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[Blwe_torch]

BCCI directs team to protest umpiring decisions
PTI

The Cricket Board on Wednesday directed the Indian team management to lodge a protest with ICC [Images] Match Referee Mike Procter against atrocious umpiring decisions made on the opening day of the second Test against Australia at Sydney.

"We have asked our team management to lodge a protest to the ICC match referee against the wrong umpiring decisions made today by Steve Bucknor. The wrong decisions made by Bucknor have been commented upon by all cricketers and analysts alike," said BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla.

"I am sure the International Cricket Council will be monitoring the matter in Dubai and take appropriate actions," Shukla said.

Australian batsman Andrew Symonds was caught by MS Dhoni off Ishant Sharma when on 30 but to the horror of the Indian team, Bucknor decided he was not out. Symonds went on to score an unbeaten 137 to spearhead a great recovery after the hosts were tottering at 134 for six at one stage.

Symonds was also given another 'life' by third umpire Bruce Oxenford who ruled him not out when he was stumped by Dhoni off Anil Kumble [Images] a little later.

Earlier, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting  too was lucky to escape a caught behind appeal when on 17 before going on to complete a half century. Mark Benson was the umpire who did not uphold the confident appeal.

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/jan/02bcci.htm

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Right thing to do. Now the players have official sanction to make some noise and 'answer some questions' from the media on these.

THEN, it SHOULD be the incompetant buffoons of the BCCI who need to take the onus and push the ICC on the umpiring.

It is amazing that the ONLY people who are never ever reviewed are the UMPs. It is probably ONLY in cricket where there is no review panel for the umps and their decisions.

If they need to learn they need to look at the NFL and see how they run their league and umps review.

[LosingNow]

Even the NCAA does better than ICC..

The entire umpiring crew of Illinois vs Ohio State was suspended last season.

[LosingNow]

The (not so) funniest thing is those who watch the game regularly expected these howlers before even the game started. What did the ICC not know that we all knew? Friggin ostriches

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The (not so) funniest thing is those who watch the game regularly expected these howlers before even the game started. What did the ICC not know that we all knew? Friggin ostriches

I think it is unfair to call them ostriches.

Who does anything unless they are forced to? And who has forced the ICC to do anything? The Aussies have no incentive in doing anything about it. Them and the poms get the most benefit from this crap.

If India cant take this up on its own power then we deserve to suffer.

[Zacked]

for once BCCI has done something Sane

[feverpitch]

for once BCCI has done something Sane

nope. they have just simply shifted the responsibility from their shoulders to that of the team and players. this way they can simultaneously use the issue to hunt down the players if the need arises, using this as a pretext, and act holier than thou in front of the fans.

[TheChowmeinWarrior]

i wish i was a player...i'd rip into the umpires and the ICC..call them out as the useless, doddering, mindless,brown-nosing, ass kissing, snooty, stuffy little *es that they are.....they can go f**k my matchfee...i'll earn another 100 lakhs from endorsements anyway...

[dhruvdeepak]

errrr bcci voted against apeals system ...

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and why did the players not talk to the board? They are quick to talk when they have to defend their own butts.

To me it appears these idiots dont even care. heck its a job .... kaunsa baap ka kuch jaata hai

[keep-it-cool]

errrr bcci voted against apeals system ...

did they? I thought it was the Pak board .. dumb move.

[feverpitch]

and why did the players not talk to the board? They are quick to talk when they have to defend their own butts.

To me it appears these idiots dont even care. heck its a job .... kaunsa baap ka kuch jaata hai

whats the use? didn't RD and the players talk to the board about getting more practice matches in the oz series?

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and why did the players not talk to the board? They are quick to talk when they have to defend their own butts.

To me it appears these idiots dont even care. heck its a job .... kaunsa baap ka kuch jaata hai

whats the use? didn't RD and the players talk to the board about getting more practice matches in the oz series?

If the players dont know how to ask ... using the media to their advantage then they should not be in modern sports.

[feverpitch]

and why did the players not talk to the board? They are quick to talk when they have to defend their own butts.

To me it appears these idiots dont even care. heck its a job .... kaunsa baap ka kuch jaata hai

whats the use? didn't RD and the players talk to the board about getting more practice matches in the oz series?

If the players dont know how to ask ... using the media to their advantage then they should not be in modern sports.

which media... the one that calls them cancers?

[Cover Point]

and why did the players not talk to the board? They are quick to talk when they have to defend their own butts.

