littlerich wrote:
Ha ha!
Not out Ponting you prick. Get on with the game you whinging ocker!!
Sounds like Ponting totally lost the plot over an unsuccessful review for a catch behind the stumps with Pietersen on 49. Apparrently Haddin was the only one who appealled in the first place, but when the replay umpire upheld the original not out verdict Ponting was ranting at each umpire in turn, then having a go at Pietersen too. Then after all the commotion Pietersen was out shortly afterwards sparking a middle order collapse. Ian Chappell reckoned the level of dissent warrants an ICC suspension.
Even better though, Ponting then thought he'd run out Trott with a direct hit from long range but the replay reprieved the batsman by the narrowest possible margin; one frame showed the stumps intact with his bat on the line, the next showed the bat just over the line with the bails just dislodged. And now Trott is 141 n.o at close of play with Prior making his first decent score of the series on 75 n.o., the total 444/5, the lead now 346. Best case scenario: we can afford to bat at least half of day 3 as long as we don't get bowled out, which should give us a lead of 500+ and still leave ourselves half the match to bowl them out a second time and make any fourth innings runs that might be needed.
