Unfair play by australia

Ganguly should actually have been given the fair play award for in walking off so quietly there was a telling gesture to be felt in his thundering silence. In younger days, a more temperamental batsman may have risked being hauled up before the match referee by demonstrating dissent. The Australians might take offence at such brazen Bucknor-bashing for it has long been suspected that the Jamaican football referee is a secret Aussie sympathiser.Had he been doing duty in the last World Cup, the Socceroos would not have been felled by a foul penalty call in virtually the last minute that allowed the Italians to triumph while the yellow jerseys stood eliminated.While the honourable duo of Benson & Bucknor have been given the honorary status of best Australian players, Ricky Ponting has been given the status of an honorary umpire and with it the best umpire award since he was the one who signaled Sourav Ganguly out caught by Clarke as if he were God pronouncing judgment on the Day of Reckoning.One wonders whether Bucknor would have secretly applauded this index finger raising style of the skipper from slips even as Benson raised his finger in the manner of an undertaker confirming that God had decreed the dismissal sending the former Indian skipper packing to the pavilion.