Sachin doesn't walk

I don’t blame him, I only walk to the fridge, and occasionally to the toilet.

But I didn’t hear Anil Kumble doubt his sportsmanlike behaviour.

So far Peter Roebuck has not called for Vvs Laxman to replace him.

And the Australian team has decided to go ahead with the series.

Sachin got a huge piece of the ball, he clearly would have known he nicked it, but he didn’t walk.

Who does?

Is there a player in modern cricket who walks everytime he is out?

This doesn’t make Sachin a liar or a cheat, it makes him a batsmen.

When was the last time a soccer/bballer/hockey player said to the ref, hey mate you got that one wrong, give him the puck/ball/rock.

It doesn’t happen.

Golf is one of the few sports where the players give themselves the penalties, and if their partner thinks they have cheated they can refuse to sign the card.

In cricket we pay umpires to do the job.

They put on their funny little hats, step out into the middle and make decisions.

Sachin Tendulkar’s job is to bat, not to umpire, not to referee, not to commentate, not to streak, but to make runs for his country.

If he had gone out after that huge nick off Lee, India may not have won the game.

Cricket has moved on a lot since honest Johns walked in the 1950’s.

The game is professional, racism and separate change rooms are no longer tolerated.

So walking, while a noble tradition, may go the way of clapping the opposition captain, losing to the English and having white dudes lead dark teams.

Or maybe Sachin has bad hearing, perhaps Mike Proctor was right.www.cricketwithballs.com "losing the war on over rates, winning the war on tony greig"