The Ultimate

1. Shaun Tait, who was hyped to get 50 wickets in this match, was sent wicketless by the cruel Indians!!

2. Because of BCCI & Team India, Australia’s prolific match winners Steve Bucknor & Mark Benson could not play in this match. How cruel can Indians get!! Tch Tch! In this way Aus could play with only 11 players when they usually play with 13!

3. R.P.Singh who was only included as a bowler, blasted 30 runs without the Ausssies permission! Now that is very bad on the part of RP. Where are your manners, RP????

4. Ricky Ponting , who was happy that Harbhajan is not playing , was again cheated by Ishant Sharma, who got him twice!! Dont worry honest Ricky, we”ll try to get Ishant sharma dropped too, like Harbhajan!!!

5. And finally, no Indian player abused Andrew Symonds!!! This is inexcusable!! Poor guy lost his monkey tricks!! C’mon Indians, this is very unkind,uuaaa uaa aaa!!!!

6. The Perth pitch, that was meant to terrify Indians was cunningly used by Indian team to terrify Aussies!!! God, this is so unfair!!

7. An urgent team meeting is being held by Ricky & Co to decide what to do with the one day that is left in the match!! Indians have no manners!! Very bad guests, Indians are !! How can they beat the Australians in their home?? that too in 4 days?????

Dont worry Ricky, my friend . I have free advice for you!! ‘Bring Steve Bucknor back’ !!!

During an informal chat, some months ago, Shivnarine Chanderpaul made an interesting point: if the umpires don’t rule all the 50-50 decisions, or even some of the 40-60 ones, in Australia’s favour, most of the Test teams can beat them.

Judge This…

Case A: Andrew Symonds edges one to the wicketkeeper; the fielding side appeals vociferously; the umpire says not out.

TV replays show that the batsman had got a thick edge!

Case B: Andrew Symonds misses a ball down the leg-side; the wicketkeeper whips off the bails and appeals for a stumping to the leg umpire. Not out, says the umpire.

TV replays suggest that the batsman is out!

Under Steve Waugh the Australians devised a Spirit of Cricket document that they swear by. They insist they play the game “hard and fair” and are shocked whenever their outlook is challenged. After emotional days like this it is hard to sympathise with their complaints.

Aussies could never beat us without cheating. They played with 11 + 2 On field umpires + 1 Third umpire to defeat a team of 11 Indian Players.

You can have a one or two decisions in favor of any team, but the height of cheating is Ten wrong decisions which has entirely turned the match into favor of Aussies. I think they are the worst team in the world who cannot win a match through fair game play.

Clearly, Ricky Ponting’s men are poor winners. They have been stunned by India’s resilience and are unable to accept that for the second time their victory streak might be halted by the same team.

Aussies are not honest and they are cheaters.

“It is hard to find anybody who can match VVS when he is on song,” said Gavaskar.

“Today it is a power game and suddenly you find someone like VVS who caresses the ball. This is sublime talent and I admire his elegance,” he said while analysing the day’s play on STAR Cricket.

Ian Chappell said he was impressed with the way Laxman took the fight to the Aussies.

“VVS took on the fast bowlers early on. Somebody from India had to do that. He played a glorious pull shot off Brett Lee and then one off Stuart Clark,” he said.

“Another important thing to notice was that in spite of Rahul Dravid being in a rut, he did not let that affect him at all.”

The former Aussie captain was also insistent that Laxman should continue to bat at the No.3 position even if the team management decided to move Dravid from the opener’s slot.

“I always think that number three is the slot for him. Even if they decide to move Rahul from the opening position, VVS should still play at No.3 because he can counter-attack,” Chappell noted. Other former players and cricket pundits were also all gung-ho about his knock.

Former Australian batsman Michael Slater said, “VVS is a class act, he is the best timer I have ever seen. He was full of entertainment today.”

Ravi Shastri said Laxman could only be compared to former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas as only the two “could make batting look easy”.