As seen in the recent series where Pakistan played Australia it was clearly eveident how umpires ignored the abusive comments of Australian players while the nailed the Pakistanis whenever they had a chance. Also most of the important decisions that changed the coarse of matches were doubtful and against Pakistan.
What is this? Is there really something wrong or its just my thinking? Its upto you to comment. And do not forget how Mr. Ian Heally has on most of the occasions tried to portray Pakistan as a school boy’s team. SYDNEY, Indian cricket officials have called on the sport’s globe governing body to outlaw umpires Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson from officiating in the rest of the series for their treatment of the second test adjacent to Australia.
India mislaid the match by 122 runs after their celebrated batting line-up distorted on the last day at the Sydney Cricket Ground but the tourists said the umpires were to guilt for the result. Symonds, who later admitted he had nicked the ball, was on 30 at the time but went on to make another 132 runs to finish unbeaten on 162.
The Indian players would not remark on the umpire’s decisions for fear of breaching the sport’s code of conduct but Chauhan said the team felt robbed.The five-day match was resulted by a series of umpiring blunders that reignited the debate about whether the match officials should be allowed to make greater use of technology to ensure they make the right decisions.Both teams were unfavorably exaggerated by wrong calls but the most noteworthy occurred on the first day when Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds was given not out by West Indian umpire Bucknor when the player edged a catch behind.