Australia tour of India (Feb '17/Mar '17)

[CerealKiller]

The Australian CEO should shut his mouth and let the players handle it. He´s talking like he can read the mind of the whole Australian dressing room.
And of course Smith won´t be punished, that racist a**hole Chris Broad is the match referee. Hopefully Richie Richardson will put him in his place.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

I haven't seen Shaun Marsh's recent performances but whenever I saw previously, always saw him failing to deliver much.

I think you are going bit unfair here calling him Cheat Smith, He looked quite humble in admitting his mistake and I guess everyone has moved on from it. It all ended in a good way. Smith also appreciated the banter with Virat as fun and good for the contest. I guess its all good in the end. One of the best batsmen in current times deserve respect, One-off incident should be ignored now.

I think Shaun has done well, to be honest. I've always rated him highly as a batsman. He's the sort of chap who'll get to 30/40 without notice and has a decent technique other than the ball that leaves him off the track, which frankly no batter likes.

Well, you can be the greatest sportsperson in the world, but if you cheat, the respect in my eyes can go to urinate. I can't care less. Like I said @Rehan_24 , I am 'OK' with a heat of the moment mistake but I'm not 'OK' with a pre-planned ploy to cheat. They are both vastly different. It's NOT about sledging, banter or a heated/emotional exchange that transpires when the stakes are sky high in a cricket match. Please tell me @Rehan_24, how is this different from any of our sub-continent teams being accused of ball tampering when there isn't any?

Just because this is Australia, not India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh, surely there's no foul play here? Is that the theory?

 

[Rehan_24]

I think Shaun has done well, to be honest. I've always rated him highly as a batsman. He's the sort of chap who'll get to 30/40 without notice and has a decent technique other than the ball that leaves him off the track, which frankly no batter likes.

Well, you can be the greatest sportsperson in the world, but if you cheat, the respect in my eyes can go to urinate. I can't care less. Like I said @Rehan_24 , I am 'OK' with a heat of the moment mistake but I'm not 'OK' with a pre-planned ploy to cheat. They are both vastly different. It's NOT about sledging, banter or a heated/emotional exchange that transpires when the stakes are sky high in a cricket match. Please tell me @Rehan_24, how is this different from any of our sub-continent teams being accused of ball tampering when there isn't any?

Just because this is Australia, not India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh, surely there's no foul play here? Is that the theory?

I agree with you and understand your point where you are coming from. I am also of the view that discrimination should not take place and things should be fair whether its Australia or any other subcontinent team. As a fan, I was just giving Smith benefit of the doubt of brain fade in that moment as he said in his press conference and admitted his mistake as well. However, If Aussies have done this throughout the test match or more than once then there must be punishment imposed according to the breach in code of conduct. There can be no justification then. If they accept their mistakes fair enough.

I agree on the ball tampering accusations in the past on sub-continent teams. Those were pretty baseless. Besides tampering though illegal is an cricketing art while looking at the dressing room isn't... Rules should be rules and should applied equally to every Cricketing nation. What I don't like is that some people are unhappy about the on-field attitude of Virat. BCCI recent statement is bold and its great that they stood behind their captain. When you are doing right there shouldn't be any apologetic behaviors. The backing behind Kohli now is good for the team to clinch this series.

Virat hits back at Ian Healy as well that 2 billion people are behind him one person's comment doesn't make my life worse and I don't care about that. Spot on!

 

[SaiSrini]

Just my two cents on the whole 'Review Gate' incident -

Why do they even have a law that disallows the batsman from looking at dressing room for help? There is a law in place that forces the batsman to decide whether to go for DRS or not within a stipulated time. If that is in place, then whether the batsman looks at dressing room or not, does not matter because he has to say within the stipulated time whether he wants to review or not.

Second, yes dressing room have TV replays and that gives a better advantage. But lets get this straight - DRS was meant to get to the point where we eliminate bad decisions that led to controversies. Therefore if the dressing room can see the TV replays and indicate to the batsman that it is not out, then why can't the batsman use it? Ultimately the decision of the TV umpire who is adjudicating the decision is what will matter in the end. If the dressing room is wrong, the team loses the review. I see this very foolproof that I cant see why its so wrong for the batsman to look at dressing room. I agree that when the law is in place, you should not break it and so Smith is still guilty of breaking it. But I see a point where they can do away with this law of 'not looking at dressing room'

 

[Fake Passport]

But I see a point where they can do away with this law of 'not looking at dressing room'

I cant speak for the ICC etc but I think from a facilities perspective it becomes a slippery slope. The facilities for teams range from a barely functioning TV of the broadcast feed with commentary up to state of the art facilities with the ability to have replays etc fed into the TV by a technician working with the TV director. Do you standardize what is available to teams? Do teams then employ someone to sit in the box and issue an opinion? If they get the broadcast feed (which is more the norm I believe) then do you restrict what the broadcasters can use in those few seconds? How do you enforce it if the TV director shows something they shouldn't?

The DRS rules at the moment mean that the players are in control of the game and not easily influenced by outside factors, allowing them to look outside the field of play tarnishes that. Allowing looking to the dressing room brings in the ability for the broadcasting networks, and people other than players, to directly influence what happens in the game.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

As expected, no sanctions to the Aussies. It's very much in line with what has happened for donkey's years now.

