The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, was clearly feeling the heat under the collar. Given a choice between the Ashes defeat and the punishment of the match referee, he would rather take the latter any day though.
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The Ricky Ponting-Kevin Pietersen tiff is likely to occupy centre stage deadline to compete with the fact that England are in a tremendous position to win the Ashes 2010 at the MCG after only the second day of the fourth Test in Melbourne.
Ponting did not like the umpire's decision on Kevin Pietersen being adjudged not out and appealed via the Umpire Decision Review System ( UDRS). However, he was livid to learn that the UDRS referral confirmed the umpire's decision. He then took it out on the umpires and on Kevin Pietersen, questioning the verdict and appalled plausibly by the state of matters more than anything else.
Ponting was charged with a Level 1 offence under article 2.1.3 (h) of the code which relates to “arguing or entering into a prolonged discussion with the umpire about his decision,” a charge that he pleaded guilty to, leaving the match referee, Ranjan Madugalle with the job of only to have to hand out punishment - a fine amounting to 40 percent of his match fee.
Ponting has apparently realized the folly of his ways in the heat of the moment. Although Ponting has been for the use of technology in sport and for the uniform application of the UDRS and his reasons may or may not be justified. But in a game that is increasingly being threatened for being referred to as the gentleman's game, Ponting's conduct was clearly unbecoming because questioning the umpire on the field is a cardinal sin.
It seems that the fall from grace is likely to be filled with disgrace.
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