On Jun 17, 8:35 am, "dechucka"  wrote:
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> On Jun 14, 1:12 pm, "dechucka"  wrote:
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> > "subi...@notmail.com"  wrote in message
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> >news:2390e096-ad07-4b9c-964b-f6b1afa3e8f4@r37g2000prm.googlegroups.com...> > On Jun 14, 7:56 am, "dechucka"  wrote:
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> > > "subi...@notmail.com"  wrote in message
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> > >news:56f3b9b5-6c77-414d-bbd4-e5ea32c2ff9c@n19g2000prg.googlegroups.com.> > > On Jun 14, 3:22 am, "Cicero"  wrote:
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> > > > b) he gestures to the umpire often that he is not out when he must
> > > > know he is and that is pretty poor sportsmanship.
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> > > > What bullshit. How do you know he knows he is out? Can you read minds?
> > > > You
> > > > can't read posts.
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> > > > And which batsman has never gestured where he believes the ball may
> > > > have
> > > > hit
> > > > if he has a belief (whether accurate or not) that he is not out - or> > > > trying
> > > > to be given not out?
> > > >evidently you have never played cricket. it is not possible to glove a
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> > > ball like symonds did and not know you have gloved it. but if he your
> > > god, then i don't want to spoil you belief system.
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> > > if you have to walk when you glove the ball do all players do it or does
> > > this rule only apply to Australians. If given out when they have not
> > > touched
> > > the ball are they allowed to stay. Players should take the bad decisions
> > > which benefit them or disadvantage them with the same grace.
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> > =did you see the match? symonds gloved it and gestured wildly to the
> > umpire that his hand and bat were miles from the ball. if have not
> > been watching, can you actually see the footage before taking a
> > position? you are coming across as someone who shoots off without a
> > clue of what is being talked about.
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> > yes I have seen the incident in question. So what? it is no different to a
> > wicketkeeper appealing for a legside catch that they knew wasn't to try
> > and
> > deflect the Umpires attention away from the fact that the ball was a wide.
> > Why pick on Symonds in this situation and accuse the Umpires of being
> > biased
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> > 橛, i have never said he should walk, so you are raising a red
> > herring there. see my clarification to another symonds-worshipping
> > cretin earlier in this thread.
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> > fine if he didn't need to walk what are you getting your knickers in a
> > knot
> > about.-
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> The problem is that it's this continual blind defence of anything any
> Australian player does.
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> Symonds quite clearly gloved it, and then quite clearly gestured that
> he didn't touch.
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> So-

So don't defend the unbelievable statements that there's no way
Symonds would have known he gloved it.

If you're happy to defend the fact that he chose not to walk
a) don't criticise other opposing players when they chose to do the
same
b) don't bring in ridiculous arguments about there being no way
Symonds would have known he gloved it

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