Switchblade Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18571/commentary/1135150/west-indies-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-test-sl-wi-2018 Hmm, we've got a controversy to kick off the day. The umpires appear to have taken a decision to change the ball and that hasn't gone down well with the Sri Lankan camp. They haven't come out to take the field and as a result, the match referee has gone to the dressing room to investigate. Lots of animated conversation, the coach Chandika Hathurusingha is especially peeved. The team manager is on the horn, calling someone to settle the argument.The West Indies batsmen are waiting. Aleem Dar and Ian Gould are waiting. But Chandimal is not budging. His team is officially five minutes late. Maybe more. Speculation is that the umpires were not quite happy with the way Sri Lanka were shining the ball last evening. 10am We are well past 9.55 am but no hint of a start just yet. Meanwhile, Roshen Abeysinghe tweets: "Whilst the game is delayed and the chat continues between the Match referee and the SL team, the sun that was hardly seen yesterday and not expected to be seen today, is actually shining brightly." Link to comment
Switchblade Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Yesterday, umpire Ian Gould asked Dhananjaya de Silva to show his hands as he was shining the ball. And, apparently, today they wanted to change the ball which hasn't gone down well with the Sri Lankan team UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
velu Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 much more interesting than their match Link to comment
Switchblade Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 1 minute ago, velu said: much more interesting than their match They know they are going to lose so not surprised. velu and The Unrealist 1 1 Link to comment
vishalvirsingh Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 2 hours ago, gambhirfan said: They know they are going to lose so not surprised. lankans attitude is a big question mark...loosing is OK too, why are they behaving like cry babies and Loosers. We have lost matches but we came with heads held high as we fought till the last- in cricket even the loosers are appreciated if they give a genuine fight to the winners till the last. i was batting with the 8 wickets gone and 9th tailender with me , we had to score 14 runs in 2 overs , the tailender batsman edged one ball for a four and i hit one 4 and we managed to some how run like rabbit over over throws and risk getting run out , once we ran three runs over where we could have got a Single, when we won, we knew that they could have run us out at least twice and won the game and it was just a little bit of erratic throwing and good running between the wickets that we won the match. After the match we were thanking them to let us win the match and appreciated their bowling as i kinda knew that we would loose the match, we got lucky owing to our fighting attitude, i was dead tired and had no power to hit shots , other batsman was just slogging and could get out any ball. The Unrealist, Switchblade, UrmiSinhaRay and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Any video evidence of ball tampering ? Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 lankans are such big cry babies,they get bent out of shape when called out on their deviant behavior. Link to comment
Switchblade Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said: Any video evidence of ball tampering ? No but Chandimal has been charged by the Icc for tampering. Link to comment
Lala Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 After what Australia went through this year, I doubt any team or individual player will dare to take that risk. There better be conclusive video footage that goes with such allegations. velu and The Unrealist 2 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 43 minutes ago, Lala said: After what Australia went through this year, I doubt any team or individual player will dare to take that risk. There better be conclusive video footage that goes with such allegations. It depends on the board don't think SLC would ban Chandimal for 1 year. addicted4444 and The Unrealist 2 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Lala said: After what Australia went through this year, I doubt any team or individual player will dare to take that risk. There better be conclusive video footage that goes with such allegations. yes, was there some video footage? i dont know on what basis Umpires can claim they tempered with the ball. Ball losing shape isnt something new. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 46 minutes ago, gambhirfan said: It depends on the board don't think SLC would ban Chandimal for 1 year. first you need evidence. The Unrealist 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 9 hours ago, cowboysfan said: lankans are such big cry babies,they get bent out of shape when called out on their deviant behavior. they have all the rights to protest when there is no evidence to suggest they tempered with the ball. UrmiSinhaRay, Pollack and The Unrealist 2 1 Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, rkt.india said: they have all the rights to protest when there is no evidence to suggest they tempered with the ball. Icc just charged chandimal. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has pleaded not guilty to attempting to change the condition of the ball during the St.Lucia Test. Hearing to follow after completion of the match. #WIvSL FULL DETAILS ➡️ https://t.co/2j6AKOPDAq pic.twitter.com/FV1TyMfCIp— ICC (@ICC) June 17, 2018 UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Tibarn Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Murky situation, Chandimal must be sure that there is no evidence against him, otherwise he will look even worse... UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 8 hours ago, cowboysfan said: Icc just charged chandimal. Charge doesn't mean anything without evidence. Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Chandimal apparently took out sweets from his pockets, ate it and applied the saliva seconds after that. That's what umpires have charged him for. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, Trichromatic said: Chandimal apparently took out sweets from his pockets, ate it and applied the saliva seconds after that. That's what umpires have charged him for. most cricketers chew something on field. Chewing a candy and shining the ball with saliva does not make it ball tempering. Link to comment
Pollack Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 1 hour ago, rkt.india said: most cricketers chew something on field. Chewing a candy and shining the ball with saliva does not make it ball tempering. Tbh you seem to have very relaxed opinion on tampering, doping in cricket. Even if someone brings a big saw and cuts the ball in two halves you'd justify it. On topic, silveritem did the right thing. Umpires didn't change the ball even after australia sandpaper gate incident was shown on big screen. These umpires have different standards. UrmiSinhaRay and Clarke 1 1 Link to comment
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