I thought Bowden is a better umpire among the so called elite group of umpires. He might have made mistakes but only a few. Think about the new pakistani umpire in the recently concluded south africa series and the worst Steve Buckonor. These guys were always against us. Bur Bowden did a better job.
Umpires takes decissions. After taking decission, today you see umpires trying to clarrify the decissions to the bowlers in details such as...... the ball has pitched out side the leg stump, the ball is missing the leg stump
and all this sort after he had taken the decission.
However, after the decission, if the batsman says he had played the ball before it hits the pad on LBW decission, the batsman is penalised.
Is the umpires with the bowling team. Will they play neutral like the good old days.
It is widely publicised how and to what extent the match Referee penalises a player for showing dissent on a bad umpiring decision on the field. Will there ever be a system in which the public at large would get to know how and to what extent the umpire is penalised by the ICC? I feel the paying public deserves to know these details also since umpiring these days is a professional job and umpires get a lot of money for officiating in International matches. Their errors can completely change the results of a Test Match or a ODI and/or a complete series like we saw at Sydney during India's last tour to Australia. It can also ruin an upcoming cricketers career completely. Simply saying that umpires are human and are prone to normal human errors is not unacceptable in today's scenario.It was fine in the good old days when cricket was only a gentleman's game.
Umpires are human and To err is human. But, how come India is at the receiving end most of the time , whichever part of the world, who ever the umpire ?
It's true that Umpires are also humans and they may also err sometimes. But just think of what a bad decision may cause to players in some cases. What if a new player has been given a chance and he's been given out incorrectly? his career may get a very wrong turn because of that!
And if u take the Sehwag case, he was less in confidence before this match and badly needed runs! This wrong decision will only make his confidence much low!
But having said that, i do agree that umpiring is a difficult job. But then, that's why they are there! And me and you are not!
I just feel that there should be some consistency in the umpiring decisions for the good of the game!
RE:Who is to be blamed?
by Navdeep on Oct 11, 2004 03:51 PM
very true, i agree that indians are at the recieving end, its never easy but why only us.2ndly Sehwag matters a person who scored a triple hundred 6 months back it is just a bad phase which has lasted couple of months,(since sachins tennis elbow started. It will get over for sure i just hope sooner than later.
Gilly gave an example of 2001 Kolkatta about his LBW. I have seen Gilly's out in Kolkatta many times. He has clearly missed the ball and ball hit the pad less than a meter before the stumps. I dont know why Indians fall prey for dubious decisions more often than others. Aussies are the ones who get the fair decision and also bad decisions in their favour. This may be the recipe for there success. I have seen Langer edging to Akram in Hobart test and not given out. Which was eventually won because of his 100. This has eventually started their infamous victory sequence of 16wins. This was ride on so many dubious decisions by their local umpires and umpire around the world who were pro Aussie (like Bucknor). Bowden's was a genuine mistake that came under pressure. We can leave him but Bucknor's descision on Chopra is rediculous and very very bad. He just wanted to hammer the nail on Indians because he does not like them. This will be the one of Many given in favour of Aussies in this series.
It is a pity that India were at the receiving end of some very bad umpiring mistakes. LBW decisions against Chopra in the 1st innings and against Patel in the 2nd innings seemed dubious, but these sort of things do happen in cricket matches. However Pathan's 1st innings dismissal and Sehwag's 2nd innings dismissal take the cake!! Why can't such decisions be referred to the 3rd umpire? Not sure what Sehwag said on his way out, but I think he had all the right to express his displeasure. On the other hand here in is a lesson to our Indian public thronging stadiums. While cheering the team is part and parcel of being in the stadium, it's got to have a limit. They should restrict it to between overs, drinks breaks, boundaries, fall of wicket, personal landmarks but not for every single delivery!! Looks like the players know how to handle the noise, but not the umpires!!I think most of the spectators in the stadium have no clue of the intricacies and nuances of the game. They just want to make noise, noise and noise. Come on India, let us all make a conscious effort before it starts affecting the players as well.
RE:Umpiring decisions
by srinath on Oct 11, 2004 01:40 PM
man you are giving a ridiculous excuse in favour of the umpires.. people are there to enjoy every moment & have their money's worth.. if the umpire is not able to make a deicison beause of that he has to ask ICC for technology help & it is abt time it is provided to umpires aswell or it is withdrawn from TV audience also..
we dont want audiences across the globe to be like english audience clap when ball goes for 4 and then sleep until next 4..
