The Hornet's Nest

I can honestly say I have never seen anything like that in Test match cricket!

 

Truly amazing, Dhoni has got to be congratulated, wonder how much Duncan fletcher had to do with it

 

First for me as well, but you have to applaud the Indian Captain could not have been easy for him, but Bell must take responsibility for his actions, or lack of them in this case!

 

Excellent - fair play to India and yes Bell was a bit daft.

 

I have been having a lot of shut down problems with my laptop and have just looked underneath at the air intake. Horror show under there, the grill was completly choked with dust.

Must remember to have a word with the cleaner.

 

Ah the French connection, as my wife is in Paris she is not here to do the housework

 

I have watched this incident several times now 1) by the ropes there is a moment the ball is hidden by the fielders leg , it could have touched the rope there
2) the reaction of the fielder suggests this was the case! 3) the umpire handed the bowler his sweater and said over! before all the hoohaa began!
In test cricket the benefit of the doubt must go to the batsmen !, also the spirit of the game is bigger than any team or player!
MS Dhoni I salute for helping to make sure the correct decision was made!

 

Typical Boycott moaning about the whole situation

 

They have got their man now and legally! bell out 159 , so it cost 20 runs to win a lot of friends!

 

So could you class it as cheating or just unsportmanly conduct?? I will defo be watching the highlights again tonight!!!

 

Gower showed a scene where Bell came off and said that the umpire had called over, but Morgan did not look convinced and why did Morgan ground his bat and not Bell? A very confusing incident which did come to the correct conclusion, like said earlier though you play to the whistle in football. If in doubt you cover all the bases.

 

I have two Dell laptops and a Dell for the table and have only had blue screens one or two times with Windows XP. Mrother has a Sony Vaio an Ele and a Samsung and likes none of them. With the Windows Vista they are weak but the system is stronger than Windows 7.

 

Does cricket ever stop.

 

After seeing the incident I would not call it cheating but in the spirit of the game it is wrong! but another sporting analogy comes to mind, keep yourself protected at all times!

 

Thanks Al, that makes sense i guess. I will have to see the highlights lol.

 

Boycott is now saying morgan can't bat, when hes just hit 70

 

Dan, best watch the replay i am sure it will be shown many times over the next few days/weeks

 

Curse of the commentator there, Morgan out to the new ball. Slightest of nicks!!

 

Now here's a surprise, Jonathon Trott is batting! It was suspected that he would not be able to after injuring his shoulder in the field taking a catch.

The next question is, how long before Strauss will declare?? Does he finish today aiming for a lead of 350 and give the team all of tomorrow to bowl India out? or does he keep going? Obviously a draw will do but is it good enough?

 

Fascinating test cricket once again though Dan cheating would be a bit strong , unsportmanslike behaviour ,thus corrected may be nearer the mark !
Dont think Bell will ever go walkabout again!!