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India won by 16 runs in the 49-overs-a-side match that started late and ended early under fading light, much to the frustration of English team which is now 0-3 down in the seven-match series.
English skipper Kevin Pietersen minced no words in saying that his side had been robbed of a win by the way officials conducted the match and his views were seconded by an equally furious media in London.
"The International Cricket Council is always changing its playing regulations, but one rule that it claims umpires can apply at any time is common sense, something utterly lacking in Kanpur," wrote 'The Daily Telegraph'.
"...you could understand their (England players') anger at seeing their best chance of winning a game in this one-day series disappear at the click of a light meter," it said.
Putting the blame squarely on Tiffin -- the senior of the two officials -- the newspaper said the match could have done with a shorter lunch break, as suggested by Pietersen and England coach Peter Moores. The daily said deducting just one over a side after a 45-minute delay was also a logic-defying decision.
"He (Tiffin) should have shortened the lunch interval, which umpires can do, following the one-day farce at Edgbaston last year, when play was called off just one over short of constituting a game," the newspaper said.
"Their biggest mistake was made at the start, when Tiffin announced that the match would be 49-overs a side. Fitting that many in after losing 45 minutes at the start was always overly optimistic and, given a 10-minute tweak at lunch, 45 overs-a-side would have been about perfect."
'The Guardian' was also scathing in its criticism of how the game went about and said, "The match was delayed by 45 minutes for morning mist, but nonsensically the overs were reduced only by one over per side to 49. By 4.30pm, the light was predictably fading, and even though England's spinners were bowling, umpires Russell Tiffin and Amiesh Saheba offered India bad light and victory by the dreaded Duckworth-Lewis calculations.”
"Appoint an umpire called Tiffin to a match involving India and England and it is to be expected that he comes over all 'old colonial' and stops for tea at 4.30," the newspaper fumed.
'The Independent' felt the umpires robbed England of what could have been a hard-fought and deserving win. "The Kanpur smog ruined Englands chances of fighting their way back in to the seven match series when the umpires offered India's batsmen the light with the game delicately placed.
"India still required 43 in nine overs with five wickets in hand when the match officials deemed the conditions not to be fit, a decision that robbed England the chance of a victory they had worked so hard to achieve," the daily wrote.
'The Times' echoed the sentiment and said the officials' surprised one and all with their decisions despite being well aware of the weather conditions in the Indian city.
"For all that, questions need to be asked over why the game was allowed to end before time. Anybody who has been in Kanpur this week knew that the light starts to fade around four o'clock in the afternoon.
"The second mistake of the officials was to dock just a single over from each innings instead of reducing the break between innings. Those two decisions created a farce that was waiting to happen," it said.
Wide-selling tabloid, 'The Daily Mail' described the umpires' decision "crass" and wrote, "Cricket's capacity to shoot itself in the foot knows no bounds and the farcical end to the third one-day international here yesterday was another example of rules and regulations holding sway over the interests of spectators and simple common sense. At the end of it, England's slim chances of taking anything from this series had all but disappeared."
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That 's right. Umpire must use common sense in games played by one of the white teams. And the common sense is" help white team win the matches like they did in sydney, Aust. Common sense also means impose 8 times more fine on players of subcontinent for similar infringement. Example Zaheer's (80%)fine versus Watson's (10%). In the interest of the game those upmires not having such a common sense must be removed. You can not let a white team lose like that. Come on use your common sense. So follow your common sense in next game if you want to be an umpire otherwise English media and ICC will ban you.
Hi Brits, Shut your mouth and focus on next 4 games if you want to win. This is a new breed of Indians. Can you win at least one game to save your ego?In Cricket there are umpires to do their job. The media who criticized the umpires should be ashamed because they are strictly following the regulations and no question about it.
Even if the match was played, I am sure India would have definitely made it. England should not try to make these sort of remarks on the Umpires or the Duckworth Lewis method of declaring the results. I do agree that Duckworth Lewis method is bit harsh, but is always to the disadvantage of the team batting second. In the instant case, India has made it well ahead and were in a very convenient position. Even if the match was continued, imagine for a while that there was no bad light, the match would have gone in favour of India with minimum 2 to 3 overs to spare. I wish English team to concentrate in their future matches instead of brooding over whatever that has happened. This sort of attitude can be expected only from Aussies and not from English.
England could have won if the life had not faded. India!s chances were higher. Till the play ended India had the upper hand. The conjectures by the England Captain and their media are only speculative. Umpires have been unnecessarily put on trial. Captains should learn to be graceful in defeat as much as they enjoy victory.
Had it been England winning as per DL rule everything under the sky would have been transparent.We are capable of winning the series without that win as well
England could have won if the light had not faded India had equal if not higher chances of scoring the runs and win. Everything else is speculative and it is not fair to put the umpires on trial. Captains should learn to be graceful in defeat and victory.
The English Captain should be heard, or at least overheard, the Indian Captain opining after losing the toss, that the D/L method will come into play during early evening and that he would have opted to bowl even if he had won the toss. That is brilliant assessment and calculated usage of resources and the latest blessing-in-disguise called the "Batting Team Power Play". Better than lamenting on the loss contributed to first by the England batsmen scoring at least 40-50 runs lesser, their bowlers could not capitalise on the earlier lapses by the Indian batsmen. At the end of the day, the captain who is able to better utilize his resources had the last laugh.......
