Scene 1: Australias first innings in their second test against NZ. Umpire Shepherd, the best in the business, rules Mathew Hayden out C & B. Mathew Hayden refuses to go and asks to refer the decision to the third umpire, has his way and is again told by the chair umpire also that he is indeed out without doubt! So, he has no option, but to walk back to the pavilion. And it just passes as another normal incident on a cricket field!
Scene 2: SAs second innings in their second test against India. Umpire Harper rules Kallis not out against the most obvious inside edge Kallis could have got! Ganguly is obviously livid with the decision as Kallis is the only one capable of preventing India from a certain test & series victory, both of which are far and few these days! Not that the decision was referred to the third umpire in order to do justice, but only the incident was referred to the match referee leading to a 30% cut from Gangulys match fee!
One can understand if Hayden had atleast been proven right in expecting the decision to be wrong! Well, Cricket is a game of uncertainties and so is its governing body, especially when it comes to treating the breach of its CoC!
Replays clearly showed that Kallis was out. It was not Ganguly who should have been fined, but the umpire Daryl Harper should have been punished for his wrong decision. That was a crucial wicket of the best batsman in S.A. team. Any one can lose his temper when wrong decisions are made. So, I support Ganguly.
Is there no punishment for umpires if they make wrong decisions? Is there no punishment even if they do it repeatedly like Bucknor and Shepherd? Are they to be "honoured" for their wrong decisions?
Dear Sir , While I appreciate taking disciplinary actions /penalty against players for their mistakes / behaviours ,I wonder why the same is not imposed on umpires when television replays clearly shows that their decision is wrong and in many cases such wrong decision change the tide of the game !!!!!!!!
There are too many cases of breach of conduct in the case of the Indian captain whatever be the merits.Besides,how is the Indian captain permitted to address meetigs at Writers Buildings on matters of his personal programmes like sports academy on a Test playing day when his team is battling it out on the field?It is time that he lays his boots and gives way to others more disciplined,dedicated and talented.
Why should umpires be not fined for their decisions? If its a bad decision - may be you cannot overrule it on ground but should be fined if thats the case.
I welcome the fact that players showing dissent in field should be penalized. But, should it not be like this, "Humans showing dissent on field should be penalized"?. If I am in Ganguly's shoe, what would I think after I was given out for a wrong decision and my opponent handed a life not by my fellow feilder but by the umpire? If Ganguly is found to be guilt of bringing the game to a bad taste, so are the umpires handling wrong decisions. They too shoudl be penalized for their poor performance. This is not a comment just bursting out of blue, but the one that has been dormant for many years seeing the "Great australian swearing tradition" being advertised exactly opposite to the way in which Indians(sub continent players) are treated.
This particular incident had a clear slow motion showing that Kallis was out off Harbhajan Singh caught in the Forward Short Leg. If the Players are fined for Dissent in the Field, why not Umpires' get fined for Wrong decisions in the field. Considering the wrong umpiring decision is a human error then showing emotion at the spur of the moment is also a human error at that moment. ICC needs to be stricter on this approach to have the Two umpires refer to the Third Umpires with such decisions instead of turning that down......... Its high time that the ICC also give some stick to the Neutral umpires to use the third umpires services........
