Harper hits out at India - double standards?

[BallOil]

AUSTRALIAN umpire Daryl Harper has hit out at India players and the International Cricket Council following his decision to retire during the recent series in the West Indies.

The official claims that the ICC refuses to hold Indian cricketers to account in the same way it does players from other countries.

"When I need to consider which team is playing and apply the laws differently for different teams, then this game has lost sight of its standards and its values," Harper said.

Harper was angered that India captain M.S. Dhoni criticised the umpiring in a press conference after the match but went unpunished by the ICC.

"I waited for a response or some action from management . . . and I waited," Harper said. "No response came . . . no support, no action. This wasn't the first time that I felt that I had been left out on a limb.

"People don't always think before they speak. Some spontaneous comments can be harmful to the game and its best interests. I had previously imagined that was the reason for a clause in the ICC Code of Conduct about 'inappropriate public comment'.

"If it happened on my watch, I'd take action. If it happens after my watch, after the game is over, I expected the ICC, the controlling body, to do some controlling." link

[mapoui]

my first question is...why is it wrong for players to criticise the umpires?

there are a lot of rules dat shut plyers down I do not agree with. Dhoni shud be free to blast the umps anytime he sees reason for it....

but on the other hand the rules that exist are the rules until we get change.

so these rules must be enforced on all alike. dhoni shud not get away with his criticism of the umps. he shud be subject to fines and suspension like any other player.

but did anyone expect any diffefrent with India as the power in the game?

India blasted the Oz for the same thing...preferrential treatment due to skin colour and power in the game.

now the shoe is the Indian foot and its the same old same old.

[BallOil]

why is it wrong for players to criticise the management?

[mapoui]

the problem is power! power relationships underpin all human interaction.

no matter wat the opressed say, as long as power relations are the way, once the oppressed overturn their situation and assume the power it will be the same old same . deh will then favour themselves unduly and opress others

[BallOil]

What about this?

"When I need to consider which team is playing and apply the laws differently for different teams, then this game has lost sight of its standards and its values," Harper said.

[mapoui]

What about this?

"When I need to consider which team is playing and apply the laws differently for different teams, then this game has lost sight of its standards and its values," Harper said.

thats nonsense. when the Oz were in charge he had no problem with such favouritism and double standard. the game only loses sight of its values only when brown and blac man in charge or dominant

harper shud have left it at criticism of the new double standard!

[Googley]

how they only call bowlers for pelting when they playing Oz and England???????

Harper should STFU and tek his licks!!

[mapoui]

if harper is going to go total he shud go total...by poining out the historical development of the double standard...also pointing out that the game suffers from all of it and its about time we look to democratise the game fully

[mapoui]

how they only call bowlers for pelting when they playing Oz and England???????

Harper should STFU and tek his licks!!

well Harper does have a point Goog Lee. India is throwing its weight around unduly, indiscriminatel;y and causng much damage to the other nations in the game.

favouritism for Indian players is just one new and distasteful development

allyuh shud look to that before it becomes as great or greater than the Oz bullshit the new Indian power has displaced

[mikesiva]

Dhoni was seeking to pressure Harper into giving decisions in favour of India, which is rich, considering that India forced the Windies not to use the UDRS system....

For those reasons, Dhoni is wrong, and should've been punished by the match referee.

Hopefully, UDRS will be used in all future series, so that players such as Dhoni can't put undue pressure on umpires. Not all umpires are strong enough to stand up to bullies like Dhoni....