Umpires being blamed

[Will_NA]

A few Indian fans talk about Tendulkar being a match-winner but they are not taking into consideration his poor record at Lords in ODIs.

I think he also has a poor record at Lords in Tests as shown by the Sky commentators. In the Test series at Lords, he failed twice. So, how do you know he would even got to fifty?

 

[baburao]

I'm not going to lie, I am also sometimes angry when umpires give wrong decisions. But now, we are just blaming the umpires a bit too much. In the recent England vs India game, Tendulkar and Dravid were given wrong decisions, but they were both reasonable.

I recently saw HT (Indian News Channel), and they were showing how Sachin was given wrong decisions. But you can all see most of them were close as they were close to the bat, or the ball was deliberately left and the appeal was convincing. Unless the umpire breaks a rule, and does something clearly wrong, I think we should take it easy on them.

Look at your self first.: Do u remember the Oval test?Do u remember how PCB and pakistani fans were complaining about Darell Hair even before the Oval test?: PCB have finished his career just becoz he was doing his work.And india have complained about the bad umpiring decisions for the whole tour.Some english fans will also agree that umpiring was not up to the standard.

 

[Will_NA]

Look at your self first.: Do u remember the Oval test?Do u remember how PCB and pakistani fans was complaining about Darell Hair even before the Oval test?: PCB have finished his career just becoz he was doing his work.And india have complained about the bad umpiring decisions for the whole tour.Some english fans will also agree that umpiring was not up to the standard.

I think everyone can agree that there were a few too many poor decisions in the Tests and ODIs especially from one Ian Gould.

 

[Cricketman]

Oh no he made one mistake!!!

I think they should take him off the elite panel of umpires because he made a couple of mistakes when other umpires do it all the time also.

The umpiring in general has been horrid this whole series.
But i'm getting bored of all this. Just forget about it..Whats done is done!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

A little test could be to add challenges. So each team has 3 challenges in their 50 overs. A lot like Tennis.

 

[andrew_nixon]

A little test could be to add challenges. So each team has 3 challenges in their 50 overs. A lot like Tennis.

That was trialled in the Friends Provident Trophy in England this year, and was widely regarded as a complete failure.

 

[manee]

That was trialled in the Friends Provident Trophy in England this year, and was widely regarded as a complete failure.

Indeed it was, because of the rule that the umpire has to have made a clear mistake and that technology could not be used by the umpire.

 

[Skater]

People will only blame the umpires for a wrong decision if their favourite team loses, regardless of if the decision had a major effect on the result or not.

England fans complained about Mahendra Dhoni being wrongly given not out during India's second innings in the 1st Test. This is because England drew instead of won the match.

However, England fans didn't complain so much about Robin Uthappa being wrongly given not out during India's innings in the 7th ODI because they went on to win the match and the series.

The case in point, Sachin Tendulkar's wicket yesterday, looked like he had edged it in real time. It is sheer ignorance on the behalf of the Indian fans to disregard this. They had the benefit of countless replays and heat-sensing cameras to come to their conclusion.

The laws of cricket stopped Aleem Dar from correcting his mistake after seeing it on the big screen.

 

[Cricketman]

The case in point, Sachin Tendulkar's wicket yesterday, looked like he had edged it in real time. It is sheer ignorance on the behalf of the Indian fans to disregard this. They had the benefit of countless replays and heat-sensing cameras to come to their conclusion.

Even though i'm a die hard Cricket fan, I don't think i'm an ignorant one. If somethings 'out' i regard it as so.
I have watched it NUMEROUS times and each and every time it was CLEAR that the bat hit the pad on the way to the keeper. The pad even moved. Umpires also look at the batsmans' reaction. Normally they look behind them to see if the Keeper will collect the ball. Sachin didn't. When he looked up you could see the utter surprise and disbelife. And Sachin's an honest guy.

But, i'm not complaining. We won the tests

 

[irottev]

This isn't a PERSONAL problem or thing with the umpires. It's the fact that cricket fans want to see their team get a fair go. Some games the decisions cost teams games, which costs the team money, fans money and enjoyment and in the end, no one wants to see a team lose a game because of bad umpiring.

They have sufficient technology to clean up edge decisions. The players now a days (and both England players and Indian players have done it) are lying by tapping their pads etc, saying they hit the pad, or the ball stuck the thigh. With this happening it makes the umpires more confused. Take some of the pressure off.

I think technology should be used for anything bar LBW's (Because they still are based on an opinion. Give the umpire at the end that opinion, LBW's are fairer ways to be given out wrongly as benefit of the doubt goes to the batsman first of all. Anyone who says a not out LBW was a bad decision is wrong. Maybe it was the wrong decision, but the Umpire was right in not being sure of it.

I believe fully that the decision on Tendulkar COULD have cost India 80-100 runs. You never know. Maybe he would have gotten out next ball, maybe he would have gone on (I believe the latter to be more likely given his form). We don't want this in cricket.

And haha, you can't say i'm a biased Indian fan. I'm neutral, I didn't care who won the series and I just hate the fact that the final match has ended this way. This isn't just about the last series, it's been debated ever since we've had snicko and now we have hot spot for further proof.

How much longer does the technology have to go to waste? Anyone who can't see the benefits of using it to correct decisions is a moron to be honest. Making the right decisions is absolutely important.

 

[iloveireland]

If you had seconds to decided and balls were going to fast you can barely see you'd be pretty stuffed too. Get off their bat. You get some good decisions, you get some bad ones. You've got to take the good from the bad.

 

[irottev]

It isn't the umpires faults if they get it wrong. They do their best.

They should be helped out by the rules rather then be subjected to abuse from fans and looking like fools from time to time.

 

[iloveireland]

I can't believe we are arguing about this. Blaming the umpires is 'passing the blame'. It happens in most sports. If a persons team lose they blame the umpire. It's wrong.

 

[Kev]

Firstly blaming umpires is never a good thing, this actually goes for all sports with umpires and referees right down to grass root levels. If umpires are constantly berated for their decisions how are decent ex-players and others going to ever be attracted to umpiring in the first place. If you want quality umpires people need to stop moaning about them.

My second Point refers to the use of TV technology. This has to be either used 100% of the time or 0% of the time, there is no halfway. If people can see it on a big screen or on the TV then its going to cause controversy. Most of the cricket I watch uses no technology at all and there is no problem with that, you still get discussions over tight decisions but mistakes aren't splashed across a huge screen for all to see using tools the umpire has no access to.

Lastly umpire referrals, as Andrew said they were a terrible idea. Throughout the entire Friends Provident Trophy there was not one successful referral where the third umpire overturned an on-pitch umpires decision. I believe trials of this nature never need to see the light of day again for the good of the game. Afterall it is absolutely key to the game that if the umpire gives you out, you are out. It matters not a jott if you weren't actually out, you have to go. Questioning umpires is the first step down the road to scenes we see in football matches where the referees are intimidated by a circle of ranting players.

 

[Sureshot]

Give umpires more rest and get more umpires onto the international stage. The more cricket not only effects our players, it effects the Umpires too.

Cricket Umpires still do a great job imo, in most games I'll still say "Good call, I didn't see that". The best way we can improve them is give them more rest, if we're going to increase the amount of cricket being played - which we have done on a consistent basis - then we have to get more umpires in.