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Originally Posted by DJ Sahastra
Welcome to the club.
In past, the Indian team had been at the recieving end of quite a few match-turning howlers and our complaints (not to mention the agony and frustration of the fans) were treated as 'whinings of a loser'. To many of us, the sight of Steve Bucknor would strike a terror in the hearts of the faithful! Such was his fear. Long live the deceased (Steve's umpiring).
I believe that anything upto 60-40 can be genuine, in the essence that out of 10 contentious decisions, 6 go against you and 4 in your favour. Anything less than that points to issues that should atleast warrant the umpire being sent on probation. In any test series in Australia, our experience has been consistently like 90-10. Even the not so hyped sub-continental umpires, who are prone to an occassional howlers, haven't been that bad.
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Indeed. It was as painful as it is now...I hope BCB talk to ICC about poor umpiring.
Something has to be done ASAP.