In the first ODI between Australia and New Zealand we had a controversial dismissal. Neil Broom was the batsman, Michael Clarke the bowler. Basically what happened is that Broom got 'bowled' by Haddin's wicket keeping gloves. Haddin had his gloves in front of the stumps which is a breach of the cricketing laws and should have been ruled a no ball. Not only that, he caught the ball just before/above the stumps and knocked the bails off. No one except Haddin probably knew it happened. Haddin looked VERY guilty afterward and instead of questioning it, saying 'hang on, it was me who broke the stumps'
Australia have had a history of doing things against the spirit of the game and 'cheating' to win. The famous under-arm incident. A similar event to this with Greg Dyer happened apparently also.
Personally I think Haddin is a cheat. Whether it was intentional or not, he knew damn well he illegally broke the stumps. This kind of thing is like lieing about taking catches. Except this is WORSE! At least with catches you could be pretty sure but it coulda taken a bit of grass. In this case he knew damn well he broke them and he was also keeping illegally with his gloves over-in front of the stumps.
Does anyone think action should be taken? Is this another call for appeals? I think yes to both counts.
Australia have had a history of doing things against the spirit of the game and 'cheating' to win. The famous under-arm incident. A similar event to this with Greg Dyer happened apparently also.
Personally I think Haddin is a cheat. Whether it was intentional or not, he knew damn well he illegally broke the stumps. This kind of thing is like lieing about taking catches. Except this is WORSE! At least with catches you could be pretty sure but it coulda taken a bit of grass. In this case he knew damn well he broke them and he was also keeping illegally with his gloves over-in front of the stumps.
Does anyone think action should be taken? Is this another call for appeals? I think yes to both counts.
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