Match referee cautions Indians
9 June 2001
The touring Indian team has been cautioned against over-appealing and
remonstrating against decisions unfavourable to it in the current Test
series in Zimbabwe.
Match referee Denis Lindsay called Indian captain Sourav Ganguly,
vice-captain Rahul Dravid, and coach John Wright, for an unofficial
briefing at the end of the second day's play in Bulawayo yesterday.
"There is no official warning as such," said Lindsay. "Only a time to
re-emphasize the kind of conduct we expect in the middle."
Lindsay's move is seen as an attempt to ward off things getting out of
hand in the ongoing series. Though there weren't any particularly ugly
scenes in the middle, the Indians did appear to over-appeal and
remonstrate on a few occasions with the umpires.
Though Lindsay tried to downplay the event, the time he spent with the
Indian team management in his room suggested the match referee had a
lot of points to make.
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