that's a load of bollox, of course

eg from cricinfo (which is Indian-based):

"the umpires asked Dhoni if he wanted to withdraw the appeal retrospectively, but Dhoni said No."

If Bell were 'playing outside the rules', the umpires would hardly have asked Dhoni if he wanted to withdraw the appeal.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 31st 2011 at 16:02:21

Message Thread

What a joke. Bell is gone (n/m) (Other Sports) - conker, Jul 31, 15:46:31
- lets hope we stuff-em shame he was playing so well (n/m) (Other Sports) - strap_on sally, Jul 31, 15:52:15
- OUT OF ORDER ! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 15:48:10
- Bell End (n/m) (Other Sports) - Steve in Holland, Jul 31, 15:47:52
- Unsporting by India. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 31, 15:46:59
  - cheating is what it is, Jumper handed back, Over called. That and the bump catch (Other Sports) - megson, Jul 31, 16:02:27
    - yup. would guess that's what most people will end up judging on this (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 16:04:23
      - Brilliant stuff from Dhoni, massive respect. (n/m) (Other Sports) - megson, Jul 31, 16:11:23
      - is his iq 9? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pixelman, Jul 31, 16:11:06
      - Never cheating in a million years (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 16:06:14
  - Difference between amateur and professional. Serves Bell right. (Other Sports) - Graham Br15tol, Jul 31, 15:48:40
    - no it doesn't (Other Sports) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 15:51:03
    - ciontravened spirit of teh game, surely. The batsmen thought tea had been called (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 15:50:04
      - I'm sorry. Did the umpire signal the boundary? Did he call for tea? (Other Sports) - Graham Br15tol, Jul 31, 15:54:54
        
        Nail on head. "Just as in football - you play to the whistle." (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 15:59:40
        
        Agree completely, Bell has slightly tarnished a fantastic innings with an error (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 15:56:39
        
        I'll go further. (Other Sports) - Graham Br15tol, Jul 31, 16:00:01
        
        that's a load of bollox, of course (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 16:02:21
        
        Agreed entirely. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 31, 16:08:18
        
        Ha, brilliant! No bell end! (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 31, 16:09:09
        
        Oh fuck off Lee. Your snide attitude on here and Twitter is getting a little dull now. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Graham Br15tol, Jul 31, 16:21:05
        
        who the f*ck are you? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 16:28:21
        
        ? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge 5mal1, Jul 31, 16:23:16
        
        Eh? Sorry do I know you? (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 31, 16:22:04
        
        Yes, you do. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Graham Br15tol, Jul 31, 16:24:25
        
        Oh? Well I'm sorry if I have offended you. Only stating my opinion, as you were yours... (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 31, 16:27:46
        
        However, well played Bell. Cracking innings which has swing the game. (n/m) (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 16:02:18
    - Still not in the spirit of the game. (n/m) (Other Sports) - DrDublin, Jul 31, 15:49:51
      - No chance, Bell just being a complete clot (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 15:50:50
        
        you think India were right to appeal? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 15:51:45
        
        Why not? (n/m) (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 15:52:04
        
        Because they've not go him out or earned the wicket. (n/m) (Other Sports) - megson, Jul 31, 16:03:27
        
        Plenty of batsmen 'give their wicket away' that's effectively what Bell has done (n/m) (Other Sports) - bgc, Jul 31, 16:04:36
        
        like I said above, just sprit of the game (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 31, 15:53:28

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