Aussie Adam Gilchrist had a squash ball tucked in his glove, to help him bat, in the world cup. He made a huge total against Sri Lanka, and Australia went on to win the match. Do you think that was fair?
2007-05-07 11:08:03 · 12 answers · asked by samootch 2 in Sports ➔ Cricket
It was a squash ball. It was to help his grip on the bat. The same as batsmen using inner gloves or putting multiple grips on the bat. This would have close to no effect on his hitting power or the timing of his shots. To accuse him of cheating is unfair. Have we all forgotten that Gilchrist was the guy who walked against Sri Lanka at the 2003 world cup off the bowling of De silva after the umpire ruled him not out? I think people have a lot of sour grapes. They were the best team at this tournament and deserved to win.
2007-05-08 01:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Maverick off Top Gun 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best or worst thing it can do is to improve the grip of the bat (just like an inner glove which is allowed)or be an irritant..
In what way it can be termed as unfair?
It is like making a mountain of a mole.
Since it is not an approved item in cricket it can be termed as a mistake.Definitely not cheating since had not Gilchrist disclosed it publicly as if he had discovered something,nobody would have known it.
2007-05-07 22:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by karikalan 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
read this carefully man
Need I mention about banned substances that enhance performance?
Clearly, Gilchrist used a non-traditional foreign object to enhance his grip. Perhaps even his mis-hits going over the boundary for a six is an example of the undue advantage gained by this enhanced grip. To say that a man who has been in poor form throughout the tournament just came back to stellar form during the all important final, and that the squash ball is just a coincidence is simply naïve. After all, these are guys who wanted SLC investigated for a mere team selection policy. Had the roles been reversed, and Sanath Jayasuriya was the one with the squash-ball, I`m sure the cricketing world would be on fire now with all sorts of accusations fired at Sri Lanka for cheating.
, Adam Gilchrist used a squash ball to improve his grip in his bottom hand. The confusing gestures he made soon after reaching his century before going on to make 149 out of 104 balls was to in fact, that the person who made the suggestion.
isnt it funny and fishy....
we are the champions
we are the cheaters
OZ moto....
2007-05-07 13:43:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Since it is the first time such an incident has taken place in the history of cricket, it is very difficult to say whether using the squash ball had given any unfair udvantage to Gilchrist or not. Since he has come back strongly after some below standard performances in the final, it can be considered that using the squash ball may have helped him.
2007-05-07 12:57:21 · answer #4 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
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Turns out the squash ball did the same what inner gloves do to all batsmen.
So it was legal...it wasn't unfair advantage. If it was --- all players should be banned from wearing inner gloves!
2007-05-07 13:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by Psych_gal 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it was to help an injury etc nothing wrong with it & nothing wrong with it anyway
who on earth can bat with a nother ball in his hand,so what the heck is an unfair advavtage lol nothing wrong & very fair, gee
2007-05-07 11:18:43 · answer #6 · answered by ausblue 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
am tired of hearing about Gilchrist and squash ball.
2007-05-07 13:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well i have no idea whether it was legal or illegal... ICC has no clear rules for that ! but now as it is becoming such a great issue, so ICC should take a look of it ! but i think on international level no one is interested to clearify it !
2007-05-07 20:18:36 · answer #8 · answered by ★Roshni★ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Australia was gonna win the cup regardless of what happen or what they used so who really cares?!?!
2007-05-07 13:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by cajs 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No it wasnt fair and i bet if another country did it everyone would be calling them cheaters....
2007-05-07 14:45:10 · answer #10 · answered by SnowFlake 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