Australian press slams Harper

Australian press slams Harper
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

ADELAIDE, DEC 14: The Australian papers debated and came to the conclusion that the second innings verdict against Sachin Tendulkar by umpire Daryl Harper was harsh.

Tendulkar said: ``What can I say. The umpire has given his decision. It is his decision..

``Everyone has seen the dismissal, it has been shown on TV. I watched the replay only once and...'' he said leaving the sentence incomplete shrugging his shoulders.

``Let us not delve too much into it,'' said the Indian skipper when asked about the poor decision he got in the first innings.

Indian coach Kapil Dev, too, echoed Tendulkar's helplessness when he said: ``Let us forget about these things. We have to look ahead, there is no point looking back. These things happen in cricket.''

Australian skipper Steve Waugh, however, felt the second innings verdict against Tendulkar was correct. ``I was in the slips and I did think he was out. Even Langer was given out wrongly in the first innings, but I did not hear much noise being raised on thatdismissal.''

Waugh added: ``I don't think that decision affected the course of the match. Let us get on with the game.''