The relationship between cricket and controversy is very old, it is also said that cricket is a game of gentlemen, but many times something has happened in cricket that has tried to tarnish the image of the game and lower its level.
Where there were controversies like match-fixing to ball-tampering, and even in the middle ground, the cricketers had a dispute with the umpire or caused the antics of the spectators has brought another side of this game of uncertainties.
It has been seen more from the side of Australia that they have been more a part of the controversies in cricket. Let’s see three such controversies that put the cricket world to shame.
Bob Woolmer Death Controversy
One of the scariest controversies in cricket history to date was when Bob Woolmer suddenly died during the 2007 World Cup.
Anyway, the 2007 World Cup was in news for many reasons. India and Pakistan were out of the tournament from the first leg, despite their legendary players.
India’s exit was a sign of some new beginning due to the defeat of Bangladesh in the World Cup and the defeat of teams like South Africa along with Pakistan made a lot of statements from Ireland.
After Pakistan’s defeat, his coach Bob Woolmer died in his hotel room, the police declared it a murder in the first investigation but later named it a heart attack, which is a mystery till date.
Sydney Test 2008
India’s tour of Australia when players like Risky Ponting, Mathew Hayden and Brett Lee were part of the team. India were trailing 1–0 in the series and Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in the Sydney Test.
The host was completely on the back foot with 6 wickets for 134 runs in their first innings What happened after that brought a bad name to the cricket world where an umpire like Steve Buchnor did utterly poor umpiring which resulted in Australia making 463 runs in the first innings.
After the first innings of the host, India scored 532 runs in their first innings with an unbeaten innings of 154* by Sachin Tendulkar, Laxman 109, Sourav Ganguly 67, Rahul Dravid 53 and Harbhajan Singh 63 runs.
But what happened during the partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh crossed the limits when Andrew Simmonds accused Harbhajan Singh of making unscrupulous comments. The match was ended up with draw with many emotions went high but India won Perth Test Match.
