Bob Willis says the ball was changed in SL match for ball tampering.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/642277.html

Gashley denies it.

Ian Pont calls out England's bowlers for their braindead popgunnery. Even throws the word pie in there.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-champions-trophy-2013/content/story/642103.html

It's all happening.

Bob Willis wrote:
"Have you ever heard of the batting side complaining about the shape of the ball, or the umpires saying 'we're going to change the ball because it's out of shape'?

Uhhhhh, yes?

They're not very good at it. Maybe with more time.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Bob Willis wrote:
"Have you ever heard of the batting side complaining about the shape of the ball, or the umpires saying 'we're going to change the ball because it's out of shape'?

:suspect:Uhhhhh, yes?

Almost always at the behest of the fielding side.

But given his countrymen's chequered history with England, I would've thought Aleem Dar would've been only too keen to report the honkeys if any balljiggery had taken place.

So they manged to change the ball enough in 13 overs to get reverse swing?

Apparently Dar doesn't like the tactics - cross seam bowling and throwing the ball back on the bounce. Says it's just not cricket.

Bob Willis seems to have lost the plot a bit. Is he that dejected by the current crop England bowlers that he is accusing them of ball tampering in the hope that others get a call up?

This is the man whose commentary is so boring and moany that he's no longer allowed within 100 yards of a comm box when any proper cricket is on, and spends most of his time sitting in a tiny studio with other "experts" like Charles Colville and Ian Harvey.

He reminds me a bit of how my grandad was towards the end.  I keep expecting him to start ranting about "brown people".

TBF to Bob, he doesn't wishy-washily give pathetic platitudes to shit English players. He tells it straight. Better than some of the Stepford, vanilla identiopinion shitwads in the comm box.

I'd like to see Big Bob and Nick Knight have a fight to the death.  Knight is a grade-A yoghurt cannon as well.

Jesus, that would be horrific. But I'd pay big money for a ticket. Nick Knight would lose - he'd be debating the relative merits of Bob's punches whilst Bob was lining up the haymaker.. or yawnmaker.... forgot what he calls his finishing move.

Nick Knight is better eye candy if you switch the sound of.

'better eye candy than Bob Willis' = damned with faint praise

disappointing comments from our Pomgolian FB friends....immediately going on the attack on Willis and the ump...hello hello.;...the english have a long history of cheating...mints anyone?

I likes me Polo.

PeterCS wrote:I likes me Polo.

from thickers on the mints have been rolled down the aisle

it will be interesting to see what the Australians do during the Ashes...at the first hint of early reverse, I expect they will ask the umps to check whether the ball is "out of shape"

Does Beefy believe the ball was tampered or otherwise? He goes on quite a bit about 92.

horace wrote:it will be interesting to see what the Australians do during the Ashes...at the first hint of early reverse, I expect they will ask the umps to check whether the ball is "out of shape"

Might be the only way for the Oz top order as it stands.

Unless they play a batsman, like Rogers.

PeterCS wrote:

horace wrote:it will be interesting to see what the Australians do during the Ashes...at the first hint of early reverse, I expect they will ask the umps to check whether the ball is "out of shape"

Might be the only way for the Oz top order as it stands.

Unless they play a batsman, like Rogers.

no...the top order will be gone before the ball becomes "out of shape"