Haddin - Cheat or not?
By poona_m
@poona_m (336)
India
February 2, 2009 9:25am CST
The incident of Broom getting bowled by Clarke involving Haddin and his gloves has become a talking point in the cricket world. Team Australia which was already losing its face has dived into a bigger abyss after this incident. One can give Haddin the benefit of doubt as in realtime even he would not have been able to realise that he got the ball in his gloves before it hit the stumps. But after watching the replays what comments he is giving are shameful.
His behaviour has not only brought shame on him but also on the Team Australia. What do you think? Is Haddin a cheat or is it a part of cricket today?
2 responses
@abhi_bangal (7679)
• Ahmednagar, India
3 Feb 09
Of course. There is not even an iota of doubt in this fact. TV replays very loudly screaming that it's Haddin and not Clarke who had bowled out Broom. So, I whole-heartedly agree with what Vettori had to say. Vettori is a very mature and seasoned player. He has been around for a fair bit of time and he knows what is right and wrong to say in front of the media. If the Australians were so aware about public speaking then why did a OZ player in a radio interview speak against McCullm. Was that right then? It does not look good for the Aussies to speak about being honest on the field. All know what had happned there. How the Indians were cheated repeatedly. And along with the Australian team there was Bucknor too. Then there was Andrew Symonds to had openly confessed to being out on 30. And in the same innings he went on to score one of his best scores. So Aussies, please stop complianing now. Learn to accept defeat. I tell you these Aussies don't know how to be greacious in defeats too.
Meanwhile the Indians too are suffering again at the hands of poor and childish umpiring. I there are whimps doing the umpiring for the Indo-SL series. First it was Sachin Tendulkar - well not once but twice. One of them at the hands of Kumara Dharmasena. He forgot his dharma - his duties - and gave the best batsman on the earth out. It makes the number game for all very very difficult. Then in the second ODI it was Yuvraj who was given out by Gamini Silva who might need an eye surgery to see properly.
I wanna ask why doesn't the ICC use the third umpire and the other technology to adjust the decisions. Rather than depend of stupid people like Gamini Silva, Kumara Dharmasena or Steve Bucknor.
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@pratik87 (1927)
• India
1 Apr 09
I know its too late to reply to this now but i want to be part of this discussion about the incident. Haddin is one the most arrogant australian wicket keepers we have seen and in a way reminds us of the arrogant and win at all cost teams under steve waugh who would not think twice about the spirit of the game taking a beating if it meant they got an advantage out of it. Haddin saying he did nothing wrong reminds of that arrogance which does not give a damn about the rules and spirit of the game. According to the laws of the game if a wicketkeeper collects a ball in front of the ball it is a no ball. One wonders if haddin doesnt know this rule and that is why puts his gloves in front of the stumps. Anyways its not the first wrong that haddin has done and will not be the lart one he does.


