January 7, 2008

Umpires guide Aussies to victory in sydney test

Australia won the second test against India, thanks to Bucknor and Benson.
How can you expect a 11 member Indian team to win against a 14 member Australian side (3 umpires, including the third umpire were playing for them).

This is not the only time they received favour from umpires. Chanderpaul once said that "if the umpires do not rule all the 50-50 decisions or even some 40-60 decisions in favour of Australia, most test teams can beat them".

There were a number of decisions which went against us when we batted as well as when we bowled.

Here are some decisions I would like to point out:

Symonds was stumped by Dhoni, but third umpire declared him not out when his foot was in the air.

Symonds was again stumped, but Bucknor even refused to refer to third umpire, when it was clear in the replay that he was out.

Dravid was caught behind when the bat was no where near the ball. Gilly appealed and Bucknor declared out.

Ganguly was caught in the slip(according to the aussies). But no one including the umpire was sure whether it was a clean catch or a one pitch catch. He should have referred it to the third umpire. But he asked Ricky and gave out.

How can Benson ask that question to Ricky when he should have referred it to the third umpire and who is Ricky Ponting to decide whether a batsman is out or not.

Australia can keep winning consecutively as many matches as they want as long as the umpires are in their side.

2 comments:

anwinj said...

Kill Ponting. Aggressive play is good but not at the point of being ridiculous.

Naveen Roy said...

Pathetic attitude!!! But me hoping they rip apart the aussies in all the remaining matches...

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