Tuesday, November 20, 2001
A few links on the whole Sachin Tendulkar ball-tampering controversy and Denness the Menace, as the former English opener and now Match Referee has now come to be known as.
Prem Panicker asks the Menace to put up or shut up!
Dileep Premachandran wonders whether Mike Denness had a touch too much of the African sun.
(You will need to register for this one. But for free reading on Wisden, which cricket-lover wouldn't!)
Here's a lowdown on ball-tampering
Meanwhile, I can't help but mention The Times of India's report of November 19. A certain Mr S Bose writes that Sachin Tendulkar may face sanctions for ball-tampering. How he knew a day before Mike Denness made his decision public, I really don't know because he has quoted no sources. So I assume he was merely assuming.
Two: He says video footage clearly shows Tendulkar digging his nails along the seam. Now I watched ever ball of the day's play, and nowhere did I see him do that.
Three: He says again that Sachin was caught clearly scruffing up the ball.
The man either needs a dictionary or an optician.
The article showed poor judgment, a lack of knowledge of the subject and bordered on defamation.
Prem Panicker asks the Menace to put up or shut up!
Dileep Premachandran wonders whether Mike Denness had a touch too much of the African sun.
(You will need to register for this one. But for free reading on Wisden, which cricket-lover wouldn't!)
Here's a lowdown on ball-tampering
Meanwhile, I can't help but mention The Times of India's report of November 19. A certain Mr S Bose writes that Sachin Tendulkar may face sanctions for ball-tampering. How he knew a day before Mike Denness made his decision public, I really don't know because he has quoted no sources. So I assume he was merely assuming.
Two: He says video footage clearly shows Tendulkar digging his nails along the seam. Now I watched ever ball of the day's play, and nowhere did I see him do that.
Three: He says again that Sachin was caught clearly scruffing up the ball.
The man either needs a dictionary or an optician.
The article showed poor judgment, a lack of knowledge of the subject and bordered on defamation.
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