Forget the DRS - that is a debate for another time. The lack of DRS is no excuse for pathetic umpiring. The ICC really need to look at why countries are producing such poor umpires. The English umpire is quite a joke. His decisions have been consistently incorrect and against India. It took me back to the “good ole’ days” when we had totally biased home team umpires. I can understand the one-eyed Australian media and public being unable to be blunt about this but most of us know that the 1st test was spoiled by the umpiring and India lost a game that theirs for the taking.
What astounded me was to see the same English umpire back on the field today (for the second test)!!!! How do the ICC manage corrupt umpiring? There were 4 obvious decisions that were wrong in that game and not only were they all against India but they were critical decisions. 3 of India's top order batsmen were given out incorrectly and Australia's only batsmen was given a second go. I can excuse an umpire not giving an LBW when there is some doubt, but giving one when it isn't out, is inexcusable - I guess some of you arm-chair viewers will be unable to comprehend that concept.
I remember the good ole' days when the Aussie media used to slander the umpiring in the subcontinent, when the umpiring in Australia was so much worse (That's why most Aussie top-order-batmen were never given LBW here and most opponent batsmen were). It is not surprising that since umpiring became "professional" and statistics maintained on the quality of decisions, it is the sub-continental umpires who have proven best time and time again. Their pay-eligibility/scale should be dependent on the quality of their performance
A simple solution, that will increase the pressure on cheating umpires is that, whenever a batsmen is given out, review the decision automatically and maintain a limit for the bowling side to review decisions that are not given out (as they do now).
- Commenter
- Cockeyed Observer
- Date and time
- December 17, 2014, 10:32PM
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