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| Jimmy Anderson cleared by ICC as India suffer another humiliation | |
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| India suffered their second humiliating defeat in as many days, and England enjoyed their second morale-boosting triumph, as the attempt to have Jimmy Anderson suspended for the remainder of the Test series was abruptly thrown out by an Australian judge. | India suffered their second humiliating defeat in as many days, and England enjoyed their second morale-boosting triumph, as the attempt to have Jimmy Anderson suspended for the remainder of the Test series was abruptly thrown out by an Australian judge. |
| Gordon Lewis, who heard six hours of evidence relating to Anderson’s clash with Ravindra Jadeja via a video link from a Southampton hotel to his Melbourne base, had the option of pondering for up to 48 hours before releasing his verdict. | Gordon Lewis, who heard six hours of evidence relating to Anderson’s clash with Ravindra Jadeja via a video link from a Southampton hotel to his Melbourne base, had the option of pondering for up to 48 hours before releasing his verdict. |
| Lewis, who fined and suspended David Warner from a similar distance last summer when finding him guilty of misconduct in swinging a drunken punch at Joe Root in a Birmingham pub, did not see the need to stay up much beyond midnight in Melbourne. Some unconfirmed reports suggested it took him only 10 minutes to rule Anderson and Jadeja not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct. | Lewis, who fined and suspended David Warner from a similar distance last summer when finding him guilty of misconduct in swinging a drunken punch at Joe Root in a Birmingham pub, did not see the need to stay up much beyond midnight in Melbourne. Some unconfirmed reports suggested it took him only 10 minutes to rule Anderson and Jadeja not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct. |
| So those who derided the whole process – which began on 10 July when India’s captain MS Dhoni felt sufficiently strongly to insist on going straight to the ICC to press level three charges without even going through his own board – as a waste of time and money have been proved emphatically correct. | So those who derided the whole process – which began on 10 July when India’s captain MS Dhoni felt sufficiently strongly to insist on going straight to the ICC to press level three charges without even going through his own board – as a waste of time and money have been proved emphatically correct. |
| India and England engaged legal teams, with England feeling obliged to press countercharges against Jadeja in defence of Anderson – charges which were downgraded from level two to level one by David Boon, the former Australia batsman who was the match referee at Trent Bridge, and who last week found Jadeja guilty of breaching the ICC code so fined him half of his match fee. | India and England engaged legal teams, with England feeling obliged to press countercharges against Jadeja in defence of Anderson – charges which were downgraded from level two to level one by David Boon, the former Australia batsman who was the match referee at Trent Bridge, and who last week found Jadeja guilty of breaching the ICC code so fined him half of his match fee. |
| That led to another furious Indian reaction, with Dhoni describing the decision as “hurtful”, and their lawyers forced the ICC into an embarrassing climbdown by securing the right to an appeal which had originally been ruled out. | That led to another furious Indian reaction, with Dhoni describing the decision as “hurtful”, and their lawyers forced the ICC into an embarrassing climbdown by securing the right to an appeal which had originally been ruled out. |
| Anderson was forced to stay in Southampton for the hearing when most of his team-mates headed home after England’s win in the third Test, with Stuart Broad staying to provide a witness statement and Matt Prior and Ben Stokes both agreeing to appear on his behalf – which in Stokes’s case involved a flight down from Newcastle, having played in a one-day match for Durham on Thursday. | Anderson was forced to stay in Southampton for the hearing when most of his team-mates headed home after England’s win in the third Test, with Stuart Broad staying to provide a witness statement and Matt Prior and Ben Stokes both agreeing to appear on his behalf – which in Stokes’s case involved a flight down from Newcastle, having played in a one-day match for Durham on Thursday. |
| Dhoni, Jadeja, India’s coach, Duncan Fletcher, and their physio Evan Speechley delayed their departure for Manchester, the venue for the fourth Test which starts next Thursday, to submit the case for Anderson’s prosecution, and Jadeja’s defence. | Dhoni, Jadeja, India’s coach, Duncan Fletcher, and their physio Evan Speechley delayed their departure for Manchester, the venue for the fourth Test which starts next Thursday, to submit the case for Anderson’s prosecution, and Jadeja’s defence. |
| The verdict, which was made public shortly after 4pm, left Anderson to head north in buoyant spirits, having produced his best performance of the summer in taking seven for 77 to spearhead England’s series-levelling victory in Southampton – with any Indian hopes that his performances would be undermined by the cloud hanging over him proving extremely optimistic.Now he can look forward to playing his 98th Test at his home county ground with a realistic chance of taking the 13 wickets he needs to overhaul Ian Botham as England’s most successful bowler in the remaining two matches of the series. | The verdict, which was made public shortly after 4pm, left Anderson to head north in buoyant spirits, having produced his best performance of the summer in taking seven for 77 to spearhead England’s series-levelling victory in Southampton – with any Indian hopes that his performances would be undermined by the cloud hanging over him proving extremely optimistic.Now he can look forward to playing his 98th Test at his home county ground with a realistic chance of taking the 13 wickets he needs to overhaul Ian Botham as England’s most successful bowler in the remaining two matches of the series. |
| But it is the reaction of India – and specifically Dhoni, who is not used to being humiliated – that will be most intriguing. They had indicated before the hearing that they would be unavailable to the media until Tuesday, and reiterated after the verdict that Dhoni would offer their official response at his captain’s press conference at Old Trafford the day before the Test on Wednesday. | But it is the reaction of India – and specifically Dhoni, who is not used to being humiliated – that will be most intriguing. They had indicated before the hearing that they would be unavailable to the media until Tuesday, and reiterated after the verdict that Dhoni would offer their official response at his captain’s press conference at Old Trafford the day before the Test on Wednesday. |
| Under ICC regulations they do not have the right of appeal. India have reminded some journalists that Dave Richardson, the ICC’s chief executive, could appeal against the decision himself. But that would be an astonishing twist, even by the recent unpredictable standards set by India and the ICC. | Under ICC regulations they do not have the right of appeal. India have reminded some journalists that Dave Richardson, the ICC’s chief executive, could appeal against the decision himself. But that would be an astonishing twist, even by the recent unpredictable standards set by India and the ICC. |