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Re: Cricket
It's a real shame what's happened although in the Laws of cricket it appears correct. What is the problem here is the way it was handled with no warning of what was going on. I know the umpire does not have to tell the fielding captain why, in the case of alledged tampering but he could have had a quiet word before hand.
This happened within 10 minutes of Alistair Cook being given out and don't forget until Pietersen had his usual rush of blood when he got out, he had clouted a couple of sixes. Did the damage occur then? What evidence did the umpire have that warranted changing the ball? It also appears Pakistan were not told they would forfeit the match if they did not go back out.
I find that strange because 1) There are enough umpires around 4 to be exact that could have passed the message on and 2) Bob Woolmer (Pakistan coach) has been around long enough to have some idea of the consequences
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