada.

 

[sideshowtim]

That is disgraceful umpiring. Another reason why we need a guy like Hair still umpiring today. He would've given that out because he isn't gutless. That was out. The indians shouldn't be excused for their ignorance. Every cricketer knows if you spend a certain amount of time off the field you have to make up for that time before you can bat or bowl again. That was without a doubt timed out. Ganguly should be back in the pavillion and the South Africans should be celebrating.

If I was a Saffer I'd be livid with that call. The rule clearly states if you have not set foot on the pitch 3 minutes after the last batsman was out then he is timed out. Doesn't say anything about making excuses for Indian ignorance. Horrible umpiring. They were worried of being labelled racist etc by angry Indians.