South Africa in West Indies

[Maxkarter]

To be honest I never thought Langeveldt would have stayed in the side for long, but he proved me wrong. Then with him bowling that last over I thought the pressure would be too much for him but, yet again he proved me wrong. All credit really goes to him and Dippenaar otherwise, South Africa probably would have lost. And just to end things off I hope Langeveldt stays in the side, and stays injury free!

 

[Will p]

West Indies were cheated out of victory, Gayle hit a ball that was going for four when Ntini fielded, but his Foot was blatantly over the line when he fielded the ball, and the third umpire didnt tell the umpires. The commentator (Holding i think it was) said 'lets hope the Windies don't loose by 1 run, hopefully it'll be 20 odd if they are too loose'

Unlucky West Indies - i don't think its fair to say they were outclassed, so they were unlucky i was annoyed for them, they really wanted that

 

[Stephen Bailey]

And just to end things off I hope Langeveldt stays in the side, and stays injury free!

Now you've said that Max, you know he's going to get some sort of injury or has a drop in form.

 

[scorpion_rulezz]

South Africa pacemen fined by ICC

South Africa pacemen Makhaya Ntini and Charl Langeveldt have been fined for excessive appealing in the third one-dayer against West Indies.

The pair were found gulity of an ICC Code of Conduct breach which relates to 'celebrating a dismissal before the decision has been given'.

Ntini was fined 25% of his match fee and Langeveldt 20%.

Meanwhile, West Indies have named an unchanged squad for this weekend's double-header in Trinidad.

The tourists already have a winning 3-0 lead in the series, but the West Indies selectors decided another shake-up was not the right policy.

"We are confident we will win both games in Trinidad," chief selector Joey Carew commented.

The 13-man squad includes batsman Runako Morton, who could make his first appearance for more than three years.

The 26-year-old from Nevis has been forgiven for pulling out of the 2002 Champions Trophy after lying about the death of his grandmother.

He has been in good form for the Leeward Islands in domestic cricket, scoring 564 runs in 11 matches in the Carib Beer Series. West Indies are playing for pride against South Africa ahead of another home series against Pakistan, which begins next Wednesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/4543229.stm

 

[The Champ]

i didnt see what happened but anyway these are all on in spirit of the game and ICC should consider that all

 

[Maxkarter]

Now you've said that Max, you know he's going to get some sort of injury or has a drop in form.

Well i'm a regular Prophet of Doom, so don't worry. And if you're wondering what happened to Lara's form.... I just used my powers!

 

[Shevchenko]

West Indies were cheated out of victory, Gayle hit a ball that was going for four when Ntini fielded, but his Foot was blatantly over the line when he fielded the ball, and the third umpire didnt tell the umpires. The commentator (Holding i think it was) said 'lets hope the Windies don't loose by 1 run, hopefully it'll be 20 odd if they are too loose'

Unlucky West Indies - i don't think its fair to say they were outclassed, so they were unlucky i was annoyed for them, they really wanted that

I Feel your pain, Willy, welcome to the real world

 

[themuel1]

Smith banned for 4 Games

Match referee Jeff Crowe found the South Africa skipper guilty of 'time-wasting in relation to South Africa's over-rate' in Barbados.

It is Smith's second offence for time-wasting in 12 months - the previous breach was against West Indies in the Champions Trophy last September - so his ban was automatically upgraded from a Level 2 to a Level 3 breach.

In addition to the ban, Smith was fined 30% of his match fee, while the other South Africa players were fined 15% of their match fees.

"Graeme was warned at a similar hearing last September when in breach and has been advised on numerous occasions that his over rates are too slow, including being fined after the second ODI of this series," Crowe said.

 

[jdbais]

The ICC are starting to clamp down on time wasters. First Ganguly and now Smith.

 

[sohum]

4 games? That's harsh. Ganguly I can understand. Perhaps I just didn't know Smith was a repeating offender.

 

[andrew_nixon]

4 games? That's harsh. Ganguly I can understand. Perhaps I just didn't know Smith was a repeating offender.

He got fined in the Champions Trophy last year.

 

[The Champ]

WI 111-4 28 overs, C'Paul 32* and bravo at crease

 

[Dhoni]

Bravo Playing well. He's on 24 and 3 boundaries for him.

 

[vibs89]

I don't why refrees just keep on banning people. First Ganguuly and now Smith. That's rediculous.

 

[sohum]

To prevent future offense. They're setting a precedent and showing what will happen if you don't follow the rules.