The poor umpiring in 2019 ICC World Cup has somewhat affected the credibility of this prestigious tournament. The credibility of the game has already been dented by "match fixing" incidents.
The poor umpiring is going to further erode the credibility of glamorous and money minting game of cricket. and "fixing" can't be ruled out in umpiring . Like cricketers, umpires are also human beings and susceptible to lure of money. After all, its the money, not charity, on contemporary world of sports. So, there are high chances of fixing in umpiring as well.
Yesterday, the "atrocious" umpiring between in match between Australia and West Indies has left much to be desired. The super hitter Chris Gayle was given out on a no a free hit.Earlier, he was given out twice by the umpire and both the time decision was reversed by third umpire after DRS. Finally, standing umpire Gaffaney missed a Mitchell Starc no-ball delivery before the left-arm quick dismissed Gayle for 21.
Had the umpire called a no-ball, the next delivery could have been a free hit and Gayle could not have been dismissed. He finally become the victim of poor umpiring, Not only Gayle, West Indies skipper Jason Holder also had to suffer from a similar umpiring howler. He was also given out twice but survived after DRS as third umpire ruled him not out on both the occasions. The poor umpiring cost the West Indies match as it failed to 289 and suffered a 15-run loss to Australia. Had the Gayle and Holder still on the crease for a few more overs, West Indies could have chased the 289 easily. There were bitterest reactions on social media describing it as Chris Gaffaney finally getting the wicket of Gayle for Australia.
Such strong reactions call for a review of the manual Umpiring. The decision of third umpire as viewed by all on screen and live looks absolutely fair and much more acceptable. Then why not to go for a much more human judgement error free umpiring? In this high tec era, nothing is impossible. Cricket is a gentleman game and let it be like that. Gentleman game shouldn't be allowed to be ruined by "fixing".
Umpiring in cricket is most important part of the game and losing a match because of poor umpiring is worst part of it. A cricket umpire is not to be confused with the referee who usually presides only over international matches and makes no decisions affecting the outcome of the game. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game and whosoever bats, bowls and field smartly wins the match. But then, umpire has his own role to influence the outcome. Any bad decision as was yesterday at Trent Bride could tilt the match and hit the credibility of the game.
(Chander Sharma)
Yesterday, the "atrocious" umpiring between in match between Australia and West Indies has left much to be desired. The super hitter Chris Gayle was given out on a no a free hit.Earlier, he was given out twice by the umpire and both the time decision was reversed by third umpire after DRS. Finally, standing umpire Gaffaney missed a Mitchell Starc no-ball delivery before the left-arm quick dismissed Gayle for 21.
Had the umpire called a no-ball, the next delivery could have been a free hit and Gayle could not have been dismissed. He finally become the victim of poor umpiring, Not only Gayle, West Indies skipper Jason Holder also had to suffer from a similar umpiring howler. He was also given out twice but survived after DRS as third umpire ruled him not out on both the occasions. The poor umpiring cost the West Indies match as it failed to 289 and suffered a 15-run loss to Australia. Had the Gayle and Holder still on the crease for a few more overs, West Indies could have chased the 289 easily. There were bitterest reactions on social media describing it as Chris Gaffaney finally getting the wicket of Gayle for Australia.
Such strong reactions call for a review of the manual Umpiring. The decision of third umpire as viewed by all on screen and live looks absolutely fair and much more acceptable. Then why not to go for a much more human judgement error free umpiring? In this high tec era, nothing is impossible. Cricket is a gentleman game and let it be like that. Gentleman game shouldn't be allowed to be ruined by "fixing".
Umpiring in cricket is most important part of the game and losing a match because of poor umpiring is worst part of it. A cricket umpire is not to be confused with the referee who usually presides only over international matches and makes no decisions affecting the outcome of the game. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game and whosoever bats, bowls and field smartly wins the match. But then, umpire has his own role to influence the outcome. Any bad decision as was yesterday at Trent Bride could tilt the match and hit the credibility of the game.
(Chander Sharma)