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[TANGODANCER]

Some sloppy stuff in the outfield by India. Not that I'm complaining like.
Great stuff from Bell and Pieterssen.

KP 50-odd
Bell 100-odd
we're clearly dooooooooooooooooooooomed - wickets will follow shortly - it can't last!

62 and 124. I'm going for a Pieterssen ton and 150 for Bell. No problem.

And with that Pieterssen goes.

[thebish]

Some sloppy stuff in the outfield by India. Not that I'm complaining like.
Great stuff from Bell and Pieterssen.

KP 50-odd
Bell 100-odd
we're clearly dooooooooooooooooooooomed - wickets will follow shortly - it can't last!

62 and 124. I'm going for a Pieterssen ton and 150 for Bell. No problem.

playing with fire tango!!

[thebish]

I love this description:

Yuvraj into the attack, and he's coming in to bowl like a man fighting his way through a spider's web.

[thebish]

tango!!!! don't tell me I didn't warn you.

that is 100% down to YOU!

[TANGODANCER]

tango!!!! don't tell me I didn't warn you.

that is 100% down to YOU!

Shadup.
Somebody else will hve to get us to 400 then.

[thebish]

tango!!!! don't tell me I didn't warn you.

that is 100% down to YOU!

Shadup.
Somebody else will hve to get us to 400 then.

you're barred from this thread if and until we have passed the 250 lead!

[TANGODANCER]

Can I come back in the tea break?

[Wandering Willy]

Can I come back in the tea break?

If you bring Bell with you.

Initial reaction to the run out is poor sportsmanship from India.

Could have told the umpires they were not appealing.

[Wandering Willy]

Common sense appears to have prevailed.

[Choppers]

One of the classiest thigs I've seen in sport in a while. Bravo India.

[Worthy4England]

Common sense appears to have prevailed.

Yes - great decision by Dhoni. And I think a correct one.

[Wandering Willy]

Not sure exactly what happened there.

Did they withdraw the appeal or was he given not out because he was not attempting a run and therefore cannot be run out?

[Choppers]

They withdrew the appeal.

[TANGODANCER]

I get barred, take the dog for a walk and.......wtf. Thankfully it's as you were. Bravo India because they could have rightfully used the rules there.

[BWFC_Insane]

Should have been out, was out, can't see why the Indians withdrew their appeal. I get the 'spirit of the game argument' but I think Bell had set off for run then realised he was in trouble then pretended he was walking off for tea thinking it was a boundary. Precedents have been set before in similar incidents and I think Dhoni should have stuck with his decision.

Dopey play from Bell, otherwise he's been magnificent!

[thebish]

I get barred, take the dog for a walk and.......wtf. Thankfully it's as you were. Bravo India because they could have rightfully used the rules there.

if I hadn't barred you - he'd still be out!!

you'll watch a lot of cricket before seeing that bizarre sequence of events happen again!

[Lord Kangana]

I'm still confused.

Its quite difficult explaining something like that over the radio, and TMS spectacularly failed.

Someone explain exactly what happened?

[BWFC_Insane]

I'm still confused.

Its quite difficult explaining something like that over the radio, and TMS spectacularly failed.

Someone explain exactly what happened?

Morgan hits it, fielder on the boundary fumbles and dives, ball nearly hits boundary but doesn't. They run 3 then as fielder picks up ball Bell trots down pitch seemingly on 4th run Morgan stands still bat grounded and appears to know the ball isn't dead. Bell then starts taking his gloves off and walking off for tea either thinking or kidding he's thinking it's a boundary so a dead ball. Bails whipped off Indians appeal. Given out after a lot of cuffudle. Then over tea Dhoni reverses appeal.

[thebish]

I'm still confused.

Its quite difficult explaining something like that over the radio, and TMS spectacularly failed.

Someone explain exactly what happened?

this is how the BBC ticker describes it...

Outrage at Trent Bridge, absolute uproar - the umpires had to review it once they were asked, and because four was not called then technically India could take the bails off. But in the spirit of the law? Incredibly poor at best - at the very best...

Phil Tufnell:"That is a disgraceful decision. It is wrong because the game in the players' minds had obviously come to an end. Technically it is out but it is just not in the spirit of the game."

They're booing in the stands, they're incandescent on the England balcony. Ian Bell cannot quite believe this - Kumar had given it up, and lingered over the ropes for a good three or four seconds without bothering to pick the ball up. When he finally did it was with all the body language of a man who has just let it go for four. None of the Indian fielders around the wicket were bothering to ask for the ball back, and so Bell began to walk off having punched gloves with Morgan.

Vic Marks:“Bell is culpable as he should not have just walked off the pitch on the assumption that the ball had gone for four, you play safe and have to get in your ground. However, you’ve got to have some sympathy for Bell. He must have assumed the ball had gone for four.”

Ian Bell is apparently claiming that he heard "over" called by Umpire Rauf before he began to walk off. I can see Andrew Strauss looking puce with rage on the England balcony. Rauf had handed bowler Sharma back his jumper; Bell had tapped his bat down in exaggerated fashion in the crease before walking off...

Let's look at this again. Bell says "four" to Morgan as they met to punch gloves. I think Kumar actually thought it had gone for four too. It was the laziest throw back in; even when Dhoni gathered he was nowhere near the stumps. He just underarmed it to Abhinav Mukund, who had strolled over to the stumps. Mukund then casually flicked the bails off; there was no shouted appeal even at that stage. It almost happened when Umpire Erasmus walked over from square leg to ask if they were appealing.

Michael Vaughan:“It’s hard to be sure but I’ve got a feeling that Ian Bell has been dozy, and Dhoni was within his rights to appeal. You could understand why because of the way Kumar acted on the boundary but Bell thought it had gone for four.”

The players should be back on - the tea interval ended four minutes ago. But there is no sign of either team, not umpires. Something is going on in those corridors...

At last the umpires walk out - to the most remarkable chorus of boos from the furious spectators all around Trent Bridge. Awful atmosphere out there, catcalls and abuse filling the air. It's like the Oval v Pakistan 2006...

Here come India - ear-splitting boos. And what's this? IAN BELL IS COMING BACK OUT!

India must have changed their mind - Ian Bell is coming back out to bat. As the crowd realise what has happened the boos turn to shocked applause and then delighted cheers. Someone has had a word with someone, and thank goodness they did - we might just have been pulled back from the brink of something very, very nasty...

The India team had formed a huddle on the outfield as the boos rang out. The first indication that something might have changed was that the England team appeared on their balcony applauding. We're back playing again, by the way, and what has Morgan done to the first ball? Smashed it for four...

Fascinating snippet here: I'm now hearing that England coach Andy Flower and skipper Andrew Strauss went to the Indian dressing-room at tea and asked MS Dhoni and India coach Duncan Fletcher if they would reconsider the appeal. Fletcher and Dhoni said they would talk to the rest of the team. The decision was then made to offer Ian Bell a reprieve. In the meantime, Bell has moved on to 140 and Morgan to 37. The ground still throbbing with intrigue, excitement and giddy gossip.

[thebish]

anyhoo - Morgan has just reached 50 of 66 balls... perfect!!

with a six n'all