Even the aussies were appealing for many useless lbw's in the first innings .
Stuart clark appealed in the second innings for a LBW of pathan which was clearly going down leg and then he appealed for a caught & bowled of the pad.
As they say ,when in rome do as the Romans do.
Atleast we are not claiming catches after rubbing the ball on the ground.
Didn't see Dhoni v Pietersen in England last year mate? Dire.
I was watching play in a pub in Dubai with Channel 9 feed and mainly Indian commentators and the only explanation they could give for the appeal was that it was more shock than anything that Kumble had turned his leg-break
Furthermore, Kumble followed it up an over or two later with a huge appeal for lbw when there was a massive inside edge
As I said earlier, usually I'd have no problem but following on from the comments in Sydney, pretty ordinary
You're right - its the context that counts. Every side appeals to umpires when things aren't out. Partly it's gamesmanship, but there's nothing wrong with asking the question, beacuse umpires are there to answer them.
I had a giggle with that inside edge lbw shout with Kumble, because there's no way known he couldn't see there'd been a massive edge into the pad. As I said, I have no problem with the appeal per se, the problem arises when you get on your high horse about the same thing in the previous test, then turn around and do it the next week.
Nup, there was more than a reasonable doubt in the Indian appeals, there was none in Gilly's appeal.
Dress it up all you want you guys have a well earned reputation in umpire working that other countires rightfully don't have despite their pathetic imitating of the "Aussie brand" of cricket.
There could be absolutely no doubt about the lbw appeal. There was clearly an easily discernable massive edge which Kumble and the close fielders could not have helped but see.
As for working the umpires, I commend to you some video of the 2001 series in India. India invented the four men around the bat on a dust bowl and appeal for something every ball method of appealing.
Certainly, though, I would say Warne was a master at working umpires over. The subtle comment here, the raised eye brow there - he was very, very good at it.
Nup, you guys are targetted because you consistently act like pricks.
Sree is bad but nowhere near as terrible as Nel or McGrath amongst others. This whole tall poppy syndrome argument to explain the flak is missing the point completely. They are rightfully criticised.
You're kidding right? Sreesanth's behaviour in a limited time has matched that displayed by McGrath over a 13-14 year career.
India are fortunate he's not here imo. His behaviour could be nothing more than a distraction to the team and frankly, he would have been pumped anyway. He couldn't have done any better job in this test than the guys you've got there now.
Kudos to India and to Kumble for their day yesterday and for the 600 respectively. Really well bowled and they hav eclearly outplayed Australia so far. If they lose from here there should be a royal commission.
This game is going along so fast, it's unbelieveable - more than 2 completed innings in just two days. Great stuff.
