Posted by: Nepal ko chora November 3, 2006
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Bidhan40, Yes, I do accept that Pakistan did bring the game into disrepute (and Inzamam has been punished for that) but the clap doesn't come with only one hand. In my opinion, the stubborness of Darrell Hair is as responsible as Pakistan team if not less to bring the game into disrepute. In the game, Pakistan team did come back to the field after 30 mins to play and this time it's umpires and England team which didn't come back (30 mins delay is not uncommon in cricket game; games are washed out for the whole day; sometimes crowd behaviour can lead to vacate the whole stadium) . So, don't you think the umpires and the english team is equally responsible for wasting the time and money of 25000 people who came to the field and millions watching in television? Don't you think Darrel Hair should have at least consulted with Inzamam before forfeiting the match? It's human nature to loose the temper if you are punished for something which you have not done. Probably, I would have also lost my temper if I was in Inzamam's shoes because that was first even penalty in a ODI game on the basis of ball tempering and that's without any concrete evidence. And now, you have the outcome of the incident; Inzamam will be back as Pak captain and will be playing for at least few more years and Hair's career as an umpire is almost over. It's not about just one bad decision but it's all about the attitude and stubbornness. Yes, umpires are also humans and they do commit the error. But you can's show your stubbornness and attitude based on your false judgements.
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