In the second cricket Test at Sydney which started on 02JAN2008, after rocking the mighty Australians to 134 for 6, India allowed them to score 463 runs with a huge 162 not out to Symonds. But the following report from the portal Cricinfo says it all. I quote:
"Ishant Sharma, just 19, made an early impression and could have easily had his first wicket when Symonds was on 30. A whole stadium might have heard the edge but that's not what matters. Some teams think Steve Bucknor needs a hearing-aid; India might be more intent on a hearing.
"It's rumoured (wrongly) that the 555-run stand between Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes prompted a businessman to start the cigarette company. Someone here would be tempted to start Benson and Edges. Ponting edged twice but Mark Benson heard neither. Where is the technology, screamed a billion people. But that also didn't make a difference for the third umpire, with all the assistance he receives, managed to get one wrong again. Symonds was on 48. The rest, as they say, was savagery.
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
© Cricinfo"
The entire Australian media will make a big fuss about Ponting being given out lbw to Harbhajan off a thick edge, but will quietly bury the fact that he had already enjoyed the generosity of umpire Mark Benson twice.
Then, "A whole stadium might have heard the edge but that's not what matters. Some teams think Steve Bucknor needs a hearing-aid; India might be more intent on a hearing," followed by "Where is the technology, screamed a billion people. But that also didn't make a difference for the third umpire, with all the assistance he receives, managed to get one wrong again. Symonds was on 48." So at 30 Symonds gets a "life" from Steve Bucknor, and then at 48 he gets another "life" courtesy the Australian 3rd umpire against a stumping appeal. Symonds goes on to make 162 not out and takes Australia to 463.
Are we playing Australia or the Umpires?
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