The Breen Machine
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Is it really that bad? at no point did the umpire signal 4 so you could argue that Bell should have been a little more aware.
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England v India - 2nd Test, Trent Bridge
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Is it really that bad? at no point did the umpire signal 4 so you could argue that Bell should have been a little more aware.
gramw
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Im not myself saying its cheating i was more aiming it at the above posts, but yes unsporting would be a better way to phrase it!
BIG BAZ
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This....common sense could have prevailed but technically he is out
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Shinpad
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"he's called over"
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Interesting
Mainze
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I'm sure he will appreciate that coming from the King of them.
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G Force
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Very poor sportmanship. Dirty f*ckers. In their innings every time they leave their crease look to "technically" get them out..
They're booing in the stands, they're incandescent on the England balcony. Ian Bell cannot quite believe this - Kumar had given it up, and lingered over the ropes for a good three or four seconds without bothering to pick the ball up. When he finally did it was with all the body language of a man who has just let it go for four. None of the Indian fielders around the wicket were bothering to ask for the ball back, and so Bell began to walk off having punched gloves with Morgan.
They're booing in the stands, they're incandescent on the England balcony. Ian Bell cannot quite believe this - Kumar had given it up, and lingered over the ropes for a good three or four seconds without bothering to pick the ball up. When he finally did it was with all the body language of a man who has just let it go for four. None of the Indian fielders around the wicket were bothering to ask for the ball back, and so Bell began to walk off having punched gloves with Morgan.
The Breen Machine
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If that is true then I've no idea how the umpires can uphold the appeal.
Possibly Bell assumed that when Rauf handed the bowler's sweater that was his way of signalling over but he does seem quite clear that over was called.
Safc 4 Ever
Winger
The fielder was not that bothered was he? Surely its unsporting to pretend its gone for 4? If he even knew, he was the closest so acted like it was a 4. So away from the tv's that would have been a 4.... Tv ruins the game right?
Medulla
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I have to say, if that's accurate then you have to wonder why he behaved in that way. I'd be asking serious questions about that.
Has there been a replay of the fielding by the boundary?
Mainze
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There will be dont worry.
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He didn't have a clue where the ball was initially, to be fair to him. It hit his knee so I'm guessing he'll have thought it was a 4.
The Breen Machine
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Yes and it's clearly not a 4 but Kumar does seem to limber around with very little hurry to throw the ball back in, as if it had been a boundary.
G Force
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Tufnell is making a very good point that Bell 'tapped' his bat down for the second run, and then walked up the pitch and off.
If this is the case then he wasn't attempting a 'run' and shouldn't be called out anyway.
Otherwise everytime an Indian batsman leaves his crease now to bat down the ground we should look to 'run them out'
Gloves are off now (no pun intended)
If this is the case then he wasn't attempting a 'run' and shouldn't be called out anyway.
Otherwise everytime an Indian batsman leaves his crease now to bat down the ground we should look to 'run them out'
Gloves are off now (no pun intended)
Chappers
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This.
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Karl Marx II
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A bit strong. He played a brilliant innings but was a little careless in allowing himself to be run out.
Yep, and the fielder had no idea where it was, thought it had gone for 4.
School boy from Bell, that's it.
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