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	rediff.com: cricket channel: Mike Denness Factfile
		Denness, a former England captain, spoke to both players and the managers of the two teams at the end of the match, but decided that no punishment was necessary.
		Mike Denness, the former England captain, who is the match referee in the Test series between West Indies and South Africa, is known as one of the more assiduous and strict match referees on the international circuit.
		Denness ruled that, although the company involved claimed to be a bat manufacturer, it did not qualify to be recognised as such in terms of the definitions of the ICC.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/nov/20denn.htm (2031 words)

	Mike Denness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Henry Denness (born 1 December 1940, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a former Scottish cricketer who played for Scotland, Kent, Essex and England.
		Denness was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1975.
		In his capacity as an ICC match referee, Denness caused controversy after the Port Elizabeth Test between South Africa and the visiting Indians when he sanctioned six Indian players.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Denness (244 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - Denness explains action against Tendulkar
		Denness, who had refused to speak about his action, at a press conference in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday morning, on the plea that ICC rules do not permit him to do so, issued a two-page statement through the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
		Denness said the decision to call for the video footage of Tendulkar's bowling and summon the player for a hearing was taken by himself.
		Denness said after going through the video footage, he summoned Tendulkar alongwith Ganguly and team manager M K Bhargava.
	202.54.124.133 /cricket/2001/nov/20den.htm (300 words)

	let2
		Mike Denness must be an honourable man. After all, he is English.
		This is precisely why you cannot ask Denness why he did not use the same yardstick to judge Pollock or Kallis or Hayward.
		Denness took the action based on the evidence offered by a television channel covering the Test and not on a written report from the umpires.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2001/11/24/editoria/LET2.HTM (422 words)

	Indians feel cheated by Denness-Cricket-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		new delhi: every indian cricket lover is feeling outraged at match referee mike denness' ruling which charged batting maestro sachin tendulkar for ball tampering.
		denness fined indian captain saurav ganguly for failing to control his players, along with four others -- virender sehwag, shiv sundar das, harbhajan singh and deep dasgupta.
		he likened the case to that of mike atherton's, who was merely trying to dry a wet ball a couple of years back.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=681448388 (997 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - S. African authorities replace Denness in test series - Thursday November 22, 2001 02:51 PM
		However the International Cricket Council, which appointed Denness, said the United Cricket Board of South Africa had acted without proper authority and the match would not be recognized as an official test.
		The Indians were furious that Denness disciplined six of their players, including Sachin Tendulkar, for bringing the game into disrepute during the second test, and demanded he be replaced for the final test starting Friday in Centurion.
		Denness said he was a properly appointed ICC match referee and could not do so.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/11/22/icc_denness_ap (716 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed responded: "Mike Denness was properly appointed by the ICC for this series and approved by both South Africa and India.
		The South Africans barred Denness in an attempt to placate the Indian touring side and stop them boycotting the final game of the series after they complained about Denness's handling of the drawn second test.
		Denness, a former England captain, found Sachin Tendulkar guilty of doctoring the ball and also punished five other Indian players, including captain Saurav Ganguly, for excessive appealing.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/11/24/spo04.html (733 words)

	aacricket
		Denness incurred the wrath of the Indian population after finding star batsman Sachin Tendulkar guilty of ball-tampering.
		Under heavy pressure from their Indian counterparts, the UCB told Denness that he would not be allowed into the match referee's booth at the ground and that former SA Test wicketkeeper Denis Lindsay would officiate in his place.
		"Mike Denness was properly appointed by the ICC for this series and approved by both SA and India.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2001/11/23/southafrica/AACRICKE.HTM (457 words)

	The Hindu : India, South Africa dump Denness
		Mike Denness, for the third test with India after the visitors threatened to abandon the tour.
		Denness, said the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA) had acted without proper authority and the match would not be recognised as an official test.
		Denness disciplined six of their players, including Sachin Tendulkar, for bringing the game into disrepute during the second test, and demanded he be replaced for the final test starting on Friday in Centurion.
	www.hindu.com /2001/11/23/stories/01230001.htm (531 words)

	India and South Africa face ban \| Cricket \| Guardian Unlimited Sport
		Yesterday, after intervention from the South African government, Denness, who had refused to stand down voluntarily, was informed by the chief executive of the United Cricket Board of South Africa Gerald Majola that he would be denied access to the match referee's box.
		The ICC has withdrawn Denness and the Englishman George Sharp, who was the neutral umpire scheduled to stand with Koertzen.
		The outrage was caused after Denness had punished India's leading batsman Sachin Tendulkar and five of his team-mates on Tuesday for a selection of offences ranging from "acting on the ball" to their conduct on the field.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /cricket/story/0,10069,604278,00.html (772 words)

