Tri Series - Aus v Ind v SL

[prydey]

here's a thread for all the cricket fans to post during the current odi series.

the game last night is exactly why i couldn't understand everyone's reaction after the sydney test. with umpire's decisions, you get good ones and you get bad ones but generally they all even out.

first up, gilly smacked it into his pad and got given out lbw. last wicket, stuart clark missed it and got given out caught behind.

then tendulker smashed it through to gilly and stood his ground and got given not out. symonds was dragged through the fire for exactly the same thing and all the media and fans carrying on about how he cheated and should've walked etc etc. funny how you don't hear boo now that tendulker has showed the world that he doesn't walk either.

having said all that you might think i was upset by the decisions. fact is, i rather enjoyed last nights contest. all the decisions mentioned above looked pretty straightforward when watching it live. its not till you see the replays that you realise the umpire has made a blue. thats cricket though.

sharma and sreeshanth bowled fantastic and the aussies were at least 50 runs short of a decent total on that pitch. they gave it their best shot though and denied india that bonus point.

shaping up to be a pretty good series.