Published by Nanda on 8th January 2008
In what is an about turn by the ICC, controversial umpire and the main man who cost India the Sydney test, Steve Bucknor has been removed from the third match to be played in Perth. He has been replaced by Umpire Billy Bowden. The ICC had refused to remove Bucknor in earlier news reports, however, it seems that they have had a reality check in the last few hours.
ICC Chief Executive, Mr Malcolm Speed had the following statement to make:
“It is accepted that Steve, and his on-field colleague Mark Benson, did not have good games by their very high standards and we feel that given the added pressure and attention Steve’s presence would have at the third Test, it is better for the match and for Steve himself if he does not take part.”
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Published by Nanda on 20th October 2007
This
news report on Hindustan Times clams that the Australian public is gearing up to give the Indian players a taste of the same medicine that was dished out to Andrew Symonds. Which is really sad considering that 4-5 spectators in a general crowd of over 50,000 have caused a major headache for the organizers. Indian spectators have, in general, been extremely hospitable to the visiting teams.
The really pathetic part in all this is, if Australian spectators also resort to heckling and racism then they are just going to prove that what those few Indians did was right. The Australians should, in fact, lead by example and show that there is no racism in this great country. Otherwise, its just going to sour relations further and events like this can quickly transgress into the very social fabric of the country.
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