	The Herald : News : 1crik.htm
		In a show of defiance, the UCB had earlier bowed to South African government pressure and banned Denness from the Centurion ground in a bid to placate the Indians, who were refusing to play after the ICC turned down requests to replace the referee.
		In a sharp retort, the ICC said the ban on Denness was “an unacceptable precedent” and warned South Africa that their third Test against India would be struck from the records if Denness was barred from officiating.
		ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said: “Mike Denness was properly appointed by the ICC for this series and approved by both South Africa and India.
	www.theherald.co.za /herald/2001/11/23/news/1crik.htm (841 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - India call for Denness to be replaced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Denness ruled that 28-year-old Tendulkar had brought the game into disrepute by "acting on the ball" during the third day’s play.
		Denness also came down hard on Virender Sehwag for using crude and abusive language, showing dissent at the umpire’s decision and attempting to intimidate the umpire by charging at him.
		Denness had summoned Tendulkar to a hearing after television pictures of Sunday’s play appeared to show him interfering with the seam of the ball with his fingernail.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1552292001 (816 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Test cricket in turmoil - Saturday \| November 24, 2001
		The crisis, sparked by India's refusal to play under ICC-appointed match referee Mike Denness after he handed out suspended bans to six of their players in the second Test, looked set to deepen further as the sport's traditional powers, England and Australia, declared their allegiance to the ICC.
		The row over Denness mushroomed rapidly this week after he found Indian cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar guilty of ball tampering in the second Test while also handing out suspended bans to a string of other Indian players, including skipper Saurav Ganguly, for over-aggressive appealing.
		An accusation of tampering - Tendulkar, according to Denness, was betrayed by television pictures trying to pick at the ball's seam to make it spin and swerve for his bowlers - is akin to calling someone a cheat.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20011124/sports/sports1.html (787 words)

	Tendulkar found guilty of ball-tampering -DAWN - Sport; November 21, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The suspension and fines by match referee, England’s Mike Denness has caused angry protests in the Indian camp, with the Indian media accusing him of being unfair and claiming a “conspiracy”.
		Majola said Denness, a former England captain, was not allowed to answer questions in terms of an International Cricket Council (ICC) regulations.
		Mike Denness revealed further details Tuesday of his controversial decision to give Tendulkar a fine and a suspended ban.
	www.dawn.com /2001/11/21/spt17.htm (714 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With members being invited to put questions to the speakers at various stages of their presentations, the evening, which was scheduled to finish at 9:00pm, finally came to a conclusion at 10:15pm.
		This led onto the resignation of Mike Denness as Chairman of the Cricket Committee, and Johnson confirmed that there were three different communications form Denness dealing with his resignation.
		Secondly, there was an e mail Denness had sent to committee members, and then finally the article in the Kentish Gazettes, the only one of the three communications that was in the public domain.
	www.kent-ccc.co.uk /news_story.php?id=221 (1655 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Mike Denness
		Few contemporary batsmen were more stylish than Mike Denness at his peak, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
		It was his misfortune that when those qualities won him the England captaincy, after Ray Illingworth's dismissal, he lacked the support of one of the players on whom he was most dependent.
		Mike Denness after the defeat at Edgbaston - hours later he was sacked as England captain
	www.icc-cricket.com /betting/content/player/11870.html (499 words)

	Overview of Michael (Mike) Henry Denness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Under Denness' captaincy (1972-76), Kent won the John Player League on three occasions, the Benson and Hedges Cup twice and the Gillette Cup.
		Denness runs a public-relations company and returned to Kent as chairman in 2000.
		Denness was inducted as one of the first members of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1690.html (224 words)

	S. Africa bows to Indian threat, bans referee -DAWN - Sport; November 23, 2001
		CENTURION (South Africa), Nov 22: South African officials have banned the ICC-appointed match referee, Mike Denness, from the third Test against India to prevent an Indian boycott of the match.
		Denness, a former England captain, enraged India by finding Sachin Tendulkar guilty of doctoring the ball in the drawn second test in Port Elizabeth.
		Denness was approached by a UCB member to stand down in the best interests of cricket but the statement said that he “indicated that he was a properly appointed ICC match referee who was in South Africa to act as such and he could not step down from that position”.—Reuters
	www.dawn.com /2001/11/23/spt9.htm (436 words)

	The Indian Express: Columnists - Shekhar Gupta
		If he has a problem with Mike Denness he should be approaching the government instead.
		What will further help, meanwhile, is the fact that a certain Mike Denness made 118 in England’s first innings score of 629 in that match.
		You may not be able to get the ICC to ban Denness as a referee for the future.
	www.expressindia.com /columnists/shek/20011201.html (1273 words)

