Pakistan in South Africa

[harishankar]

Umpiring is substandard as usual. Wonder when that old goat Steve Bucknor is going to retire gracefully.

 

[Gunner786]

Umpiring is substandard as usual. Wonder when that old goat Steve Bucknor is going to retire gracefully.

hes better than doctrove

doctrove is blind when it comes to lbws or edges

 

[harishankar]

hes better than doctrove

doctrove is blind when it comes to lbws or edges

Billy Doctrove is not an international quality umpire by any stretch of the imagination. Steve Bucknor used to be a very decent umpire in the 90s. Now he's just lost it completely.

 

[aditya123]

Don`t bring in the umpiring thing again.
It reminds me of the 5 or 6 crucial decisions that went against us in the last test against SA.
Not cribbing, but the quality of umpiring has been poor in th Ind-SA series as well as this test so far.

I have a feeling that Younis will score big today
What Pakistan need is for Farhat to not throw away his wicket.

I do not expect much from Faisal Iqbal, don`t know why he is there in the XI !

 

[Gunner786]

South African Players Making Racist Comments

The way smith goes on about aussie crowds being racist and whinging about it,
you wouldnt expect south African players to make racist comments but thats what happened today,

end of Nels over before lunch it was clearly heard on the stump mic
it went something like "u F'n Paki go back to your...couldnt make it out"

People have recorded this and should action be taken about this?

 

[evertonfan]

Until you give some evidential proof instead of some substance-less whine then people here aren't going to back you up.

 

[IloveGilly]

Probably going to have to wait till it pops up somewhere on the news.

 

[Gunner786]

you'll see it on the news soon as robin jackman answered a couple of emails about it

other people on other forums have recorded this and will hopefully upload it soon

Reply From Sky Sports:

On behalf of Sky Sports let me first apologise if any offence has resulted from anything you have heard on the stump mics. When coverage comes from overseas the volume of the stump microphones is out of our control as it is up to the host broadcaster to control it. I have e-mailed the producer on site to request that the levels be turned down.



Sky Sports does not condone racism in any form and I hope that the incidents haven?t spoiled your enjoyment of the test match.

 

[rarmstro]

This will be an interesting investigation. Firstly, the f-word may draw some attention but I tend to disagree. It is fairly common and generally regarded in legal circles (in Australia at least) as colloquial. Court cases have found that if you call a politician or police officer an f-something, you seem to no longer be guilty of offensive language.

In regards the Paki comment, it is my understanding that it is deemed racist in the UK but I am not sure where else. In Australia, if I sledged someone "you Paki", I would probably get a confused look as they are likely to be Indian or Sri Lankan. There are certain words to describe people, from what we refer to the sub-continent, that are deemed racist but I shall not mention them here. But it refers to their perceived diet.

We have television commercials that call the English "Poms" and the New Zealanders "Kiwis". It is my understanding that Pom tends to be a derogative description whereas Kiwi is not. Where does racism start or stop. Color, religion - Yes. Country of origin??? Not where I am from. You can call me an Aussie, a skip, a convict, whatever, no effect. You decide.

I'll wait and see the rest of the quote.

Cheers

 

[Leicester Fox]

terrible running mixed with hilarious commentary there

 

[nightprowler10]

Threads merged.

Haha, I'm loving this batting partnership. Do RSA always have this much trouble dismissing the tail?

 

[evertonfan]

It's like watching England again.

 

[Kelp]

the tail is waggin bad...

 

[nightprowler10]

That was very entertaining. A classy drive for four from Asif just really topped it off for me. Must have done Pakistan's confidence good.

 

[harishankar]

Good show by Naved, Nazir and Kaneria with the bat. Now the bowling must stand up for Pakistan.