Should they be called back?

[Rajiv]

To hell with a fight warped with unfair and disgusting methods

[kumble_rocks]

I would now ..

[beetle]

I wish they had.............

[fineleg]

come onnn.... our boys are fighting hard to salvage our pride. Back them to the core now. COME ON INDIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :dance:

Yes, blue brigade. I hope ur happy now.

[gs]

I dunno if its official but BCCI might lodge a complain http://cricket.indiatimes.com/Something_not_right_says_Rajiv_Shukla/articleshow/2678425.cms

Just the final day?!? This test has had terrible umpiring all throughout!!! Wake up BCCI babus!!!

[Guest Hiten.]

Yes' date=' blue brigade. I hope ur happy now.[/quote'] I still stand firm on my stance of India not walking out. It would have brought more shame had we done that. well done boys. :isalute:

[beetle]

Fineleg' date=' If everyone were to think as in a manner as extremist as yours, all hell would break lose. Trust me, nothing tangible can ever be achieved but pushing the threshold....[/quote'] :mad::mad::mad:

[Rajiv]

Salute to the Pakistanis Atleast they boycotted the match, had the balls to do it even when they were in a winning position It resulted in the SOB being fired ( an aussie again ) ; and dismissed into oblivion If this West Indian has any dignity, he should retire immediately

[fineleg]

If Indians dont boycott Perth (with Bucknor in it), then they really deserve the cr.p they get from umpires. Cmon SRT, SG, RD, VVS, AK + juniors, show solidarity and boycott. Cmon BCCI get behind our players.

[Willow_on_fire]

Atleast they boycotted the match, had the balls to do it even when they were in a winning position It resulted in the SOB being fired ( an aussie again ) ; and dismissed into oblivion If this West Indian has any dignity, he should retire immediately

Ya true....after the Dravid decision.....Kumble should've called the team back...I wish.

[PaiN_KiLLeR]

rajeev they didnt boycott it. the umps called it off ... pak players did come out to play later on but by then the match was called off.

[Bumper]

Nothing will happen. BCCI has nothing to gain financially from this. They will make some bold statements to the media. After a week, everything will be forgotten and it will be business as usual.

[Rajiv]

rajeev they didnt boycott it. the umps called it off ... pak players did come out to play later on but by then the match was called off.

..whatever they did, got the ball rolling. Here, they will go and charge their IPODS, Yuvraj with his pathetic run will date out with deepika and take pictures with the Indians out there Ponting and co. will get drunk and fall down, aussies will thump their chest for no reason and media will catch all this and the matter will be swept under the carpet

[kablooee87]

At the very least, India need to lodge a formal complaint. But then again, Pakistan did that regarding Hair several times in the months leading up to Oval 2006 and that didn't do much.

[Indus_Army]

India (BCCI) up in arms over umpiring calls Source: www.cricketnext.com ___________________________________ Sydney: Umpires have hardly made the headlines like the way they have in the Sydney Test with dismal decisions ruling the roost at the SCG. Unfortunately for the visiting Indian team, they are staring defeat largely due to the men in the white coats. The Indian team management in Australia had decided to let the issue go despite BCCI's instructions after the first innings. But after errors continued to prevail, BCCI President Sharad Pawar has decided to lodge an official complain with ICC against it, Board Vice-President Rajiv Shukla has said. Umpire Steve Bucknor is playing his part in handing Australia a likely win in the Sydney Test. Umpires Mark Benson and Bucknor have come under flak for some shocking decisions in the match and with India fighting a hard battle to save the Test, Bucknor did it again on the decisive final day. On the fifth day, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly had led the recovery act from 54-3 and had taken the score to 115-3 as India chased an unlikely 333 for a win. Dravid had played solidly to get to 38 and was undone by this decision from Bucknor, followoing a caught behind appeal by Andrew Symonds. Dravid, not one to reveal his emotions on the field, reacted angrily and replays confirmed why. The bat was way behind the pad but was adjudged to have edged the ball. Sourav Ganguly continued with his purple patch with the bat with characteristic elegance, but when he edged the ball to slip fielder Michael Clarke who claimed a dubious catch, umpire Mark Benson thought it apt to ask captain Ricky Ponting who confirmed he did take it even as Ganguly refused to leave the field. India, who could have easily saved the second Test, instead stared at defeat which could deal a severe blow to their series leveling chances. Replays confirmed Clarke had grounded the catch. Umpire Bucknor has been in the eye of the storm throughout the Sydney Test with a series of wrong decisions, all but one going against India. Ricky Ponting's edge to MS Dhoni off Sourav Ganguly went against India in the first innings, after which the batsman was declared out leg before when he had indeed hit the ball with his bat first. And then with India in the driver’s seat after reducing Australia to 134-six, Bucknor swung to action giving Andrew Symonds several reprieves after which he remained unbeaten on 162 guiding the Aussies to a mammoth 463. The Jamaican umpire even refused to call the third umpire on stumping appeals on Symonds. And in one instance, even the third umpire declared ‘not out’ when the batsman’s foot hadn’t made its way back. Bucknor again faltered when Wasim Jaffer was cleaned up by Brett Lee, replays clearly showing the Aussie spearhead overstepping in India’s first innings. After the first day’s play, the BCCI had instructed the team management to lodge an official complaint against the umpiring owing to appalling calls but the management decided against it. It would be interesting to see after more decisions going against India, possibly affecting the outcome of the match and the series, whether India will now take on Bucknor. Steve Bucknor is also scheduled to officiate in the third Test at Perth from January 16, along with Pakistan’s Asad Rauf.

[fineleg]

Formal complaint by itself wont work. We need boycott of perth/series.

[doubt]

we shud boycott the next match if bucknor still officiates the next match, if that is not happening i sincerely hope bhajji shud get the ban if that would spur our team to boycott the series and back home

[Indus_Army]

Ian Chappell summed it up quite well... "Batsmen usually say to each other 'you take care of this bowler etc'. [in] this match the Indians might have to say 'you take care of Bucknor, I will take care of Benson'." Ian Chappell on commentary during the final day of the Sydney Test following two doubtful decisions that went against India

[beetle]

Should they be called back? I think that will be a strong message and force the ICC to sort this aussie-umpire alliance. Let BCCI get screwed for some money....they deserve it.

[Dhondy]

No, IMO. Stick out there, forget the umpiring, and channel your anger into playing better. Ignore factors that you have no control over. The world will judge India by how they recover from this. It'd be a shame if we let go the opportunity to fight back.