RaviSez

Cricketers are often charged with an offense called: 'Bringing the game into disrepute'. Usually, it's for something like excessive appealing, questioning the umpire when the batsman thinks he's wrongly given out among others. But isn't it funny that the officials never ever charged with bringing the game into disrepute? What bigger blemish on cricket than an umpire blackmailing the Cricket's Institution to leave the game? Is the game more tainted than racism being as the reason for decisions taken on the field? Who will frame charges of bringing the game into disrespute on the officials who believe they are be-all and end-all of the game?

I really have a problem with the umpire lording over the proceedings. The players are expected to grovel when they give bone-headed decisions and just walk away even without a hint of as much as shaking their heads. I've blooged about it here, earlier when Steve Bucknor thought he was all the rage.
Now, Darell Hair is somebody who is always in the news for more than what he should be doing. He too seems to have a problem about realizing who the crowds to come to watch the game. In pointing a finger at the Pakistan team without any proof, making a unilateral decision without as much as consulting the fielding team or warning them is absolutely disgraceful. Pakistan team has every right in protesting and not taking the field. But I know what will happen. The ICC will further give a free ride to it's umpires, dock the Pakistani team and the board some fines and keep everything normal.

Apparently there's Anil Kumble Circle in Bangalore. Given the way he bowls, I'm guessing it's just a straight road...






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