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Something has to done.

Aussies are not reaching semis in the world cup... any bets there...

India or Sri Lanka..... will be the champs....

See your face in the mirror... when supporting Aussie cricket.

I will not watch cricket when aussies are playing... this is my
resolution.

cherooo.

 Not forgetting ***y umpiring... with

        -Lakshmi N.

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"He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly
off in all directions"
                - Stephen Leacock

--Keep your flames to yourself.
Try to reason what I've said and then tell me if any of this is wrong :)

G'day.

(in response to a post by Charles Levy):

Ah weel, I know you will pay no attention to the above diatribe.

yours, in support,

Kurt

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As an afterthought, it strikes me that there is a HELL of a lot more
griping about "cheats" among the members of rsc than there is among the
players. In fact, except for the Malik/Warne *** allegations,(which
were ironically brought BY Australians, not AGAINST them!) can anyone
"document" a case  where a player has actually accused another player or
an umpire of cheating? And don't say that it's because they fear official
reprisal ... there haven't been any accusations by retired players who
have nothing to lose!

Again ... quit whining and start supporting whatever country you root for
to whip the pants off the Aussies ... on the cricket field!
Cheers!
Charles

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"He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly
off in all directions"
                - Stephen Leacock

cheers
dw blurb

|> You don't have your umpires on the road but your cheating team is still same
|> ol same ol.  When you have guys that claim catches after drapin' em hell you

I suppose you're referring to Steve Waugh catching Brian Lara?  What about
Roger Harper's supposed catch of Michael Bevan on New Years Day?  Harper
hasn't been called a cheat in any Australian newspapers or by any Australian
commentators.  Harper made a MISTAKE and said so afterwards.  Lara believed
Waugh's account of the catch, and that's good enough for me.

|> don't need your umps. your players are doing ***y well in cheating.  Now you

How is bad umpiring related to players cheating?

|> cowards are thinking of withdrawing from the World Cup.  Warne boys Dipar is
|> fulla' shit now; he is too scared to face the hostile crowds :) If your media
|> your masses your cricket board all treat vistors the way they have (shitty
|> umpiring agianst india 1991-, Ball tampreing allegations against SL,

ditto

|> Chucking.. and not to mention the ***y umpiring agian, ball tampreing and

again, what it comes down to is some pretty apalling umpiring.

|> bribary allegations aginst Pak) then threats to your players shouldn't come as
|> any surprise.  SL would've won the WSC finals had it not been cheating
|> especially in the 1st match.. digesting 2 LBW's.  Funny :) how all the
|> contrivorsies seem to involve Australia.

Except when Michael Atherton pulls dirt out of his pockets and tampers
with the ball and then denies it. Or doesn't that count as a controversy?

|>
|> --Keep your flames to yourself.

OK

|> Try to reason what I've said and then tell me if any of this is wrong :)

Done

|>
|> G'day.

G'day to you to.

1) Aus bt WI by 10 wkts.  .....Barbados
2) Draw  ....... Antigua
4) Aus bt WI by innings and 53 runs ..... Jamaica

As a West Indian, I take no pleasure in the above, but don't talk ***
about Australia losing badly to the Windies. At least WI aren't whining
about it ... we'll recoup and beat the tar out of them ... on the cricket
field!
Cheers!
Charles

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"He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly
off in all directions"
                - Stephen Leacock

They lost badly to the Windies with Windies Umpires. It would be interesting
to see their win/loss ratio at home versus away.

:>Or have they infiltrated the ranks of umpires from other countries as well?
:>I suppose it must be possible that there have been cases of test umpires who
:>have cheated, but although I can readily admit that umpires have been
:>wrong or sometimes even incompetent, I have never heard of an instance
:>where it can be said that a test umpire cheated. Let's face it ... the
:>Australians have the best ***y team around ... at the moment! Enough
:>with the whining!

With nuetral umpires that can be accepted. With some of the decisions in the
last WSC it is extremely debatable. If Oz wants to use the WSC cup to make
that claim, they have to have independent umpires. While mistakes will still
be made, it removes the risk it will be labeled bias.

IMHO, it is time the ICC made independednt umpires, at both ends (not sure
about the third) compulsory for all internationals as virtually every other
major sport has.

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| Simon Thompson
| Christchurch
| New Zealand

Straying from the point a bit, that's the law in tennis - cramp is
considered a "loss of condition", not an injury, and a player can't
call an injury timeout for it or get treatment.  Case in point - Pat
Rafter v Sergei Brugera at Wimbledon (94 or 95), it's about 7-7 in
the final set, and Rafter cramps up so badly he can barely stand.
He had to watch the balls whizz past down the lines, and the match was
over in 2 minutes.

Then again, commentators said that he should have pretended he'd
pulled a muscle and got a breather/treatment.  A cheating Aussie
like Rafter wouldn't think fo that, though :)
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