Players appeal too much, the umpire gets pressurised. Players show 'dissent', bring the game to 'disrepute'. Come on, whom are we kidding?
Look at other games. Football for instance. Players are allowed to show their dissatisfaction over the refree's decisions. Does it not add to the charm of the game? Even in a game like tennis, players are given the freedom to argue with the chair umpire if they don't like the decision. That doesn't make the game notorious, does it?
The ICC is surely living in the stone age. Come on guys, the players are humans too. There have been so many instances when the umpires have been obviously wrong in their decisions. Under such circumstances, it is natural for a player playing under such competitive environs to feel frustrated and angry. Why can't the player be allowed to let off some steam? Does asking for clarification mean 'dissent'? If the bowler celebrates before the umpire decides that the batsman is out and if he is obvioulsly out, what is so outrageous about it? Is the game so gentlemanly that the players cannot speak? Looking at the way Australians and South Africans play, it doesn't seem so. Also, there is no sign of the laws and by-laws laid down by the ICC when it comes to dealing with these teams. It is these laws that bring the game to disrepute. In fact, they make the game look so silly.
It does seem that these rules are applicable only to the teams from the Indian sub-continent. And that the match refrees are trained thoroughly to follow this unwritten law.
