SST is back...
As I said, he took loads of wickets. However, his stats were not at all impressive.He was the leading wicket-taker in that division.
Why ? What did they say ?Anyway, did anyone see the pitch report in the morning?
SideShow Tim. Notoriously biased.
Interesting. As long as it's a genuine request that Smith could accept or reject (rather than an order), I don't think I have a problem with it. You would expect that this could only be the case though if the umpires were taking responsibility for the screwup themselves.In the resulting pandemonium, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly were asked to pad up. Out of the field, Daryl Harper informed Graeme Smith that the delay was a result of unforeseen circumstances and not a deliberate tactic. In the spirit of the game, he requested Smith not to appeal for a Timed-Out dismissal. Smith agreed.
Well, that explains that.
Also very unprofessional of Tendulkar not to have been padded up......
Makes sense now.SideShow Tim. Notoriously biased.
Well at least I can admit I am unlike some others here.SideShow Tim. Notoriously biased.
Yup, I agree.Interesting. As long as it's a genuine request that Smith could accept or reject (rather than an order), I don't think I have a problem with it. You would expect that this could only be the case though if the umpires were taking responsibility for the screwup themselves.
Haha if you admit you're biased, doesn't it make much of what you say meaningless?Well at least I can admit I am unlike some others here.
Yeah well summed up. Adharcric, SL .. I do think the players/teams should know the rule as well as to when they can come out as the rule book would clearly spell out regarding how many minutes some one cannot come out I would imagine.I get the sense that the umpires told the South Africans that they wouldn't give the incoming batsman out timed-out, as the error had been theirs, but I'm not certain of that. I guess it comes down to whose responsibility it is to track how long before a player can come back out onto the field after spending some time off it. Is that the umpire's sole responsibility or are the teams expected to know?
I tend to agree with adharcric that, rightly or wrongly, it must have been discussed off field with the third or fourth umpire (or the ref), because it did seem like Ganguly offered no explanation. It will be very interesting to hear South Africa's side of all this. If they simply chose not to appeal, that resolves the issue. But if the umpires advised them not to, it's all a bit of a screwup on their (the umpires) part.
You picked a poor time to say that...they've been among the better batsmen for India this tour.Tendulkar should be sacked from Indian team as should Ganguly....they are over the hill and overrated.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the umpires realized that they screwed up and asked Smith not to appeal because of that. I just had a look at the laws about players leaving and returning to the field and about batsmen being timed out. The vague implication is that the umpires are responsible for allowing the player when he can return to the field, but it really should be defined more clearly. Bizarre situation.Interesting. As long as it's a genuine request that Smith could accept or reject (rather than an order), I don't think I have a problem with it. You would expect that this could only be the case though if the umpires were taking responsibility for the screwup themselves.