Slow Love™ said:
A serious question: has Eddie got Beleg confused with somebody else? I always find the guy to be very reasoned and calm, and it seemed obvious that his "Ban Hair" line was a joke.
Probably a lot of frayed nerves after the day's play, maybe...
No, I took the 'Ban Hair' line as a joke a couple of hours before, and threw it in as a gag myself. I've tried not to take any sides whatsoever in the 'which transgressor of the rules was the gravest' because everything's all a bit petty.
I tried to explain my interpretation of why certain decisions had been made, but I guess that we were all guilty of misinterpreting what others were saying.
Nailing my own colours to the mast as follows regarding events during this game:
Bell was naughty (although he might not have known it at the time), but he was no Latif.
Inzy was terribly hard done by but Harmison was faultless in his own action (you try to judge whether someone is in or out from 22 yards)
The umpires were wrong
Inzy was superbly diplomatic the way he accepted it, especially in the post-play interview (but insisted he was not out).
Tresco's catch to get rid of Afridi was good (ball bounced up off the finger ends, we've seen it so many times before)
Afridi was an eejit to try to get away with scuffing the surface
Pietersen was better off staying out of it.
Disagree with any or all of them, I'm past caring.
