Sportsmanship is not dead...

Sportsmanship is not dead...

Post by DemonKin » Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:00:00

...Tendulkar was very diplomatic and tactful in the post match interview. I
applaud him for this and admire his prodigious batting talent and look
forward to seeing him crack a big hundred later in the series.

I just wish some of the posters here would get over the fact that human
umpires occasionally make errors - Langer & Tendulkar (1st innings) were
both incorrectly given out, while Ganguly was , IMHO, incorrectly given in
in India's 2nd dig off Kaspa's bowling. As for the second Tendulkar
dismissal - he didn't play a shot, he took his eye off the ball and was hit
dead in front with a ball that may well have hit the stumps, therefore the
umpire is well within his rights to give him out - that's the game - get
over it and start complaining when an opposition batsman is given out at the
wrongly as well before you start accusing people of cheating.

Cheers,

DK