Yeah, I must say I was perhaps a bit quick to judge. I read a comment Steve Waugh wrote for an Australian newspaper, It read something like "The two captains should have sat down and discussed their point of views before letting it get to the stage where it damages not only the respective countries cricket associations but cricket as a whole". After reading that, it did make me realize the difference in attitude of the Australian team from past years. Some of the currentAustralian cricketers have not handled themselves well. Interesting you bring up Tendulkar Pix, I have to say I admired the way he pulled Harbhajan aside and told him too keep quiet, and his innings as you said appeared to go unnoticed, which it certainly should not have done. This makes me think that there are people on both sides who are still interested in playing the game in great sportsmanship, but there are also some who just ruin it and blow things out of proportions. The reason behind what I said was people like Kumble going out to the press and making accusations like that serve no purpose what so ever. Ricky Ponting, I dont believe, would have done that or even considered it. Up until I herd Kumble say that, I had a good deal of respect for him especially from his innings in attempt to seal a draw.pixelboy wrote:Yeah Im sorry Sambo and Hazel I cant agree at all...
The Indians have shown great sportsmanship.. The Aussies have not, they haven't for a few years now.. since Steve Waugh retired (funny that). They all rushed to congratulate Symonds when he got his 160.. NONE of the aussies congratulated Tendulker when he got out did they? When Australia won is all US US US.. none of them went to commiserate the departing indian batsmen.. the kind of thing we insist our kids should do.
The Umpiring was bad but the ICC decision was even worse... If I call the cops and say you stole $1000 from me and get your mate to back you up will they convict me... no, as their's no evidence. Well the ICC convicted Harbhajan with no evidence aside from Symonds and a couple of mates.
@ walking:
Quite simply, for every time you should have walked there will be a time where you should not have.
If you have the guts to own up and walk then full credit to you, its a great gesture of sportsmanship. In my opinion when you walk you show that you respect the opposition so much that you would expect the same level of fairness from one of their batsmen.
Though, it should always be up to the umpires, otherwise you get people staying out in the middle when they have clearly been told they have been dismissed, which in my opinion undermines the umpires who are an integral part of the game and should be respected.
The Gilchrist\Dravid dismissal was a shock to me, Adam Gilchrist is usually the first person to be straight and honest about any appeal or dismissal in the game. In his defense and the umpire, that delivery glanced the pad where is bat was tucked in behind, so from Gilly's\Umpires perspective that deviation in flight path would have looked as if it hit the bat. You cant forget that the camera angle that showed the ball hitting the pad was about 45 degrees offset from the umpires view. It was a very tough call.
Brasil tends to play with a certain flare. Its part of their tradition to play like that. You would not see them change that style just because there is a more efficient way of playing / winning. That is what I meant. Besides, fans would freak out if a Brasilian team didn't play in that style. And its not as though that style isn't working is it 
