*This post originally appeared in my other blog on January 6, 2008
Wrong decisions in Cricket might cost a country a match. And that’s
why we have technology. Then why the hell you need sophisticated
technologies and a third umpire? If you are sleeping in the ground, and
missed some action, you umpires, must consult the third umpire. There is
no shame in consulting the third umpire. After all, you too are a
human, and there is no shame in sleeping while working. That happens
always.
Steve Bucknor, in the on going second match in Border – Gavaskar
trophy, between India and Australia, failed to give out for Symonds. He
was stumped and the video clearly showed that his leg is in the air.
Steve Bucknor, with his huge experience, must have known that, if the
batsman’s leg is in the air, during the action of stumping, he should be
given out. Unfortunately he forgot that. No problem. In that case, he
should have consulted the third umpire. Whats wrong with consulting
third umpire? Steve Bucknor, now tell me, are you not in talking terms
with the third umpire. If that is the problem, let us know, we can
easily sort that out. And after a good lunch, if you feel a bit drowsy,
take a nap, that’s not a sin. But accept that you have drooled and
consult the third umpire for crucial decision. Don’t spoil the match.
Because I have subscribed and paying 30$ just to hear your stupid snore.
And today on the final day of the second match, it happened again.
Now the umpire is not Bucknor, the bad decision is from MR Benson from
England. Ok now, all the umpires in the world, lineup and conspire
against India. I don’t know what has got in to their mind. The stupid
decision repeated again. Again the decision is against India. And it is
against Ganguly. Clarke just fielded the ball. Its not a good catch. Its
good fielding, that’s it. Nothing more than that. But that guy, Clarke,
acted as if had tried hard and caught that ball. . Anyway that’s a good
acting, supported by Ricky Ponting. Obviously, Ricky Ponting wants to
win that match, so that he can increase his count of consecutive wins.
Apparently he didn’t forgot the bad experience he got in India, in 2001.
India stopped the so called non-stoppable Australia. India put an end
to their stupid march. Ricky Ponting is realy scared now. He doesn’t
want to be stopped. But he forgot an obvious fact that, you cannot go on
and on, for ever. If you wish that, I tell you what, don’t schedule a
match with India.
The video replay cleared showed that ball touched the ground, before
Clarke got hold of it. Even after that, after getting the ball in his
hand, Clarke rolled over, to prove that the catch is taken, and put the
ball to the ground. He fielded the ball, rolled over, dug a pit in the
ground, put the ball in that pit and stands up to celeberate his
pit-digging-ball-putting action. That is clear in the video. Ganguly had
seen that. And he waits for the thid umpire decision. But this umpire,
who obviously, had missed all the pit-digging-ball-putting action,
immediately says Ganguly is out. And he consults Ponting. Ricky Ponting
raises his hand to Ganguly and says he is out. Who is the umpire? Benson
or Ponting?
ICC must come out of their sleep and must punish the umpires. When a
player is punished for questioning the umpires, who will punish the
umpires, giving wrong decisions?
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