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Did Australia Cheat its Way to Victory?
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Bonggo
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1 May 2007 16:21:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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Donaldcleevel,
Well, some guy in this forum (I think he was joking) pointed the finger at Moody for the debacle (can anyone trace the thread).
He claimed we should have known that Moody is an Australian who conspired to make his country win by including Dilhara in the final.
I do not buy this - it was expected that he will come up with a good performance in the final. However, if Dilhara is expected to play there is no option for him but to deliver with the ball because his inclusion weakens the batting & fielding departments.
Maharoof would have come in handy when the asking rate is high. In the final he could have come in at number 3 or 4 to try and boost the run rate. It may click ot may not, if it did not click no harm but if it clicks, rest of the batsmen can complete the job.
Team managers should definitely change strategies in future tournaments. We need a couple of power hitters in the middle order, batsmen like Andrew Symonds and Mark Boucher.
In hindsight I think it was foolish to leave Vaas and Murali (Malinga was injured) out in the Super 8 game against Australia. If the idea was not to expose Vaas and Murali to the Aussies as a tactical ploy, then that strategy failed spectacularly.
It only boosted Australia's standings in the world cup. Talking about conspiracy theories ! |
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1 May 2007 16:24:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Auzies, cheating, nhaaa, it their 'strategy in execution', if we do sometyhing....ah...then we are cheating.... |
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1 May 2007 19:45:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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Little David can not defeat Big Goliath.
Sport is sport. There is no any cheating buisness.
However, sri lankan team will win next time. |
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1 May 2007 20:28:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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Adam Gilchrist´s use of squash ball in his left glove (bottom hand) at the world cup final- comment
It has been stated that Adam Gilchrist used a squash ball in his left glove(bottom hand) in the world cup final.
Source: The Age (www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/gilly-puts-squeeze-on-lanka/2007/04/29/1177787972017.html)
with a squash ball in his glove and determination in his heart, Australia's exceptional wicketkeeper-batsman put on a display of clean and relentless hitting never seen before in a final of the tournament
Upon cracking Lasith Malinga down the ground to bring up his century in a mere 72 balls, Gilchrist acknowledged all parts of the packed kensington Oval before turning to the television cameras and pointing to his left glove.
It was a message to Bob Meuleman, the former West Australian cricketer who has been helping Gilchrist with his training in Perth.
'I decided in this World Cup that I would use it in a match,' Gilchrist said.
I would like to discuss the effects of this method in scientfic terms.
A squash ball is a rubber ball so that when applied pressure unlike cricket ball it compresses and when the pressure is released it return to original shape. In short it acts like a spring (e.g.: motor bicycle shock absober). So what happen when a batsman has a squash ball in the palm of his bottom hand?
When a batsman swings the bat until it hits the ball there is pressure on his bottom hand. This pressure compresses the the squash ball thus storing energy in the ball similar to a spring. Just after the ball hit the bat (ball still touching the bat) this pressure starts to relax while the bat is moving forward. At the same time the energy stored in the squasch ball releases its energy to the bat in the form of kinetic energy. The result is that the bat moves forward faster than normal ( without a ball in the glove). As a result the release speed of the cricket ball become faster resulting the ball traveling further before hitting the ground ( more sixes and fours). The downside is because the bat travel faster than normal the batsman might loose control of the bat. This happened once in the Gilchrist's innings. If you have any doubts please try it yourself.
In brief Adam Gilchrist's use of squash ball allowed him to hit the ball further in the field.
An intersting statistic:
Adam Gilchrist faced 104 balls and hit 13 fours and 8 sixes.
All the other Australian batsmen faced 127 balls and hit just 7 fours and 2 sixes (Hayden, Ponting,Symonds,Watson, etc)
Is this method legal ? I don't know(look at rules book)
Is other batsmen using this method? I don't know either |
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1 May 2007 22:16:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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The general consensus of opinion is that SL was robbed of a win. Given the circumstances - bad weather conditions, numerous ball changes, bad light etc. I reckon if it was the reverse, Australia would have kicked up the biggest fuss and the match officials would have given in and either cancelled and played the next day or whatever.
Well done SL boys, you were ACE. Continue your hard work it will pay off in the next world cup for sure.
As for Gilly's squash ball!!??? - well all batsmen should now do the same thing to get that batting advantage. What's sauce for one is sauce for all. No point commenting after the deed is done - we will be called sore losers. Good luck for the future of SL cricket. |
sunimali
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1 May 2007 23:36:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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What is ICC Going to Do about the So Called Almighty Australians Cheating? Will they return the cup? They should play another match or better still give the CUP to Sri Lanka. This clearly shows that Adam Gilcrist Cheated beyond any doubt!
I wish Our Sri Lankan Cricket Team the BEST! I am very proud of You. |
sunimali
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2 May 2007 00:00:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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How can one find out If what Gillie did was Allowed or NOT?
Did he cheat? If he cheated then why hasnt the ICC caught up with him upto now. After all this was on CNN news and probably on News everywhere across the world. If he cheated would he have said what he said?
This is a mistery to me? |
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2 May 2007 00:06:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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| I wonder what the Aussies would have said if one of our batsmen batted with a squash ball in his glove and cracked a century... |
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2 May 2007 04:25:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Did they use a SBall to remain unbeaten on 28 previous games? This is typical Slankan way of accepting defeat. We played well and came to finals and that was great. Now there is no need for looking for flimsy excuses. All we need to do is to improve ourselves and learn from those guys how to play better. |
sunimali
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2 May 2007 04:34:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Well We were good until that unfortunate day. It would have been great if they did not have a squash ball in the glove to spring the bat forward after than normal. You should read Vr72's opinion on this subject. Maybe you will then realize there is more to the Aussie's so called win than that meets the eye.
Sure I do agree Our cricketers were out smarted that day by the Great Australian Cricketers but was it fair? Were they allowed to wear gear such as a squash ball to help them bat better? Is that in the Cricket Rule. Can they really do that and get a way with scott free.? |
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