Ganguly's ban overturned on appeal

[Occasional Fan]

Sourav Ganguly becomes the first international player successfully to overturn a ban on appeal, apparently.

BBC report here.

Mitigating circumstances or not, one wonders now what a captain actually has to do in terms of time-wasting in order to be banned. Surely this decision basically neuters the match referees?

[Zainub]

This is basically a big spat on the face of Clive Llyod - which once again makes the ICC look like a laughing stalk

[Maranello]

The ICC a laughing stock? Surely not. Not that august body doing so much to uphold the spirit of the game?

[Beny]

This is insane. Hopefully though, Ganguly wont try his luck again and will move his butt to speed the overs up.

[vvvrulz]

Ganguly is a liability against good pace bowling, I'd actually prefer if he sat out and let Mohammad Kaif replace him.

[Beny]

Sorry VVV but I cant back you there. Ganguly dosent get the record that he has, without facing good pace bowling. He batted very well last time he was here in Aus. His innnings at the Gabba was excellent.

It's true that he is not the best against the short stuff but every batsmen has a weakness and It's not like He can't play it at all.

[vvvrulz]

Yeah I'll agree that the Gabba innings was good, but in the last five years or so, good bowlers have time and time again got him out edging to the slips, he does it over and over again. Had the likes of McGrath been there at the Gabba, I think Ganguly might have been in trouble. He is an excellent player of spin bowling though.

[imaginarydiva]

Honestly i think ganguly is the best bet for captaincy.Inspite of his personal record hes a shrewd and imaginative captain and more importantly;he commands the respect of most;if not all of the indian team members.

Abt the ban;Umm..I support the removal of the ban.sorry;but thats just my opinion.

[Occasional Fan]

ID - you don't need to apologise for your opinion. But I would like to ask you the question I almost raised at the top of the thread: if 74 minutes delay in bowling 49 overs is not enough to get banned, what is? And if a ban isn't the appropriate penalty for any amount of delay, what would be the appropriate penalty?

[Maranello]

And if a ban isn't the appropriate penalty for any amount of delay, what would be the appropriate penalty?

On your second question OF, why is the ban an appropriate penalty? Is Ganguly cheating? If not, a ban seems a trifle harsh, don't you think?


PS: Just want to explore your reasons, not necessarily disagreeing with you