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.

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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, Jul 13, 13:52:59