Aussie newspaper having a vote: "Do you think England were cheating?"

And this also from the Aussie paper:

"Ricky Ponting says England's timewasting tactics not in spirit of game

July 13, 2009 05:20am

RICKY Ponting has accused England of not playing within the spirit of cricket with their cynical time wasting tactics to cling on for a first Test draw.

A furious Ponting blasted the Poms for sending physiotherapist Steve McCaig onto the field to run gloves to tailender Jimmy Anderson as he and fellow tailender Monty Panesar batted out a tense draw.

"Blog with The Punch: Did the Poms cheat?"

With time ticking down and only seven minutes left, it was a clear delaying tactic that Ponting claimed was "pretty ordinary" and not in the spirit of the game.

"I didn't see him (Anderson) call for any physio to come out on the ground ... as far as I'm concerned it was pretty ordinary actually," Ponting said.

"I think he changed his glove the over before. I'm not sure if his gloves were going to be too sweaty in one over?

"But they can play whatever way they want to play. We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game, it's up to them to do what they want to do.

"There was nothing there that we could do out on the ground. We had to get them off as quick as we could and get a couple more overs.

"I was unhappy with it, but it lasted a couple of minutes and we got them off the ground."

Whingeing.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 13th 2009 at 13:52:59

Message Thread

Vote NO and pass it on to anyone you might know who would do the same (Other Sports) - conker, Jul 13, 12:37:12
- blimey. Talk about whingeing poms. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:38:32
  - Aggers on R2 v an Aussie on this subject now (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:44:17
  - There wasn't any need for it though (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:40:14
    - There WAS a need - we needed to waste time (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:46:26
      - I guess, but from what I've also heard, Ponting hasn't just whinged about it (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:49:17
        
        "We came to play by the rules and the spirit of the game" (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 13:59:23
        
        And when Peter Piddle appealed madly for an LBW (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:01:05
        
        Aussie newspaper having a vote: "Do you think England were cheating?" (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:52:59
        
        so there's not the rest of the interview available then? (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:54:17
        
        It's all in the Torygraph today, and you're right, he's not whinging (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 13, 13:59:58
        
        ... (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:02:42
        
        I only saw a clip once, on the news (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 13:57:39
        
        He was asked a question, and he said it wasn't in the spirit of the game (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:02:06
        
        Exactly - any team would have done it. Before it happened, I was (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:01:35
        
        Exactly - we'd have been furious, and... (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:04:36
        
        He wasn't furious though (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:05:48
        
        He did look a bit miffed (n/m) (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:10:41
        
        Well he wasnt exactly happy, if my lip reading was accurate yesterday... (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:08:56
        
        I guess we'll have to agree to differ (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:10:02
        
        It's the Ashes (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:20:04
        
        Well, obviously, but they did lose out on winning from such a superior position (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 13, 14:16:56
        
        So to avoid losing, say a batsman changed his gloves every over for 5 days (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:25:13
        
        Aren't we allowed a little chuckle and an ironic whingeing (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:34:04
        
        It usually helps if what you're laughing at (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:38:58
        
        So he didn't whinge? (n/m) (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:40:32
        
        no (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:43:39
        
        yep - he had a moan about it too (Other Sports) - duke of york, Jul 13, 14:45:21
        
        Definitions of furious I guess (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 14:46:25
      - no doubt. But anyway, main point was that they had plenty of time (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 13, 13:48:30
        
        And Ponting said that (n/m) (Other Sports) - pants, Jul 13, 13:49:52
- Somehow, the concept of time wasting in the slooooowest game ever invented, (Other Sports) - DNB41, Jul 13, 13:17:05
- ... (Other Sports) - wgf500, Jul 13, 13:03:19

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