Yes, i mean it, the Umpires bowled out India in the Sydney Test... It was a collective effort by the Australian team & the umpires to win the test match and lead the series.... The 11 Indian men were battling to save the test against 13 Men, 11 Australians and 2 Umpires...Oops, Did i forget the 3rd Umpire, that makes it 14 players in Team Australia....
I still Believe India gave a good fight, Hats off to Skipper Anil Kunble for his determined innings of 45, he ran out of companies to save the test.
Now, its time to talk about the Man-of-the-match, Steve Bucknor... His brilliant performance on the field was really commendable.. and his partnership with the England Umpire Mark Benson is something which will remain unbroken in the record books for ages to come.
It started on Day 1 after Andrew symmonds' huge nick was given not out, the 3rd umpire saying not out for a clear-cut stumping decision, and the great Steve Bucknor ruling down a stumping decision which was also out. And the batsmen, the controversial Andrew Symmonds, he went on to score 163.... Had it not been for the umpire's favours towards Symmonds, Australia would have been out for a small score and India could have easily dominated the match from there...
The 5th day completely belonged to the 2 umpires for Dravid's & Ganguly's decision.. Dravid given out caught behind when the ball was not even close to his bat, and Ganguly out for a catch which was not cleanly taken. The height of that decision was, Umpire Benson asking Ricky ponting if the catch was cleanly taken or not.
This is not the first time, the umpires are bias with the Australian team. This has been happening for over 3 decades now. And its high time, ICC takes some action against it. When a player is penalized for excessive appealing, ball tampering, sledging, or absolutely anything. My question is why the Umpires aren't? Strict actions should be taken against Steve Bucknor, he's done enough for the game of cricket, i believe its time for him to retire or ruled out of the game.
This was just a small article to remove my frustration, and i know there are lot more people who are frustrated like me. So please go ahead and post your comments here, let us make a difference.
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We are proud of the Indian cricket team and their fight against all odds. But I don't
think World Champions would be too proud with the way they won the match. Vijee hats off to you for your comments....Man of the Match should go to two umpire they deserve it...
Yes u r absolutely right Vijeeth, Buknor has helped Ponting to break the record of Steve Waugh of winning 17 test in a row. He has to retire immediately, bcoz he is not able to give right decisions and damaging spirit of the game.
This match should be cancealed and all the three four umpire should be removed. if decision is wrong, within one - two minutes all world gets known about decision then why that wrong decision canot be changed. Its surprising; It is everytime told to be honest then why you or anypeople can not be honest just correct the decision.For example all the 7-8 decisions against india was known to world after 1-2 minutes of umpire decision then why it can not be corrected. This is shame for humane being as one of the beautiful creature produced by god.Shame to human!! shame!!Shame for Australians for making such a complain against Harbhajan. They are Ravan!
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