Bucknor in the news again - This time for the right reasons

[sohum]

The problem is that poor umpiring has done nothing to his career at all. It had nothing to do with him being dropped from Australia v India, the ICC admitted they dropped him as per India's request.

Yes, and I think the ICC showed that they were spineless in two separate ways there: (1) they showed that they were being bossed around by Indian and (2) they refused to acknowledge Bucknor's continued poor performance.

You are correct on the final point in the sense that it doesn't make you a good umpire by itself, but without a good knowledge of the game you won't make a good umpire, will you?

I can assure you that almost all elite panel umpires know the rule book inside out. When it comes to the highest level, just like the other facets of the game of cricket, umpiring comes down to your reflexes and how well your senses serve you. It doesn't matter if you remember what was on page 382 of the official ICC guidebook, if you saw the fast bowler over step by a fraction of an inch while knocking the batsman on the pads plumb in front of the stumps. The umpires can always consult with the match referee when it comes to the topic of actual rules, they cannot consult when it comes to decisions. And it is really decisions, not rules, that dictate the game of cricket.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

ICC is owned by the US. So is India, so is the world.

watch this space... lol.

Lol..EDIT:ICC is owned by Dollars.So is India,So is the world.

 

[iloveireland]

Lol..EDIT:ICC is owned by Dollars.So is India,So is the world.

ICC is owned by dollars. India has the dollars. You do the math