Umpires and spilt milk

I was trying to avoid this, but my indian friends just can't get past it.

Mistake one - Ponting gets a wide one down the leg side, flicks at it, obvious noise, bat near nothing else. Given not out. Umpires are generally more cautious with caught behind decisions down the leg side. Was out, wasn't given, not the first batsmen to tickle one down the leg side and given not out. 4/10.

Mistake two - Ponting gets forced back on the crease by Bhajji gets thickish inside edge onto pad. Given out Lbw. Decision was right all accept for the nick. Probably a worse decision than the first one, as nick caused severe deviation. 3/10.

Mistake three - Sharma gets a good ball to Roy which lifts and deviates, Roy smashes it, turns his head to see where its gone, and even shifts his weight like he is going to walk. Then Bucknor gives it not out and Sharma has a (semi justified) hissy fit. Shocking decision, huge deflection, and big noise. 0/10.

The 50/50 - Anil Kumble deceives Roy who over balances slightly, Dhoni takes the bails off. One camera Roy looks slightly in, but not a great angle. Second angle he looks out, but its hard to see the bail properly. Third angle if you believe in shadows you can say there is no doubt, but when/if you were a murder suspect and the evidence revolved around shadows you'd hope the jury gave you some doubt. 7/10.

All this adds up the obvious bias that Australian cricketers receive. Something should be done about it, we should get neutral umpires in, like Simon Taufel.

I would list all the mistakes the Australian and Indian players made, but its way more than 4 and i don't have the time, who has the time?

Oh and if you'd like to talk to me about the hypocrisy of Ponting storming off after he'd already got a bit of luck his way, don't, cause i agree it was a pretty poor effort on his behalf, and not the first time.www.cricketwithballs.com "the hooking & pulling specialists"