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Haddin simply flicks the bails with his gloves..its disgusting
The Oz are always a bit slimy
Haddin said he would like an apology but would not seek out Vettori to clear the air.
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This just infuriates me even more...
Here's the full story...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cr...ori-im-no-cheat/2009/02/02/1233423102976.html
And they wonder why the rest of the cricket world hates them so much?
This number 2 side in the world is starting to work on my nerves.
Can't wait for them to come over here (production of lasers for spectators to use on them is going well - on sale at a robot near you soon!)
"Haddin is positive the ball hit the bail before deflecting into his hands, although the Kiwis believe he knocked off the bails with his gloves: "I was unaware at the time that my hands were in front of the stumps. After looking at the replay my hands were in front of the stumps, but the ball I am 100 per cent sure hit the bails first then came up into my gloves," he said.
FORMER Test umpire Darrell Hair said yesterday Neil Broom should definitely have been given not out and that it was "unfortunate" wicketkeeper Brad Haddin hadn't admitted his infringement.
"It's quite clear-cut. His [Haddin's] gloves were in front of the stumps and the ball hadn't passed the line of stumps, so he's in breach of the law and it should have just been an automatic no-ball," said Hair, now executive officer of the NSW Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association.
"Of all the people on the ground, he would have been the one who was best positioned to know. I think he should have owned up to it. I saw that [Ricky] Ponting has gone into bat for him after the Kiwis called him [Haddin] a cheat, but I can understand why the Kiwis would be livid about it."
The responsibility for detecting Haddin's encroachment lay with square leg umpire Bruce Oxenford. "People think the square leg umpire is out there for a rest, but the most important thing the square leg umpire is out there to look for are the things that happen the least and that's hit wicket and the wicketkeeper encroaching," Hair said.
"It should have just been called a no-ball from the square leg umpire … You can't be stumped and you can't be bowled off a no-ball. But it's obvious that the ball missed the stump as well."
The super-awesome Darrell Hair: