What did Somnath Chatterjee have to lose anyway?

Was Tillakaratne Dilshan out caught off Zaheer Khan [Images ], or was it a case of the bat hitting the ground? Mark Benson, the man out in the middle, thought the Sri Lankan batsman was out; Rudi Koertzen, the third umpire, gave Dilshan the benefit of the doubt after referral. Did Michael Vaughan [Images] catch Hashim Amla cleanly at Headingley off Andrew Flintoff [Images ], or did he grass it? Billy Bowden and Daryl Harper had no problem, but third umpire Richard Kettleborough gave Amla the benefit of the doubt. Cricket, unlike politics, has clear-cut rules, and is presided over by trained, neutral officials, yet you find grey areas even in sport. Just as the debate over the new referral system is destined to stretch on, seemingly forever, so I fear shall the arguments over the Indo-US nuclear deal. English and Australian... [read full story]