Trott is a disgusting cheat, not seen anything so bad since Latif!

[TheWall]

Typical english... cheats.......

[Robelinda]

[ame=

- HOW TO CHEAT AT CRICKET - A DHONI MASTERCLASS - FAIL - YouTube[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux0Ok6NhrzY]Indian Cricket Cheating: Sachin Tendulkar falsely claims catch TWICE - YouTube[/ame]

[SLICKR392]

:yay: Let it begin!

[Sean Bradley]

To be fair to trott, he was more of trying his luck and playing safe by acting unsure, wasnt a blatant claim imo.

[Robelinda]

its good though to see the poms getting beat around....stuff em good.

[diga]

INDIA - HOW TO CHEAT AT CRICKET - A DHONI MASTERCLASS - FAIL - YouTube Indian Cricket Cheating: Sachin Tendulkar falsely claims catch TWICE - YouTube

We dont claim the high moral ground like the English do... We accept our foibles

[adi B]

He is a cheat..he saw the ball drop and claimed he was not sure..Maybe he thought just in case the camera didn't catch it' date=' it will go by the fielders' word..cheater c0ck![/quote'] lol exactly

[Robelinda]

We dont claim the high moral ground like the English do... We accept our foibles

well yes, england fans are the worst.

[ravishingravi]

well yes' date=' england fans are the worst.[/quote'] But you hate us more

[SLICKR392]

But you hate us more

No, they are hostile to almost everyone. Doesn't hurt having someone like them to add some masala to the game.

[Magneto]

Clarke did worse in the 2008 series in 'that' Test match. Aussies are the worst obviously.

[Crookbond]

Spirit of cricket and double standards http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-blog/spirit-cricket-double-standards/35437?single_col_view=true

Twice in the past few days, in entirely different contexts, the Á´pirit of the game has been called into question. At the best of times, the spirit of the game is a grey area, totally subjective and open to interpretation; in many ways, it is used as an euphemism for ÁÄheating? though in the supposedly gentlemanÃÔ game, to actually label someone a cheat is something that is frowned upon even in this day and age. VB Chandrasekhar is a very fair individual, generally a positive influence with a broad mind who seldom has a negative word to say of anyone. Perhaps, Tamil NaduÃÔ coach allowed his frustration to get the better of him when he hit out at Karnataka opting to bat on despite having reeled in Tamil NaduÃÔ commanding 538 for 4 in their Ranji Trophy encounter in Chennai. The players could have shaken hands and walked off once the innings honours had been settled, but Karnataka chose to continue because the man who had taken them past the Tamil Nadu total was closing in on a maiden double hundred. Ganesh Satish had every reason to want to celebrate having guided his team past the finish line with the landmark just a couple of big blows away. No one could have grudged him his 200 and, to be fair, the Tamil Nadu players didnÃÕ. To a man, Lakshmipathi Balaji and his boys applauded Satish as he reached 200; they didnÃÕ think Satish batting on after the lead was secured was against ÁÔporting spirit? as Chandrasekhar put it. Perhaps, VB himself would have felt the same way a couple of hours after the game was done and dusted, once the adrenaline rush had abated and the disappointment of having conceded the lead despite putting up a massive total had dissipated somewhat. Not many seemed to think the spirit of cricket had been breached by Karnataka, but few would have held the same view watching Jonathan Trott claim a catch he clearly hadnÃÕ taken on day one of the first Test against India. Such was the sequence of events after Virat Kohli edged Graeme Swann that only Trott, at slip, could have known with any certainty whether he had taken the catch cleanly or not. Occasionally, it does become difficult for fielders to know if they have taken the ball on the full, especially when they are diving forward, because their eyes are not always on the ball. In this instance, Trott actually picked up the ball off the ground with his forearms. There is no way he would not have known that the ball had hit the turf before he scooped it up. To even claim that he wasnÃÕ sure if he had taken the catch cleanly was a little hard to digest, but then again, teams have different interpretations of right and wrong depending on which side of the fence they are on. Adam Gilchrist used to take great offence if batsmen didnÃÕ walk when they nicked, but that was only so long as the batsmen were from the opposition. I doubt if he ever advocated ÁØalking in his own dressing room, though he was brazen enough to ask Mohammad Kaif to ÁØalk after Kaif nicked a catch to Gilchrist in the Chennai Test of 2004. Gilchrist also was often affronted when fielding sides appealed for a leg before after he nicked the ball on to his pads, though when he appealed successfully for a leg-before shout against Virender Sehwag in the Bangalore Test of that same series, he said in his defence that at that time, he had been ÁÄonvinced that Sehwag was out. And then, there is New Zealand, winners of the ICCÃÔ Spirit of Cricket award a few times, who use indignation and the spirit of cricket to their advantage. In June 2008, Grant Elliott was run out off a direct hit from mid-off, though in his quest for a sharp single, he had collided with Ryan Sidebottom, the bowler, at The Oval and been pole-axed halfway through. Paul Collingwood, the England captain, refused to withdraw the appeal and when New Zealand scrambled to an emotional victory in a tense run chase, their players refused to shake hands with their opponents, closeting themselves in their dressing room and letting England and the world know what they thought of CollingwoodÃÔ refusal to call Elliott back. Interestingly enough, two years prior to that in Christchurch, Brendon McCullum had run Muttiah Muralitharan out when Murali left his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara on the latter reaching his hundred. Stephen Fleming, New ZealandÃÔ captain, had contended that the ball had been in play and Murali was naý×e to leave his ground, even if only to congratulate his partner on reaching a milestone. All one can say is that if you play by the rules and let the spirit of the game be damned, then you must be willing to take as much as you are happy dishing out. The furore in England when India ran Ian Bell out at Trent Bridge last year, when the batsman was under the impression that the ball had crossed the boundary ropes and was striding out to the dressing room under the impression that tea had been called, only died down 20 minutes later when Mahendra Singh Dhoni withdrew the appeal upon insistence from Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower. That same furore has been conspicuous by its absence in the aftermath of the Trott catch that wasnÃÕ. Perhaps because the ÁÐffending party this time was an Englishman, or perhaps because the Indians have chosen not to make a song and dance of it.

