More and More teams are starting to feel the heat..is it just a coincidence?
Bowden turns down Woolmer umpiring appeal
Bowden turns down Woolmer umpiring appeal
Its been known for years and years, but no-one had the guts to come out and say what Woolmer has just stated. I've suggested it once on this forum and got absolutely shot down by Scallywag and a few others. I wasn't actually stating they (the umpires) were cheats, just that they seem to crumble under the pressure in favour of the home side in Australia.Sehwag309 said:More and More teams are starting to feel the heat..is it just a coincidence?
Bowden turns down Woolmer umpiring appeal
All he's said is that of the close calls 29 have gone one way 6 have gone the other.zinzan12 said:Its been known for years and years, but no-one had the guts to come out and say what Woolmer has just stated.
What do you mean by that?Dasa said:I'd be interested to see how these comments would be recieved had they come from John Buchanan rather than Bob Woolmer...
And thatSehwag309 said:Coz bowden gave Hayden out in he 1st game..so he did his job for the rest for the game
I have a feeling many people would be a bit more open to criticism if it came from Buchanan. There's a significant divide in cricket between the subcontinent and those outside. If the comments were to come from someone outside (i.e. Buchanan), they'd be well-recieved I think. Whatever people say, the fact that there is a perception that subcontinental teams are hard done by when it comes to umpiring decisions and the like must stem from somewhere. We don't complain for the sake of complaining. However, I suspect many people would rather dismiss these problems than deal with them.marc71178 said:What do you mean by that?
Paranoia spings to mind but I think its just using the race card whenever the opposition is white.Dasa said:I have a feeling many people would be a bit more open to criticism if it came from Buchanan. There's a significant divide in cricket between the subcontinent and those outside. If the comments were to come from someone outside (i.e. Buchanan), they'd be well-recieved I think. Whatever people say, the fact that there is a perception that subcontinental teams are hard done by when it comes to umpiring decisions and the like must stem from somewhere. We don't complain for the sake of complaining. However, I suspect many people would rather dismiss these problems than deal with them.
Can you blame them ?Paranoia spings to mind but I think its just using the race card whenever the opposition is white.
Aren't you using the same excuse yourself now?Scallywag said:Paranoia spings to mind but I think its just using the race card whenever the opposition is white.
Not certain about them being significantly 'more accurate than umpires', but my problem with them is that they're SLOW. With it just being a TV thing, it doesn't slow the game up because they fix it all up while bowlers are walking back to their marks and the like ( ever notice that they tend to show these things a ball or two later, especially with spinners? ).C_C said:And if you feel that the umpires have not been biassed but merely erroneous, then you should have no problems with the introduction of technology in it.
Technology can be faulty(although cyclops, snicko and hawkeye are more accurate than umpires), they definately cannot be biassed like a human being can be.
I am sure a system can be implemented where the process is significantly speeded up....Not certain about them being significantly 'more accurate than umpires', but my problem with them is that they're SLOW. With it just being a TV thing, it doesn't slow the game up because they fix it all up while bowlers are walking back to their marks and the like ( ever notice that they tend to show these things a ball or two later, especially with spinners? ).
race problems exist everywhere. The question is degree and acceptance.On the race point, I'll mention that when Aus complains about stuff in India ( to give a recent example ), we're told to shut up because we're being racist, and when pakistan complains about stuff in Aus, it's because Aus is racist. Talk about lose-lose.