Sachin's controversial recall to the wicket, Ponting furious

[Robelinda]

2006 DLF Cup. "Fined recently for questioning umpires' decision, Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting did the opposite today complimenting umpire Mark Benson for taking a good decision in calling in-form Sachin Tendulkar back after giving him out. It all started when Sachin Tendulkar survived a ferocious appeal in the second over. Sachin tried to pull a rising McGrath delivery but couldn't connect with bat at all. Australia appealed for caught behind and umpire Benson gave him out as well. Ponting appeared to have some chat and altercation with the umpire on this decision. But later when Ponting and the field umpires were queried the story turned out to be quite opposite. As things unfolded, Mark Benson first gave Sachin out but later seeing the replay on giant digital screen at ground Benson realised his mistake and came up to umpire Asad Rauf to take his suggestion. ''Anything can happen in cricket, umpire may take wrong decision but can correct it well in time. Bensen came up to me and said that Asad I think I made a mistake, I am going to recall him. I said yes you can do that and he did,'' said umpire Asad Rauf, who was the other field umpire in the match, about what actually happened in the middle. The umpire retracted his decision and TV replays also showed that the ball had brushed Sachin's forearm. Umpire was correct as he referred to law 27.9 of ICC Laws that says an umpire may alter his decision if that is made promptly. Benson called Ponting and explained him the decision too. ''Ricky Ponting came up to the umpire and said that he made a good decision and it is a good example,'' Rauf revealed. Ponting also said that he complimented the umpire on a decision well taken. ''I didn't go to the umpire at that stage, he only called him. I was not very happy at first,'' Ponting said. But soon enough Ponting knew umpire was right and congratulated him." [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlk51RqDmo]Ugliest incident between Tendulkar and Ponting, Sachin recalled to the wicket, FURIOUS Ponting - YouTube[/ame]

[adi B]

remember the game,was a must win for both sides,benson as usual made a sh1t decision ,sachin was angry but then most of the people were shocked when he was called back,i personally feel he shouldnt have been called back

[JaFanatic]

remember the game' date='was a must win for both sides,benson as usual made a sh1t decision ,sachin was angry but then most of the people were shocked when he was called back,i personally feel he shouldnt have been called back[/quote'] bullsh!*

[Trichromatic]

remember the game' date='was a must win for both sides,benson as usual made a sh1t decision ,sachin was angry but then most of the people were shocked when he was called back,[b']i personally feel he shouldnt have been called back

Why?

[Robelinda]

How often has this happened, in general, in last 30 years??

[SLICKR392]

How often has this happened' date=' in general, in last 30 years??[/quote'] Entirely different scenario but IIRC M.Hussey was called back after being declared out.

[Crookbond]

How often has this happened' date=' in general, in last 30 years??[/quote'] Marvan Atapattu called Andrew Symonds back in an ODI in SL after been given out LBW. Symonds had an huge inside edge and the moment he was given out Agam Gilchrist (at the non-striker's end) lost it and argued with the umpire (Peter Manuel). Peter Manuel realized his mistake and asked Atapattu if he would withdraw the appeal. Atapattu went against the decision of his team mates and called Symonds back. IIRC, it was a close fought ODI and SL won it by 1 run after Australia were in a commanding position - should have been more had Sangakkara not gone for the catch of the last ball :facepalm: Australia however won the ODI series and if I'm not wrong this is the only game SL won in that ODI series. Rob, A request would be to upload two videos from this match. 1 - A detailed video of this incident and 2 - Highlights of this close fought ODI. It should be available on Fox Sports. :D I managed to find a video of the incident - yay! 6NHImr6h9a0 In my books, this will be just a great incident of sportsmanship along with Cronje calling back Ganguly, Walsh not inflicting a run out in 1987 SF and Vishwanath calling back England WK (Alan Knott/Bob Taylor - don't remember). Personally, I feel too much is made of the Gilchrist walking in the 2003 SF against SL.

[adi B]

Why?

nowadays we can call back by referring to the 3rd umpire,checking no ball etc but back in 2006 this would be shocking nonetheless to call the batsman back after giving him out,i myself was flummoxed