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« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2006, 12:59:33 PM »
It is indeed legal to award a five run penalty. Such a penalty has never been awarded in a test match (i.e., an international match) for ball-tampering, although it has (rarely) been awarded for other reasons.
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« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2006, 01:04:04 PM »
Hare was the umpire at a school cricket thing I went to in 1996 - the year after "the controvesry" - People were making the odd snotty comment.
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« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2006, 01:12:12 PM »
Quote from: Al Widdershins on August 22, 2006, 12:56:53 PM

Yes, but it's never been done before. Hair is the umpire that repeatedly no-balled Muralitharan in 1995.
What was that about? It was 1995... I had never been to India at the time... Cricket does not get covered in German newspapers.
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« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2006, 01:14:15 PM »
How has the ball-tampering incident been playing among Pakistani immigrants living in Britian? Tensions are probably pretty high right now as is, so I don't think an incident like this exactly helps cool things over.
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« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2006, 01:25:20 PM »
Quote from: rabbit dancing in the middle of a firefight on August 22, 2006, 01:12:12 PM
Quote from: Al Widdershins on August 22, 2006, 12:56:53 PM

Yes, but it's never been done before. Hair is the umpire that repeatedly no-balled Muralitharan in 1995.
What was that about? It was 1995... I had never been to India at the time... Cricket does not get covered in German newspapers.

He no-balled him for throwing the ball, basically. Muralitharan has a deformed arm.
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« Reply #30 on: August 22, 2006, 01:35:28 PM »
Quote from: Akno21 on August 22, 2006, 01:14:15 PM
How has the ball-tampering incident been playing among Pakistani immigrants living in Britian? Tensions are probably pretty high right now as is, so I don't think an incident like this exactly helps cool things over.

Well they aren't very happy about it. O/c being angry at an Aussie is something that brings together different communities here Wink
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« Reply #31 on: August 23, 2006, 12:37:16 AM »
Yes, it's either Hare or Warne... and most of us would be very very happy to see the back of ol' Shaney.
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« Reply #32 on: August 25, 2006, 06:00:02 PM »
...the day he's not one of the best cricketers in the world.

Sure, he's a knob, but he's good.
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« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2006, 06:01:15 PM »
Things have taken yet another turn for the bizarre: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/5286690.stm
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« Reply #34 on: August 26, 2006, 08:05:38 AM »
Quote from: hughento on August 25, 2006, 06:00:02 PM
...the day he's not one of the best cricketers in the world.

Sure, he's a knob, but he's good.

I'm sick of him... actually beyond sick. The tall poppies in sport are SO much higher than for any other public profession.

Oh and Hair is a tool also.
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« Reply #35 on: August 26, 2006, 10:45:02 AM »
http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/pakistans-sleepy-giant-never-a-big-hit-among-australians/2006/08/26/1156012790306.html

Mainly for the last bit of the article.
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« Reply #36 on: September 01, 2006, 04:46:29 AM »
I think Hair's career is prety much over, especially after this whole leaked email thing that was supposed to be confidential. I swear football fans that think that FIFA is corrupt should have a look at the ICC to see what real corruption is like!
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« Reply #37 on: September 01, 2006, 11:43:02 AM »
Quote from: kashifsakhan on September 01, 2006, 04:46:29 AM
I think Hair's career is prety much over, especially after this whole leaked email thing that was supposed to be confidential. I swear football fans that think that FIFA is corrupt should have a look at the ICC to see what real corruption is like!
Cricket has never pretended not to be corrupt. Huh
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« Reply #38 on: September 01, 2006, 04:59:51 PM »
Quote from: rabbit dancing in the middle of a firefight on September 01, 2006, 11:43:02 AM
Quote from: kashifsakhan on September 01, 2006, 04:46:29 AM
I think Hair's career is prety much over, especially after this whole leaked email thing that was supposed to be confidential. I swear football fans that think that FIFA is corrupt should have a look at the ICC to see what real corruption is like!
Cricket has never pretended not to be corrupt. Huh

Yea, but thats just plain wrong! Cricket has been destroyed in the last 10 years i think with the influx of money. It used to be a sport where the attention was pretty much equally shared between all the teams, but now its like cricket is a game thats played by India and Pakistan and another 8 countries.
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« Reply #39 on: November 01, 2006, 11:20:55 AM »
Bump

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif have been banned for failing drugs tests. Shoaib get's a two year ban, Asif one year.

Shoaib being banned for failing a drugs test means that I've won £10 in a bet without someone made a few months ago.
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« Reply #40 on: November 01, 2006, 06:39:31 PM »
Pakistan can kiss the world cup good bye.
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« Reply #41 on: November 01, 2006, 06:49:32 PM »
Quote from: kashifsakhan on November 01, 2006, 06:39:31 PM
Pakistan can kiss the world cup good bye.

True.

Who'd you think will win it this time? Australia again?
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« Reply #42 on: November 02, 2006, 12:39:04 AM »
Quote from: Al y Sosialydd on November 01, 2006, 06:49:32 PM
Quote from: kashifsakhan on November 01, 2006, 06:39:31 PM
Pakistan can kiss the world cup good bye.

True.

Who'd you think will win it this time? Australia again?

i hope its not the aussies. i'd love to see pakistan somehow pull it off, but that almost impossible now, i think the South Africans and the Kiwis have a good shot and the West Indians probably have the best chance of pulling off a shock win.
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« Reply #43 on: November 02, 2006, 06:18:52 AM »
I want the Kiwis to win, but i'm semi-sure that we'll win.
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« Reply #44 on: November 02, 2006, 12:24:58 PM »
Thing is, teams like Pakistan, South Africa, India, and New Zealand tend to "choke" in big games.

teams like West Indies, England, and Sri Lanka never really perform that well in tournaments like the world cup.

teams like Bangladesh, Kenya and the other smaller nations never really put up a fight.

Which basically leaves Australia with the World Cup.
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« Reply #45 on: November 02, 2006, 07:34:41 PM »
...which couldn't be because they are genuinely the best one-dayers in the world by a mile?
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« Reply #46 on: November 03, 2006, 12:31:47 PM »
All this writing off of Ireland will look pretty silly when we win! Tongue
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« Reply #47 on: November 04, 2006, 08:45:47 AM »
Quote from: Jas on November 03, 2006, 12:31:47 PM
All this writing off of Ireland will look pretty silly when we win! Tongue

Uh....yeah.
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« Reply #48 on: March 18, 2007, 09:25:46 AM »
Quote from: hughento on November 04, 2006, 08:45:47 AM
Quote from: Jas on November 03, 2006, 12:31:47 PM
All this writing off of Ireland will look pretty silly when we win! Tongue

Uh....yeah.


Tied with Zimbabwe
Beat Pakistan...

This is Italia '90 all over again.
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« Reply #49 on: March 18, 2007, 09:29:09 AM »
Now all we need is Eamonn Dunphy to flick his pen in the studio after a boring draw against the Windies in the final match...
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