Few observations:
1. Sharjah : Javed Miandad also came down the track to hit the six, so he helped the delivery become full toss. (Intent to hit was present) But again no one can be sure about Sharjah matches otherwise why a long term ban on Sharjah matches.
2. 1999 WCSF : Donald was almost run out on previous ball too and if one looks carefully, three Australian players were involved and Doanld was run out in second or third attempt. (Intent to take a run by Klusener and Intent to run him out by Aussies was present) This match is as genuine as possible but if someone has to doubt it, I think 434-438 match will provide more material for thought than this SF.
3. Dhaka Final : If anyone remembers correctly, this was best of three finals and Indian team was in supreme form (especially Tendulkar after resigning from captaincy). It was well decided that three finals will be played even though in all the best of three finals, it is mentioned that third final shall be played only (if required) but what was "special" (read fishy) was that it was decided well in advance that India and Pakistan will make it to the third final. One can chose to ignore all this but there was huge debate on TV channels as to how everyone is confident of that third final to be played. First final was attended by Indian PM and won by India after chasing 213 in 37.2 overs. Second final was attended by Pakistan PM and unsurprisingly Pak won by chasing 190 in 31.3 overs. Surprising factor is that Indian form dropped so badly that they were all out for 189 in 49.5 overs while two days ago they made 213 for 2 in 37.2 overs.
It is a well known fact that may be those matches were fixed or not but it was well known fact that the result will be decided by third final was well fixed in advance. (Maybe to help BCB earn revenue as there was rarely international cricket played in Bangladesh at that time). Not to mention third final was played and attended by Bangladesh PM.
Coming to that shot, the match was played in near darkness, remember Azhar and other batsman (maybe Ganguly) refused to go out and stayed on the pitch even though entire pak team and umpires were out discussing the condition of the lights for good 10-15 mins (stadium flood lights were not powerful at that time). So when Kanitkar hit that shot, it is quite possible that the fielder would have seen the ball late and failed to field it, at the same time we can't be sure about Ind-Pak matches.
I am mentioning again that had Faulkner bowled any delivery other that Leg-side full toss, I would've accepted that but as I mentioned again, the "advantage" of that delivery is that even if a batsman misses, its a sure shot wide or even better 5 wides if keeper misses it too. He did it twice in four balls. Also interesting to note that the batsmen had to do absolutely nothing special to send such ball for six.
What would be anyone's opinion on
a) Is there absolutely NO difference between a bowler bowling No-ball by few inches to bowler bowling No-ball by more than a foot. (Remember winning shot by Ravindra Jadeja in last IPL where Vinay Kumar overstepped by more that one foot, sincerely requesting to watch the clip) same match where Dhoni famously tweeted that if Sir Jadeja needs 2 runs to win off one ball, he does it with one ball to spare. No balls (More than a foot are quite a norm in IPL while they are a rarity in international cricket all these years).
b) Did anyone actually hear any of the captain calling at the toss as I totally missed it.
c) Are there people who believe IPL is 100% genuine, if yes than I am really a detective and if not, then such fans are what, lawyers.
I fully agree with this statement:
"If this match is fixed, then scrap Oscars and give it to all 22 players + Rahul Dravid".
One parallel comparison can be drawn that, it has been happening since old ages that one or two gentleman are used as a mask to cover all the sins, be it Bheeshma in Mahabharata, Dr, Manmohan Singh in UPA, Dhoni in CSK and n number of examples can be given. It it really dangerous to believe that mere presence of Dravid will make all RR players and team owners saints, while this is a known fact as to what kind of activities the owners are involved since long time. Also remember that what happen afterwards in Mahabharata, UPA-II, Dhoni is a well known fact.
I am reiterating again that all these "glorious uncertainties, or rather certainties" are too much to handle for me and my cricket related intelligence.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sam_boy To encourage the detective inside you, You should also have a look into these :
1. India losing final in Sarjah : Chetan Sharma bowling a full toss
2. South Africa vs. Australia : Donald getting run out from nowhere
3. India Vs Pak Final Dhaka: Hrishikesh Kanitkar hitting a boundary on leg side to the best spinner in the world ( at that time).
4. Ind Vs Australia Tied Test: Maninder Singh getting out to a joker
5. 2007 W20 Final: Misbah giving a dolly catch
Guys, let us not spread the virus to ruin the charm of a gem of a match. If this match is fixed, then scrap Oscars and give it to all 22 players + Rahul Dravid. If you try to find something always wrong then T20 matches are not for you, these are meant to be close finishes. I play 10 over matches every weekend on my backyard with friends and 95% of the times we have last over finishes and we do not fix matches ![Clapping](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/Clapping.gif) |