Fourth Umpire - Mr. Ricky Ponting

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After watching the test match, I feel some rules have to be incorporated by ICC to give the other teams a perfect clarification

(1) Ricky Ponting – (THE TRULY GENUINE CRICKETER OF THE CRICKET ERA AND WHOSE INTEGRITY SHOULD NOT BE DOUBTED) should be considered as the FOURTH UMPIRE. As per the new rules, FOURTH UMPIRE decision is final and will over ride any decisions taken by any other umpires. ON-FIELD umpires can seek help from FOURTH UMPIRE

(2) While AUSTRALIAN TEAM is bowling, If the ball flies anywhere close to the AUSTRALIAN FIELDER(WITHIN 5 metre distance), the batsman is to be considered OUT irrelevant of whether the catch was taken cleanly or grassed. Any decision for further clarification should be seeked from the FOURTH UMPIRE. This is made to ensure that the cricket is played with SPORTIVE SPIRIT by all the teams.

(3) While BATTING, AUSTRALIAN players will wait for the ON-FIELD UMPIRE decisions only (even if the catch goes to the FIFTH SLIP as the ball might not have touched the bat). Each AUSTRALIAN batsman has to be out FOUR TIMES (minimum) before he can return to the pavilion.

(4) UMPIRES should consider a huge bonus if an AUSTRALIAN player scores a century.

(5) All AUSTRALIAN players are eligible to keep commenting about all players on the field and the OPPONENT TEAM should never comment as they will be spoiling the spirit of the AUSTRALIAN team. Any comments made in any other language are to be considered as RACIALISM only.

(6) MATCH REFREE decisions will be taken purely on the AUSTRALIAN TEAM advices only. Player views from the other teams decisions will not be considered for hearing.

(7) NO VISITING TEAM should plan to win in AUSTRALIA. This is to ensure that the sportive spirit of CRICKET is maintained.

(8) THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: If any bowler gets RICKY PONTING - "THE UNDISPUTED CRICKETER WITH INTEGTIRY IN THE GAME OF CRICKET" more than twice in a series, he will be banned for the REST OF THE SERIES. This is to ensure that the best batsman/Captain will be played to break records and create history in the game of CRICKET.

These rules will clarify better to all the teams VISITING AUSTRALIA.

Umpires guide Aussies to victory in sydney test

Australia won the second test against India, thanks to Bucknor and Benson.
How can you expect a 11 member Indian team to win against a 14 member Australian side (3 umpires, including the third umpire were playing for them).
This is not the only time they received favour from umpires. Chanderpaul once said that "if the umpires do not rule all the 50-50 decisions or even some 40-60 decisions in favour of Australia, most test teams can beat them".
There were a number of decisions which went against us when we batted as well as when we bowled.
Here are some decisions I would like to point out:
Symonds was stumped by Dhoni, but third umpire declared him not out when his foot was in the air.
Symonds was again stumped, but Bucknor even refused to refer to third umpire, when it was clear in the replay that he was out.
Dravid was caught behind when the bat was no where near the ball. Gilly appealed and Bucknor declared out.
Ganguly was caught in the slip(according to the aussies). But no one including the umpire was sure whether it was a clean catch or a one pitch catch. He should have referred it to the third umpire. But he asked Ricky and gave out.
How can Benson ask that question to Ricky when he should have referred it to the third umpire and who is Ricky Ponting to decide whether a batsman is out or not.
Australia can keep winning consecutively as many matches as they want as long as the umpires are in their side.

Happy New Year

Where did the year go?
Suddenly it was December....again- and we realize that with giant strides we started in January and within a blink of an eye, 2007 is on its back.
May this 2008 be a year of blessing and happiness.

Christmas Gift

Jesus Christ was born to give us peace, joy, deliverance, hope in life. He came into this world to redeem us from sin and make us His own. Let us invite Jesus Christ, the divine indescribable gift into our hearts and show our love to Him. He shall fill us with peace that the world cannot give; shall do mighty things in our lives; be as the Everlasting Father Who shall love us to the end of our lives; shall counsel and guide us in life. Lord Jesus Christ shall bless us and make us a blessing to everyone.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas.

Christmas Quote

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

Kimi wins F1 driver championship

Kimi Raikkonen beat Alonso and Hamilton by a single point to win the driver's championship for the year 2007.
A great team effort and some car problem for Hamilton in the last race made it possible for the Iceman to win his first title. Many thought that his chance of winning the title this year was over when Hami took a huge lead over him halfway through the season. But, he made a great comeback.
This is what he had to say after he won the title "Even when we went through some difficult times and it looked as though there was no way to fight back, we never gave up and this work produced its reward today."

Well done Kimi

Are you a using a Nokia BL-5C battery?

Nokia is replacing 46 million BL-5C batteries manufactured by Matsushita Battery Co. between December 2005 and November 2006. These batteries could experience overheating due to a short circuit while charging, which can cause the battery to dislodge. Well, i just found the above information in Naveen's blog and since i am using a BL-5C battery, i just checked whether my battery is eligible to be replaced and found that my battery is one among that 46 million. I will be getting a replacement BL-5C battery for my mobile.

Click here to read the official Nokia press release. ..

Click here to check if your BL-5C is eligible to be replaced....