I'm absolutely disgusted by the umpires in this recently concluded Ind-Sa Test Series????

Question

The Umpiring Standards have fallen to an absolute new low and I doubt the ICC's intentions of having neutral umpires??? Ok I accept if out of 10 poor decisions 6 go against 1 team and 4 against the other but in this series almost nothing went India's way and thats absolutely shocking. Starting from Ashwell Prince being given not out of Sreesanth's bowling in the 2nd innings at Joburg in the 1st Test to Jacques Kallis not being given out of Zaheer's bowling on the last day of the 3rd Test the umpiring has been absolutely APPALING.Even any South African reading this knows how much the umpires helped them. Just take a look at Durban where both times Dravid got given out wrongly and then even the last decision to end the match of Sreesanth was wrong. JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH IMPACT DRAVID WUD HAVE HAD AND I DARESAY INDIA WUD HAVE EASILY SAVED THAT MATCH.Now in this third test 1st innings Dinesh Kartik on 60odd was wrongly given out and Munaf Patel out of the 7th ball. How fair is all this???

Answer 1

I agree the umpiring was pretty substandard, but even then if you play well enough then you can still get around it. Hell, if I wanted I could complain that poor umpiring cost Australia the Ashes in 2005, but if we were good enough the poor umpiring wouldnt have affected us.

You guys should be grateful Asoka de Silva from Sri Lanka was not umpiring the match, as he has got to be the worst umpire I have seen. The fact he still stands in matches is a disgrace!!

I agree that outside say the top 5 umpires, the standards are beginning to drop. The up and coming umpires are not being developed, and a stricter review process needs to be put in place by the ICC after each series.

Answer 2

You are right, Umpires did make mistakes in this series and it was noticed.I am sure the umpires are sorry too and they regrett the mistake, but the umpires deceission is final and that should be taken in good sporting spirit. Why cant you accept the fact that the S/A team is currently in a better form than the Indian team, and may the best team win.

Answer 3

I am also very sorry,but at the same time I would like to ask what for third umpire is there if he can not ensure fair play,i.e. he should interfere where ever he can see with the help of electrical equipments that the decision of the field empire is wrong he should get it amended.Otherwise there is no need to appoint third umpire.
this SHOULD BE COMPULSORY FOR THE THIRD UMPIRE TO RATIFY THE DECISION OF THE FIELD UMPIRE SO AS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF WRONG DECISION,BY TAKING THE HELP OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTS(IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE HUMAN ERROR).

Answer 4

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Answer 5

indian fans will need a scapegoat, might aswell blame the umpires.

btw imo if it wasnt for those umpires, sehwag wouldve scored 200 in each inning.

Answer 6

stop blaming the umpires when the main cause was our batting failure in 2nd innings both at Durban and at Capetown ...

Answer 7

stop crying india did't play well in the 2nd the innings 3rd test thats the only truth

Answer 8

it is an umpires pllay i sugust as man of the series to the UMPIRE

Answer 9

umpires made mistakes...but we didnt play well...esp our batters...feilding was very poor.. cheers to kartik,sreeshanth and zahir...who put their heart and soul in their efforts.

Answer 10

umpiring was bad