I general this is typical of Brits/Aussies/Americans/white who claim high moral ground as long as they have the upper hand. When you look back in history, these guys have committed the worst crimes possible for centuries and now they are model citizens to the world.
dont worry india can win another two matches and the result will be the same. however let us accept the fact that after 45 minutes delay how the umpires decided to reduce only two overs because in 45 minutes the stipulated overs bowled should be 10 as rightly pointed out. if there were only 1 or two wickets left he can say england had the chance to win. when there were 5 wickets left and pathan playing his shots the match could have been finished in 45 overs.
Seems that now its the British who are mentally disintegrating after Ponting and symonds and Australians have. Very entertaining to watch.
If there was no light problem, then also it was difficult for England team to win. The rules were not made in suport of Indian team. After loosing the match, it is not fair to critisise the umpires and the rules.
Sir, one thing that I do not understand that all these senior and experienced empires knew the light conditions in Kanpur and why they did not decide the match to be conducted in limited overs say 20:20 or 30:30, thus making this match a decisive one in a decent way rather than to follow D/L method, which is being questioned one. This could have been much better than to receive criticism being now hurled at them.
The reason that you do not understand is that you do not have that basic knowledge of the game. There is no body other than the losers questioning the decisions and yes some morons like you too. Why are you s defensive to the vitiated criticism hurled by the sore losers. They are so sure of their victory as will Indian Players would have paralysed after 40 overs of play. I am quite sure, India was better placed when the match ended due to bad light.
Earlier Aussie media and now the British media are bahaving like bad loosers. Come on Englishmen, there was 5 wickets left with 5 run/over requirement and Dhoni (No. 1 ODI player) and Pathan ( who rogered England in the last match, 29 ball 50).
Mr Kevin Pietersen the captain of the England team should have been aware of the rules of the game . England won the toss and were at one stage 79 for no loss the english players were not able to increase the run rate after they lost the first wicket . The Indian team even though they lost two quick wickets were always scoring in a better run rate throught the match except for a few overs . The better team won there is no pont in the British Media and Mr Pietersen grumbling after loosing the match. Even if the game had continued India would have won as they had the wickets and overs to win the match.
Only way England would have won this match was by D/L method...unfortunately it went against them...now they have somebody else to blame for their loss than themselves
Well - everyone knew the rules, and Pietersen chose to bat first. He should have judged that with 1 over deducted, the 2nd team may well play only 40 overs. So it was a strategic mistake.also, 43 runs with 5 wickets in 9 overs is not that tall a task that the English players and media assumed that England would surely win from there
Had there been enough light and if match had lasted for the full 50 overs would England have won the match? There were 60 balls and only 43 runs to score. How can English media think that it was their chance to win. If match had continued in another fiver overs Dhoni and Pathan could have finished the match
It seems every one is obsessed against India winning? Aussies are so rattled so much so that they have lost there mental balance and dont know what to talk and what not to. Now it is the turn of british media to cry fowl. Wonder what the british media would have said had england won by duckworth lewis system
When you are captaining a side Mr Kevin Pietersen you should be well aware of the rules of the game no use in cribling your team were at one stage 79 for no loss with a very good run rate it is the mistake of your batsman that they could not capitalise on the good start and the team was bowled out in less than the stipulated 49 overs .It is the entire team that has to be blamed . You should recollect that India was well in control of the run rate throught the match except for a very few overs after which they were ahead of the run rate most of the time . your team failed in the first place to capitalise on winning the toss there is no use in finding fault with the umpires
How does English media come to the conclusion that it was England who was going to wing the match ? With Dhoni
3RD OD AT KANPUR. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY WORD GETTING ANGRY ON THE DECISION OF THE UMPIRE. FIRST OF ALL THE MATCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNEDAND PLAYED IN THE STADIA WHERE DAY AND NIGHT FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE. IN THE EVENT DAY AND NIGHT FACILITIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT KANPUR STADIUM THIS MATCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO SOME OTHER STADIUM IN SOME OTHER TOWN WHERE THIS FACILITY HAD BEEN AVAILABLE. ENGLISH TEAM THEREFORE SHOULD NOT FEELOTHERWISE. IN INDIA THINGS ARE ATTENDED TO WITH OPEN MIND.WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Guys,Peterson's anger is justified. He has right to say the match shud have been played to the full. For all those who complain of Brit media or its players, imagine how many of us (incl. yours truly) rued over many matches not going India's favor in Test or One day for rain or other reasons in India or overseas. Whenever there's an issue the Indian media lambasted every other board (recent sidney fiasco including).It's a different matter that England could not have won but a chance should have been given and there should be fair play. And I do not know how so many here have a vague memory as India have collapsed a lot with the tail. 43 runs of 60 balls could have been easier when Dhoni and Yousuf Pathan are playing, but a wicket or 2 and pressure would have been back in India since we are already 5 wickets down. Had India won the match playing under lights or through fair means (other than D/L rule), the team would have a clear image untarnished by anyone.