Australia win but cricket loses as the umpires and sportsmanship take over

Wrong decisions happen all the time. You forgot to mention the catch ponting took at bat pad that was disallowed, you forgot to mention tendulkar was stone dead lbw in the 30's in the first innings. Dravid? he's been so out of form and out of touch, he would never have lasted anyway. Good teams rise above it. Don't blame umpires when you lose three wickets in an over to a part-timer. The fact is jaffer, tendulkar, laxman, yuvraj all could have saved it and didn't. Says more about character to me than whether a batsman stands or walks.

@mike I bet you wouldn't say the same if your side was on the receiving end. This match was extremely one-sided in respects of umpiring. When there are 10-15 decisions going against 1 team, and only 1-2 wrong decisions against the other, you know its just not fair. Tendulkar's so-called dismissal wasn't stone-dead as you say. There was a reasonable amount of doubt, unlike the ones Symonds & Hussey escaped yesterday. Also, Dravid was definitely looking good and set for more. If this is the way, Aussies play, there isn't any relevance in calling this a great team. Oh, and Ponting had the nerve to appeal after grassing that bat pad which you mentioned.

To Just not cricket - India did get a really bad deal from the umpires - their mistakes are inexcusable. What is also inexcusable is for India to blame everyone but themselves. You failed to bat 2 sessions and lost - that's who you should blame, then the umpires but don't blame the winning team for not giving up.

We are not talking about leg-before decisions at all. These issues are straight-forward nicks that were not heard/seen. Agreed that the Indians didnt last two sessions but the first innings score of the Aussies would have been different had Symonds been given out. The match would have taken a totally different pattern.

it was for every one to see that indians were done by unfair decisions and unsporting sprits by the opponents. the visuals are on records and no one can deny that pointing was bent upon equalling the world record by hook or crook. very unfortunate indeed. today india was not the only one to loose but the game of cricketalso lost out to two white coats.

it was for every one to see that indians were done by unfair decisions and unsporting sprits by the opponents. the visuals are on records and no one can deny that pointing was bent upon equalling the world record by hook or crook. very unfortunate indeed. today india was not the only one to loose but the game of cricketalso lost out to two white coats.

it was for every one to see that indians were done by unfair decisions and unsporting sprits by the opponents. the visuals are on records and no one can deny that pointing was bent upon equalling the world record by hook or crook. very unfortunate indeed. today india was not the only one to loose but the game of cricketalso lost out to two white coats.

symmonds said "No Aussie will leave the crease even if they are unless given out by Umpire EXCEPT pointing ( he should have called for 3rd umpire if he fair in Saurav Ganguly dismissal)". This statement shows the sporting spirit of Oz... They are admitting they will do anything to win... No one can deny if austraila were not playing with 13 players on the field it would have been impossible to win this match and can they afford to loose a match in down under shame shame...

Since when does bad umpiring mean that one team played 'unfairly'? - everyone has a right not to walk - ponting and kumble made an agreement to take players words if a catch is made or not. - bad decisions happen all the time. Australia did not cheat. they had a few lucky breaks...but how dare you say they cheated or played unsportsmanlike. p.s Ishant stood his ground at the end when caught at first slip, oh and dont forget the 2 right glove time wasting tirck. cricket is not the loser here, if none of this happended no one would even have paid attention to this test match.

Who cares if dravid was given out when he didnt hit it hes crap he ruins the game he is not an entertainer.

""""Is this the way they wanted to equal their earlier record of 16 wins? Great teams should show that they are capable of winning it fairly and be willing to correct a wrong decision if they see one. It is sad that this team does not want to play in the right spirit. For this aspect alone, this team stands below Steve Waugh's Australians or Clive Lloyd's West Indians. """" That's absolutely true. They absolutelydeserved to win until the wrong umpiring decision and Symonds' cowardliness to stand in after he knew he was OUT.... This brings a lot of differences between Steve Waugh's men and Ponting's men....Let's not be too harsh on Ponting. Ponting's men really deserved to win their 16th consecutive, but they were afraid of Indians particularly at Sydney.. because of the landmarks Indians have made in the previous game played at this venue. That was against Waugh's men in 2004, that too similarly next to the Melbourne test. After a humiliating defeat at Melbourne, India almost won the game in Sydney, as

Yes you could not have said it any differently. Once a great cricketing nation, now must play with 14 players to win. You show the spirit of Australia.