Now, since there is this discussion of DRS, I'll give my 2 cents.

First and foremost, like @SaiSrini said, the whole objective of DRS is to have the correct decision given. In my opinion, I'd like to have DRS be more conclusive. Meaning? I want this 'umpire's call' completely removed. I think it takes up way too much time and in my opinion, this business of so much percentage hitting the stumps or so much distance to travel really needs to disappear. It's either red/green. Not orange, or let's say this grey area needs to be deleted. I also feel this 'conclusive evidence to overturn the on field decision is rubbish.' I genuinely feel Kohli and Warner were very unlucky to be given out. You want the DRS for the 'iffy' calls. If you're going umpire's call on those then might as well just let them get on with it. One thing I would look to standardise across cricket is to let the on field umpire not bother about no ball calls. Just have an ump with a camera do that all game and have him make the no ball calls.

 

[SaiSrini]

Funny that Smith is not even being warned. What would've happened if it was an Indian player doing it? Chris Broad?

I cant speak for the ICC etc but I think from a facilities perspective it becomes a slippery slope. The facilities for teams range from a barely functioning TV of the broadcast feed with commentary up to state of the art facilities with the ability to have replays etc fed into the TV by a technician working with the TV director. Do you standardize what is available to teams? Do teams then employ someone to sit in the box and issue an opinion? If they get the broadcast feed (which is more the norm I believe) then do you restrict what the broadcasters can use in those few seconds? How do you enforce it if the TV director shows something they shouldn't?

The DRS rules at the moment mean that the players are in control of the game and not easily influenced by outside factors, allowing them to look outside the field of play tarnishes that. Allowing looking to the dressing room brings in the ability for the broadcasting networks, and people other than players, to directly influence what happens in the game.

Oh I get it now. It could possibly bring outside people into the game and can open up a can of worms. I stand corrected

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Funny that Smith is not even being warned. What would've happened if it was an Indian player doing it? Chris Broad?

Oh come on! He's not from the sub-continent! He has a god given right to cheat.

 

[Satan666]

On what basis you guys say Chris Broad is a racist? Let me guess any non-indian official dont agree with the Indian ways are racist.

 

[Aalay]

Ok this is just appauling that there is absolutely no action against Smith or Australia.

I read this tweet by Peter Handscomb today.

He was "unaware of the rule"? You are an intertnational cricket for god's sake. If you don't kow the rules of the game you are playing professionally for your country, that's a sin. He was unaware of the rule so he decided to cheat. Bloody brilliant!

On top of that I just read the statement from Sutherland who has not only failed to admit that Smith did commit a mistake, he has called Kohli's comments "outrageus". It's funny how Kohli's comment is called outrageous but what Smith and Australian team did which is against the rules is not outrageous at all. In fact according to Sutherland, Smith is a role model.

And to make things absolute worse, I came across this twitter post where someone has screenshotted Australian bowling coach David Saker's facebook account.

It is pretty clear he is referring to Kohli here. So they cheat and have the balls to call Virat the worst bloke in world cricket? Astonishing.

 

[hammadahmed88]

Great series so far. Outside of all the drama, the cricket has been pretty fun to watch as a neutral observer (although leaning toward India a bit)

 

[Satan666]

Ok this is just appauling that there is absolutely no action against Smith or Australia.

I read this tweet by Peter Handscomb today.

He was "unaware of the rule"? You are an intertnational cricket for god's sake. If you don't kow the rules of the game you are playing professionally for your country, that's a sin. He was unaware of the rule so he decided to cheat. Bloody brilliant!

On top of that I just read the statement from Sutherland who has not only failed to admit that Smith did commit a mistake, he has called Kohli's comments "outrageus". It's funny how Kohli's comment is called outrageous but what Smith and Australian team did which is against the rules is not outrageous at all. In fact according to Sutherland, Smith is a role model.

And to make things absolute worse, I came across this twitter post where someone has screenshotted Australian bowling coach David Saker's facebook account.

It is pretty clear he is referring to Kohli here. So they cheat and have the balls to call Virat the worst bloke in world cricket? Astonishing.

It is alleged that the Aussie captain cheated! Similar to Ashwin's illegal bowling action, alleged.

 

[SaiSrini]

All the spice that was required for India-Australia series has been rightfully injected with just this one single test match. India-Australia contests in recent past have always had this huge enthralling drama. Hope this drama is not staged in anyway (the pessimistic mind in me has this doubt).

 

[zwarrior]

It is alleged that the Aussie captain cheated! Similar to Ashwin's illegal bowling action, alleged.

It is clear that he cheated. He freaking looked at the dressing room and asked what to do. Look at the video. How can you not see that ? Anyone with clear mind is able to see that. Even Smith admitted to that and still no action against him ? Chris Broad is out of his mind.

 

[Velocity]

It is clear that he cheated. He freaking looked at the dressing room and asked what to do. Look at the video. How can you not see that ? Anyone with clear mind is able to see that. Even Smith admitted to that and still no action against him ? Chris Broad is out of his mind.

There might be racism involved but that is very unfair if Smith is gesturing and asking the dressing room if he is out. Smith should be fined as that is aganist the spirit of the game, and it is only you and your partner that can decide your fate (review or not).This is simply awful in the face of the game and Smoth needs to be fined.