Hi All,,
Outbackmanyep posted a link to the Harbhajan hat-trick in 2001 during the Indian tour.
This was the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24G7u-Yye7I
And there are quite a few typed comments under the clip but to explain clearly:
(1) Ponting was correctly given -- he was plumb.
(2) The Gilchrist decision was an absolute howler. Yes he was hit in line, yes the ball was likely to hit the stumps but, right-arm bowler to left-hand bat you _cannot_ be given out if it pitches outside the left-handers leg stump (unless the batsman doesn't play a shot). It clearly pitched 6-inches outside the stumps -- and Gilchrist was playing a shot. An umpire at international level ought _never_ give that out. Did Gilchrist edge it as Tony Greig speculates? Dunno -- doesn't matter.
(3)The Warne decision was at best dicey. The fieldsman took the "catch" but it is almost impossible to tell whether is is a legitimate catch, a bump-ball or a squeeze. How the TV umpire gave Warne out on one replay is very ... hmmmmm. Notice the fieldsmen all jumping and dancing round appealing -- just like the boys in the baggy-green were the other day (and accused of unsportsman-like conduct for doing it).
And we're the cheats? Come-on gimme a break!
Best,
Les D
