da casino： India’s left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra, in the centre of a controversyafter being disqualified for running onto the pitch on the third dayof the first cricket Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday,was disappointed at the turn of events but
10-Jun-2001India’s left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra, in the centre of a controversyafter being disqualified for running onto the pitch on the third dayof the first cricket Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday,was disappointed at the turn of events but vowed to come back strongerfrom the experience. “I bowled the way I had in the first innings. Iam disappointed,” said the paceman from Delhi.Nehra was first given two official warnings by Zimbabwean umpireRussell Tiffin and several unofficial warnings by Australian umpireDaryl Harper. When he changed ends, he was first warned and thenstopped from bowling by umpire Harper who gave him his cap and sweaterafter he had bowled just four balls and told him he could no longerbowl in the innings.Zimbabwe were then reading 273 for seven and Nehra was in his 27thover. Team manager Chetan Chauhan said he was very disappointed at theturn of events. “He was our main bowler and bowled very well in thisgame. But we respect the umpire’s decision and though he would not beable to bowl again in this match, we will try to rectify the mistakein the next three-four days.”Nehra bowled 11 overs in the first innings and picked up threewickets for 24 runs and took two more conceding 77 runs in the secondbefore he was stopped while bowling his 27th over.Dave Houghton, former Zimbabwean captain and one of the greats in thisland, said if the idea was to create a rough for Harbhajan Singh, thebowling action of Nehra was unsuited for it. “I can understand a teamplaying two left-arm pacemen to create rough for the spinners. ButNehra was coming too close to the wicket. His footmarks on the wicketwere not going to help an offspinner.”Houghton didn’t remember any such instance in Test cricket. “Iremember a bowler from Gloucestershire being taken off the attackthree times in a county season though,” he said.Heath Streak, captain of the Zimbabwe team, said he too didn’tremember such a thing happen in his career. “I don’t remember it andit is unfortunate for a young fast bowler.” Streak, a fast bowlerhimself, had a piece of advice for Nehra. “The only thing he needs todo is to go a little wider,” he said.Zaheer Khan was also warned twice for doing so but then he correctedhimself and was going wide of the crease.