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Duncan
Fletcher confirms official complaint lodged
London,
January 20:
England coach Duncan Fletcher on Sunday confirmed that his team had lodged
an official complaint with match referee Dennis Lindsay following the
controversial dismissal of Marcus Trescothick in the first one-day
international game against India in Kolkata last evening.
An England and Wales Cricket Board spokesman said a letter had been
written which "expressed our concern over the standard of umpiring in
the match".
Chasing a total of 282, England were in hunt till Trescothick (121) was on
the crease but collapsed to concede a 22-run victory to India.
England captain Nasser Hussain told Radio Five Live that he had asked the
match referee to probe into two controversial leg before wicket decisions.
"I hope the ICC match referee has a look at things," Hussain
said. "I'm tired of commenting on umpires decisions every other game.
"My team were certainly not the losers out there. Cricket lost out a
little bit but certainly not my team," he said.
Hussain himself was adjudged leg before to Anil Kumble but it was the
dismissal of centurion Trescothick that proved the turning point in the
game.
Trescothick was given out for 121 to a delivery from Javagal Srinath that,
replays showed, had pitched outside leg stump.
Trescothick, though, claimed that England could have won the match despite
their bad luck.
"There are a few decisions that have not gone our way but we could
have won without that," he said.
"Our fielding was as good as any world class side and batting second
we got ourselves in a position to win.
"We played well but just couldn't get over the final hurdle."
The Man of the Match said he would happily swap his award for an England
victory.
"Now we've got to bounce back," he said. "There are five
more games to play and we're going to be tested but we'll have to try to
make sure we win them."
Hussain said he was very proud of his side, and saved particular praise
for what he believed was England's finest ever fielding performance.
"It was a great day's cricket at a great ground, a great crowd and a
great England performance," he said.
"It's a shame we didn't round it off because it would have been a
great day.”
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