Even if it is accepted that the umpires were wrong in not referring to 3rd umpire starigh away such behaviour by players cannot be condoned.Umpires cam make mistakes but that doesn't give licence for such rude behaviour by Munaf and Bhajji.They could have made the request like gentlemen, which perhaps they are not.At least Munaf should have been given one match suspension.
The incident was ugly. at the same time we cannot equate a wrong lbw decision with a clean bowled. lbw decisions are umpire's but Clean bowled is bowler's :-) . A bowler do not need an umpire to approve it. That is the emotion here.
Re: The incident was ugly BUT
by taklu on Apr 11, 2012 01:57 PM
well said, the detractors fail to see it was a BOWLED! dismissal as opposed to f.ex. caught behind faint edges or lbw , in that case it belongs to the ump without drs in place.
ask any professional bowler in the whole world, what kind of an ump denies a bowler a bowled dismissal!! after munaf protested initially, the ump should've gone upstairs immediately and avoided the confrontation which happened later.
The code of conduct should be more subjective and should take into account the circumstances under which the players behaved inappropriately. It is absolutely normal for a human being to respond aggressively to a provocation. The present code of conduct expects players to show extraordinary restraint even if they are being subject to injustice. That is impractical.
The code of conduct should duly take into account the circumstances under which the breach took place. If breach happens under no or little provocation, then the penalty should be maximum. In cases where a player reacts to a grave umpiring error or repeated provokation by other players, there's a case for penalty should be minimum.
Also, ICC's review of umpires' performance should be made public.
this is utter non sense, I watched the highlights myself and it was crystal clear that Sangakara was out, there is absolutely no reason why a captain and a bowler would not demand for a review. It was a genuine appeal or should I define appeal literally for you morons IPL match referee or whoever is fining the poor guys.
I also read on times that Lehman is criticizing Bhajji's argument, my two cents for you buddy---look whos talking ?---You SOB, I didn't hear anything from you when your idiot buddy Ponting and the whole Auzzied looser team was acting weird and characterless in the presentation ceremony when you guys won the one day series in India back like 7 years ago I still remember Sharad Pawar (one of my most abominal polotician) but still auzzie team was even more shameful and characterless and Mr Lehman didn't say word
With umpires being forced to accept to review the decision, now they do not have any face to show when any player argues and forces to review a decision like caught behind and LBW.
This precedence will go long way in Cricket. And Cricket which already has a bag full of shame, this one adds another.
