ian bell - out/not not

what do we think of this?

personally, if this was not played in england i think they would have stuck with the original correct decision.

He was out. Should have stayed out.

Ian should have taken off his pads and graciously told Dhoni and the umpires "Thanks guys, but I was out, fair and square. Catch you on the flipside."

Originally posted by Crowley
Ian should have taken off his pads and graciously told Dhoni and the umpires "Thanks guys, but I was out, fair and square. Catch you on the flipside."

Agreed.

If the umpire thought the ball was not yet dead, why had he already handed the bowler his sweater?

Originally posted by Crowley
Ian should have taken off his pads and graciously told Dhoni and the umpires "Thanks guys, but I was out, fair and square. Catch you on the flipside."

Definitely. If he were honest, he would have stuck to the rules. Yet more evidence for the real "sporting" qualities of the English. (Good thing that certain posters on this board are more honest - well done!)

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Definitely. If he were honest, he would have stuck to the rules. Yet more evidence for the real "sporting" qualities of the English. (Good thing that certain posters on this board are more honest - well done!)

Richard

so what do you base this supposed negative comment on, incidences if you may ? the game was all but dead for lunch, look at the evidence from the cameras eye and most of the players..the indian's concerned correctly went through the process of toppling the bails but reconsidered over lunch..they didn't have to... read some pertinent comments from those directly concerned before making such nonsense comments...

If the Laws of Cricket are strictly applied, then Bell was out. It is not up to the batsman to assume that the ball is dead, or the over is over, or it's time for tea. Those decisions rest solely with the umpire. Bell himself said his action was "naive" (not to mention completely stupid). So the Indian team (at the suggestion of Tendulkar, according to a Cricinfo article) decided to cut the "youngster" some slack. Some other teams would not have done it ("toss another Pommie bastard on the barbie" ), so "bravi" to the Indian team for demonstrating "The Spirit of Cricket".

Originally posted by LeFou
"bravi" to the Indian team for demonstrating "The Spirit of Cricket".

Which then gets back to my point - Bell should have then have said "Thanks but no thanks guys. Out is out."

THAT would've been in the spirit of the game. Actually Bell should've stopped Strauss and Flower from walking over.

In out, in out, shake it all about,
You do the okey cokey and you turn around,
That's what it's all about.

Oh the okey cokey cokey....

Originally posted by Crowley
Which then gets back to my point - Bell should have then have said "Thanks but no thanks guys. Out is out."

THAT would've been in the spirit of the game. Actually Bell should've stopped Strauss and Flower from walking over.

Precisely.

The Indians come out of this looking good. And the English team? Once more, there's only one team out there playing cricket and it's not them.

Richard