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Good to see the Vics sticking it to this prick.
Ganguly breaks deal, Vics return fire
Michael Horan
28nov03
INDIAN captain Sourav Ganguly reneged on a tactical deal and reduced the drawn three-day match against Victoria at the MCG to a net session, according to state coach David Hookes.
The clash finished on a sour note after Brad Hodge punished the Indian bowlers for more than eight hours to post a superb 264 as the home side amassed 8-518 in its first innings.
With the game dead, Ganguly refused to follow tradition and agree to stumps being drawn 30 minutes early.
But, after making his point, Ganguly called off the game with two overs still to be bowled.
Originally, Ganguly had agreed with Hookes to turn the three-day game - first-class matches are usually four - into a contest with each side batting for 70 overs in both innings.
"I spoke to (Indian coach) John Wright before the game before the toss and put a proposal to him: 'It's a 280-over match, what about 70 overs each side batting first and again batting second'," Hookes said.
"That way, blokes who miss out in the first innings can get another hit -- you guarantee two hits and two bowls. He said I should speak to Ganguly, who said 'Yes, good'.
"But then he came to me (late on the first day) and said it was the first day of the tour, they should just bat.
"Once he went past that 70-over mark -- well past -- I thought 'Bugger it'. He agreed to do something then changed his mind. They treated the first game like a net session."
India batted the full 90 overs of the opening day, making 9-266, then lost 10 minutes the next morning after forgetting to tell the umpires it had declared.
The Victorians, still seething, then resolved to keep the Indians in the field for the rest of the game.
India has only a three-day game against a Queensland second XI before the first Test.
Ganguly breaks deal, Vics return fire
Michael Horan
28nov03
INDIAN captain Sourav Ganguly reneged on a tactical deal and reduced the drawn three-day match against Victoria at the MCG to a net session, according to state coach David Hookes.
The clash finished on a sour note after Brad Hodge punished the Indian bowlers for more than eight hours to post a superb 264 as the home side amassed 8-518 in its first innings.
With the game dead, Ganguly refused to follow tradition and agree to stumps being drawn 30 minutes early.
But, after making his point, Ganguly called off the game with two overs still to be bowled.
Originally, Ganguly had agreed with Hookes to turn the three-day game - first-class matches are usually four - into a contest with each side batting for 70 overs in both innings.
"I spoke to (Indian coach) John Wright before the game before the toss and put a proposal to him: 'It's a 280-over match, what about 70 overs each side batting first and again batting second'," Hookes said.
"That way, blokes who miss out in the first innings can get another hit -- you guarantee two hits and two bowls. He said I should speak to Ganguly, who said 'Yes, good'.
"But then he came to me (late on the first day) and said it was the first day of the tour, they should just bat.
"Once he went past that 70-over mark -- well past -- I thought 'Bugger it'. He agreed to do something then changed his mind. They treated the first game like a net session."
India batted the full 90 overs of the opening day, making 9-266, then lost 10 minutes the next morning after forgetting to tell the umpires it had declared.
The Victorians, still seething, then resolved to keep the Indians in the field for the rest of the game.
India has only a three-day game against a Queensland second XI before the first Test.
