***Official*** India in South Africa

[pasag]

Good win by SA, setting the scene for a cracker at Cape Town.

 

[jot1]

Oh well! They should have known the Gods (and the umpires! ) would punish him!

 

[adharcric]

****ing umpire ... we got robbed.

 

[Nate]

Haha, worst call, the noise gave it away.

 

[R_D]

Congrats to SA.

What do you say.... just gutted...

OMG.... very tough on indian team having to battle the umpires throughout the match.

 

[Dravid]

I blame the following for this loss

1) Umpires
2) Ganguly
3) Umpires
4) Sehwag
5) Umpires


The last decision pissed me off moe than anything because we almost got light offered

 

[silentstriker]

Our batting line up is disgusting. We need to seriously sit down and get rid of all the stragglers in our batting lineup. This is unacceptable.

 

[Langeveldt]

**** it wasn't even out! Again we get screwed. **** we are cursed

I think you should point to the total lack of resolve in your top order, Dhonis dismissal was absolutely disgusting, rather than some duff umpiring decisions..

 

[adharcric]

Umpires ruined the test but SA deserved it. Well done. Ntini MOM for me.

 

[silentstriker]

I blame the following for this loss

1) Umpires
2) Ganguly
3) Umpires
4) Sehwag
5) Umpires


The last decision pissed me off moe than anything because we almost got light offered

Shut up, look at our middle order. No excuse.

 

[Jono]

Yeah I'd give Ntini man of the match as well.

 

[Dravid]

Shut up, look at our middle order. No excuse.

There were 6) 7) 8) 9) and 10) but I only listed the top 5.

 

[Nate]

Don`t worry too much about the decisions, it evens out, and then you can be happy about them.

 

[Goughy]

Unfortunate way to end the game. SA deserved to win though.

Series set up nicely at 1-1

 

[adharcric]

Let's see ...

1) Sehwag to get publicly flogged.
2) Dhoni to get slapped like hell, just once.
3) The umpires to get whipped several times.
4) Ganguly to choke himself repeatedly until he can play the short ball.

I'm disgusted.

 

[silentstriker]

There were 6) 7) 8) 9) and 10) but I only listed the top 5.

It wasn't the umps. It was our top-middle order which is living on reputation alone.

 

[Jono]

Series set up nicely at 1-1

Yeah its going to be a ripper.

 

[Prince EWS]

I blame the following for this loss

1) Umpires
2) Ganguly
3) Umpires
4) Sehwag
5) Umpires


The last decision pissed me off moe than anything because we almost got light offered

Yeah, blaming the umpires is great stuff. And it's not like you do it all the time or anything..

The umpiring was shocking, but actually blaming the umpires when you lose by 174 runs is just as stupid as some of the decisions. Top order batting was to blame for India, as well as, quite simply, some good cricket from Prince and Ntini. Rough umpiring decisions are part of the game - just like bad light, for example.

 

[Dravid]

Don`t worry too much about the decisions, it evens out, and then you can be happy about them.

Can any decision be as worse as the last one? We were probably 1-2 more overs away from light being offered.

 

[R_D]

Shut up, look at our middle order. No excuse.

Dude when your best batsman is given out twice wrongly not to mention opposition getting 100+ runs gifted because of umpires giving life's to the other team batsman. I think its fair enough you lay some blame on umpires imho.