	The Hindu : India ready to forget Mike Denness episode
		India has agreed to `forget' the unpleasant Mike Denness episode for ``humanitarian reasons,'' since the match-referee, whose severe punishments to six Indian players two years ago had brought world cricket on the verge of a split, had recently undergone a heart surgery, an ICC spokesman claimed on Saturday.
		At a meeting with the Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya, new ICC president Ehsan Mani suggested that the matter be best forgotten since Denness has had a heart surgery.
		Denness, a former England captain, had created a storm by holding Sachin Tendulkar guilty of ball-tampering and punishing five other Indian cricketers, including captain Sourav Ganguly, for excessive appealing during India's tour of South Africa in 2001.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/06/22/stories/2003062204121600.htm (273 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - Test threat as Denness is thrown out
		THE International Cricket Council warned South Africa yesterday that their third Test against India would be struck from the records if match referee Mike Denness was barred from officiating.
		Denness, the Scots-born former England captain, was barred by the South Africans in an attempt to placate the Indian touring side and stop them boycotting the final game of the series after they complained about Denness’ handling of the drawn second Test.
		Denness found Sachin Tendulkar guilty of doctoring the ball and also punished five other Indian players, including captain Saurav Ganguly, for excessive appealing.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1559602001 (685 words)

	rediff.com: cricket channel - The Mike Denness Controversy
		Denness row unlikely to affect England tour: Speed
		Nov 20 - ICC match referee Mike Denness disciplines six Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar, during the second Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth.
		Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya calls for Denness to be replaced for the third Test.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/nov/21tamper.htm (500 words)

	::: The Sunday Times : Sports
		The man appointed by the ICC to referee the current Test series between South Africa and India was 61-year-old Mike Denness, a dour Scotsman who captained the English team in 1974-75 and now serves on the ICC's international panel of referees.
		A man known for his integrity and decency, the unimaginative Denness is also known for a tendency to apply regulations rigidly and not see beyond the letter of the law.
		If Denness had penalised anyone other than Tendulkar, the matter may have ended there - but Tendulkar's demi-god status in his homeland, plus the fact that five of his team-mates including captain Sourav Ganguly were also punished - for "excessive appealing" - blew the whole issue out of proportion.
	lakdiva.org /suntimes/011202/sportsm.html (1076 words)

	CNNSI.com - Cricket - Cricket world braced for civil war over Denness row - Friday November 23, 2001 08:37 AM
		In Australia -- as had occurred 24 hours earlier in India and South Africa -- the politicians joined their cricket officials in taking sides, with Prime Minister John Howard declaring: "The authority of the ICC should not be challenged in any way.
		For the ICC, the position of their neutral officials -- Denness is a former England test captain -- is sacrosanct.
		An accusation of tampering -- Tendulkar, according to Denness, was betrayed by television pictures trying to pick at the ball's seam to make it spin and swerve for his bowlers -- is akin to calling someone a cheat.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/news/2001/11/23/cricket_civil_war (892 words)

	South Africa Controversy: New Battle Fronts In The Cricket Arena
		The kind of consensus that is emerging around the controversy surrounding Sachin Tendulkar is that he was not guilty of lifting the seem of the ball but doing so without the permission or at least the knowledge of the umpire.
		One cannot question Denness for upholding the laws of the game but he comes under the ambit of suspicion because his act has neither consistency nor precedent.
		I find it difficult to believe that Denness had a revelation that he was the chosen one to cleanse the game of all the ills that it had accumulated over the years and based on this divine providence he acted at the earliest possible opportunity.
	yehhaicricket.com /news/top_stories/contreversy.html (1283 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports
		Mike Denness, the match referee whose controversial decisions triggered a cricket..........
		Mike Denness, the match referee whose controversial decisions triggered a cricket controversy, expressed relief over the agreement between Indian cricket authorities and the International Cricket Council (ICC).
		Media reports quoted him as having said in Chandigarh that "we have been here for almost three weeks andso far all that has been discussed is who is running the game and the future of this tour".
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01dec02/sports.htm (2720 words)

	News - ematchfixing.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a rare show of strength, has demanded that the ICC immediately replace match referee Mike Denness for the third Test, starting at Centurion Park on Friday, November 24.
		Further, the BCCI has asked that all decisions taken by Mike Denness and announced this morning be held in abeyance, and reviewed by an ICC panel.
		Attacking Denness for his "inconsistent" decisions "targeted against only one participating team", Dalmiya informed that board secretary Niranjan Shah met ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed, now in Bombay, and demanded the referees removal.
	www.ematchfixing.com /news/index2.asp?id=463 (533 words)

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		Mike Denness is a man of few words.
		Though the press conference was held one morning in the early twenty first century in a small city in post-apartheid South Africa, it had the air of occurring in a half-savage tropical country in a half-savage age.
		Mike Denness played Adela Quested; just as she was kept from speaking by her officious English compatriots, Denness had been silenced and cocooned, and ensconced from the obstreperous natives, by the ICC.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1011202/editoria.htm (3241 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Backing Denness, who has provoked a stormy reaction by his excessive action against Sachin Tendulkar and five other Indian players two days ago, the ICC said in a statement that it could not agree to the request of the Indian board to appoint another match-referee for the Test.
		The two-page statement said that Denness, a former England captain, had been appointed the match-referee for the entire India-South Africa Test series with the consent of the cricket boards of India and South Africa.
		He said the UCBSA would not mind supporting the appeal to have match referee Mike Denness removed if that was the only option left to persuade the Indian team to stay back and complete the long tour.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20011122/main4.htm (1133 words)

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