[Robelinda]

But you hate us more

nah, no hate. its just cricket, no hate ever involved.

[SLICKR392]

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[GautiMaan]

[Sidhoni]

Agreed with OP. Blatant cheating.

[prinzo]

He earning good pounds , he will return to SA his home and retire

[prinzo]

Good business man, England board is too dumb

[SLICKR392]

Jonathan Trott breached the "Spirit of Cricket": Sunil Gavaskar to

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday lashed out at England's Jonathan Trott, saying the player "breached the spirit of cricket" by refusing to acknowledge that he had not cleanly taken a catch on the opening day of the first cricket Test. (File Photo) Fielding at first slip on the first day, Virat Kohli offered a catch which Trott claimed to have taken cleanly but then the TV replays showed otherwise. "It was quite clear that the spirit of cricket was breached. I think there should have been a sanction against Trott," Gavaskar said. Gavaskar recalled a similar incident that had taken place in the past, during a match between England and Pakistan. "The way he claimed it, I believe that we have seen in the past when there was a Pakistani wicketkeeper who appealed against Ian Botham. That was a similar situation and the English media tore him (Pakistan player) apart. "I don't know what the English media has written now. I do believe if that particular thing needed a sanction (this should also)," he told NDTV. Gavaskar further said: "If he (Trott) had said he didn't know what had happened, it would have been a different situation. But he was actually accepting high-fives from the bowler, the fielders and that means he was quite sure that it was a catch." Post-tea, when India were at 259 for three, Kohli, who was on four, went for a cut shot off Graeme Swann's bowling but edged the ball to Trott at slip. The ball struck Trott's forearm and he dived backward to complete the catch. He, however, dropped it on the turf but still appealed and forced the on-field umpires to refer the matter to third umpire Sudhir Asnani. But TV replays clearly showed that the ball spilled out of his hand as he dived backward and his body covered the ball before he scooped it up and appealed.

http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/199360-jonathan-trott-breached-the-spirit-of-cricket-sunil-gavaskar-to-ndtv?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[kubrickian]

All hell would have broken loose if an Indian player had done this. English media wouldnt have stopped whining about sportsman spirit, cheating etc. and somehow also brought BCCI, DRS into the issue.