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Holding the spirit of the game...?

Well a lot of talk has been going on about the recent controversial decisions at the SCG. Before I rant about the issue, hats off to Kumble and his team for playing the game in its right spirit. I could not stop empathizing myself with the Indian cricket team when Kumble said "When too many things happen at the center, its difficult to concentrate on the game. But we still fought it till the last moment". It was amazing to see the Indian players come out and shake hands with their opponents after their controversial defeat (I would still rate it higher than some of the wins in the past). But after all this, I could not believe that Ricky Ponting still said "We played the game in the right spirit"!! It was apt when one of the senior players pointed out some of the incidents involving the Aussie captain in response to this- His vociferous appeal for Dhoni's catch even after clearly grounding it, his "directions" to Mark Bensen that Sourav Ganguly was "Out" (n the umpire just accepted it!) and his refusal to walk even after a clear nick to the keeper in the first innings when he was at 14.

These are just a few instances from the plethora of frustrating incidents that happened during the game. The "World Champions" were just behaving like a bunch of cry babies who were desperately looking for a win to equal Steve Waugh's record of 16 straight test wins. Even though it would go into the record books that Ricky Ponting's team did equal the record, the test match at SCG would be remembered for all the reasons other than this.

Happy new year!

Happy new year to you all. Everyone of you is a champ in your own respect and so party it hard :). 2007 has been a good year to me with its own ups and downs. Hoping to make 2008 a great year! and wishing you the same too. Here is a free toast to you all!!




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