To me it appears these idiots dont even care. heck its a job .... kaunsa baap ka kuch jaata hai

whats the use? didn't RD and the players talk to the board about getting more practice matches in the oz series?

If the players dont know how to ask ... using the media to their advantage then they should not be in modern sports.

which media... the one that calls them cancers?

No the biased ones.

[gouravk]

Sensible players should retire from ODI cricket and utilize that time to go play first class cricket in Australia England etc. to get acclimatised to the conditions for the real tests.

[kban1]

Furore over poor umpiring heats up

Gaurav Kalra | CNN-IBN

Sydney: The men in the white coats are under the heat. Even Day two in Sydney wasn't error-free. The Indian team management however has stated that it won't lodge a formal complaint against the umpiring errors, though they have said that these mistakes are likely to have an impact on the game's outcome.

No one knows what stopped Steve Bucknor from referring some of the decisions to the third umpire. For a man who has umpired in 119 Tests and 167 One-Dayers for the last 2 decades, it was an unforgivable error, forcing the Indian management to issue a carefully worded statement.

"Well, there is a sense of disappointment about some of the decisions yesterday and we have a feeling that it will have a bearing on the outcome of the match,” said M V Sridhar, Media manager of the Indian cricket Team.

But why was it decided not to lodge an official complaint against these shockers? The Indian camp feels that it would send out a signal that the team is making excuses, although a subtle message was sent out.

“We don’t want to be judgmental at this stage. The appropriate authorities will take whatever action they find is suitable,” added Sridhar.

Clearly, the man on the radar is Bucknor. There is a belief that the Jamaican has always had a pronounced anti-India bias. Even in the usually combative Aussie camp there seems to be some sympathy for India

“No doubt about it. Both the chances, would have (costed India a lot), probably more heated discussion has taken place in the Indian dressing room about the umpiring,” said Aussie vice-captain, Adam Gilchrist.

And while the Australian press has by and large been quiet on the issue, respected cricket writer Peter Roebuck has called the umpiring dreadful. He wrote: "Umpires resist the onset of technology to resolve tricky decisions. Nothing in yesterday's events advanced their cause. The evidence was presented to viewers on television but not to the man making the decision. It was hardly fair on anyone involved."

Clearly, after the fuss here in Sydney, the ICC will have to sit up and take notice. Strong voices within the game such as Richie Benaud and Geoffrey Boycott have been calling for years for more technology to be used in cricket. Perhaps the right time is now.

www.cricketnext.com

[ruchir]

“We don’t want to be judgmental at this stage. The appropriate authorities will take whatever action they find is suitable,” added Sridhar.

There you go... Indian camp is already showing the other cheek (and I mean the ass cheek). Why the puck can't they issue a strongly worded statement, with a few curses thrown in, and show their displeasure? Use their financial muscle to for ICC to retire Phucknor. What they do is, say that they accept any action taken by ICC, that ICC finds suitable. This means more Indian Tests and ODIs given to Phucknor when he is already cut up with us.

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“We don’t want to be judgmental at this stage. The appropriate authorities will take whatever action they find is suitable,” added Sridhar.

There you go... Indian camp is already showing the other cheek (and I mean the ass cheek). Why the puck can't they issue a strongly worded statement, with a few curses thrown in, and show their displeasure? Use their financial muscle to for ICC to retire Phucknor. What they do is, say that they accept any action taken by ICC, that ICC finds suitable. This means more Indian Tests and ODIs given to Phucknor when he is already cut up with us.

I think we get what we deserve. We have a board who says they are ok with whatever ICC does. We have an audience who says that they are ok with whatever BCCI does (and we wont give BCCI any reason to do anything else by supporting the competition). So we get the pucks in the cheek (as Ruchir said ... ass cheeks)

[Cernunnos]

“We don’t want to be judgmental at this stage. The appropriate authorities will take whatever action they find is suitable,” added Sridhar.

There you go... Indian camp is already showing the other cheek (and I mean the ass cheek). Why the puck can't they issue a strongly worded statement, with a few curses thrown in, and show their displeasure? Use their financial muscle to for ICC to retire Phucknor. What they do is, say that they accept any action taken by ICC, that ICC finds suitable. This means more Indian Tests and ODIs given to Phucknor when he is already cut up with us.

For that you need a Lion like Dalmiya who brought 'Lord' MacLaurin and Mike Denness to their knees and a Dada who could tell adversaries to shut up and mind their own business. And then why waste time on such things? Instead it is much more profitable for the BCCI chief to count his moolah and for the players to swallow the insults and notch personal milestones.