There is this 16/17 consecutive wins being chased by Aus...Match fixing ? umpires ?

[fineleg]

Possible? Match fixing (not with India) but with Umpires? Is this feasible? In order to get the 16th win? Do you think it could have happened?

[beetle]

There should be an inquiry... There is too much bias to be just in competence.

[fineleg]

Yes, this did not all seem "genuine mistakes" Benson asks Ponting, Ponting says out, Benson looks uncomfortable, but says Out. Many things fishy...not all can be incompetence alone. Definitely inquiry may be warranted.

[Desi Cartman]

i dont think the Aussies or the Indians fixed this game but the jokers must be getting something

[goose]

Yes the BCCI should ask for the Anti Corruption Unit to be all over this.

[aussiefan]

and the indian team might want to get their team into practice....... my 6y yr old cousin could handle pressure better than your team......they folded like a cheap suit.....that was made in india

[fineleg]

Very fishy indeed. I've never seen a match THIS BAD. Also read Prem Panicker's blog - he says in his living memory he hasn't seen one this atrocious, and he has lived lot longer than me.

[fineleg]

and the indian team might want to get their team into practice....... my 6y yr old cousin could handle pressure better than your team......they folded like a cheap suit.....that was made in india

if u do umpiring such as this, ur cousin will come crying to you ...waaa....waaaa....wail.... :finger:

[Uthappa Rocks]

lets be realistic, there is no match fixing. Its just one umpire and his crusade against india. I think you may find pakistanis are not exactly fans of bucknot either. Ian botham the twat though seems to think he is one of the best!!!!

[Desi Cartman]

and the indian team might want to get their team into practice....... my 6y yr old cousin could handle pressure better than your team......they folded like a cheap suit.....that was made in india

Aussiefan , what do you reckon the mighty Aussies would have done if the umps had given (I dont know how many ) decesions agaist them ???

[Uthappa Rocks]

Yeh you lot wouldve been 130 odd for 7 had it not been for blind bucknor

[Rajiv]

and the indian team might want to get their team into practice....... my 6y yr old cousin could handle pressure better than your team......they folded like a cheap suit.....that was made in india

Just like the Aussies did in Calcutta and Mumbai You said it yourself, dont throw stones... So, IMO, shutup, grab your Victoria Beer, open a can of vegemite..bake in the sun and enjoy the tainted glory

[aussiefan]

in all seriousness ( EDITED: TAKE IT EASY NOW KIDDO ) i dont think australia should have won or would have won without those decisions. i think draw at best for india and at worst for australia. both teams need to pull their heads in on conduct and the umpires should be rotated out....it marrs what is otherwise the best competition amongst two of the greatest test playing teams in the world. i also think the aussies would have complained as much as you guys are doing here. bad decisions affect everyone ( obviously the losing team more ) and it is detrimental to the game.

[Uthappa Rocks]

aussies are crying over a little sledging that bhajji did, yet you aussies are world renowned for the filth that comes out of your cricketers mouths

[aussiefan]

re: ( EDITED: TAKE IT EASY NOW KIDDO ) i didnt know using the word "idiots" was a bad thing and needed to be edited....guess some people are supersensitive over life, loses and forums.

[Rajiv]

re: ( EDITED: TAKE IT EASY NOW KIDDO ) i didnt know using the word "idiots" was a bad thing and needed to be edited....guess some people are supersensitive over life, loses and forums.

...Yes, to avoid more trouble, emotions are high and you are trying to spark it I wanted to avoid it, but you mentioned it again ------------ No need to be sarcastic about my life and the forums

[aussiefan]

not my intention Rajeev. apologies

[mhr123]

and the indian team might want to get their team into practice....... my 6y yr old cousin could handle pressure better than your team......they folded like a cheap suit.....that was made in india

I think u r one of the biggest idiot ever... how can a team handle pressure if the core of the team is given out by some idiot umpiring. :angry_smile:

[Sachinism]

Yes, this did not all seem "genuine mistakes" Benson asks Ponting, Ponting says out, Benson looks uncomfortable, but says Out. Many things fishy...not all can be incompetence alone. Definitely inquiry may be warranted.

yup a defo inquiry should be made impossible that all decisions were just mistakes

[Captain of Bhangra]

I was looking at this article on the BBC about how happy Ponting is with this 16th win... Obviously it's a far cry from the level of Test cricket, but I was in a football team once where we were playing our closest rivals in the last match of the season. We had to beat them to win the league. We were 1-0 behind, but won 3-1. Our second goal didn't cross the line, I had a clear view, but the ref gave it as a goal. I didn't say anything because my team-mates would have slaughtered me, but obviously the opposition were dispirited by that, and gave up. I didn't celebrate that title win much because I had it there in my mind that we didn't deserve it... If Ricky Ponting can walk around feeling happy that he's won 16 in a row, and the 16th Test was deserved, then good for him I guess...