Really good umpires!

[Lillian Thomson]

Just to redress the balance a bit. Not too many to choose from. Dickie Bird wasn't quite as good as legend would have you believe, but wasn't shown up by technology. I still put Simon Taufel at the top of the pile. It was a shame he came and went at such a young age.

 

[Shri]

Taufel, Shepherd, Koertzen are my top picks.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Eddie Nicholls

 

[sunilreddy]

Javed Akhtar, ashoka de Silva, Hariharan

 

[Shri]

You are in the wrong thread.

 

[mr_mister]

Pistol Reiffell!


Rudi loses points for being a wanker

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Was this a good call by the umpire?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CQsFf2DmIQ

 

[Shri]

Not a fan of umpires regulating the spirit of cricket bs instead of the rules during a game.

 

[Heboric]

Steve 'The Sydney Legend' Bucknor

 

[Burgey]

Col Egar. Called blokes from his own country for chucking.

 

[Burgey]

Darrell Hair. Called blokes from other countries for chucking

 

[S.Kennedy]

Just to redress the balance a bit. Not too many to choose from. Dickie Bird wasn't quite as good as legend would have you believe, but wasn't shown up by technology. I still put Simon Taufel at the top of the pile. It was a shame he came and went at such a young age.

Famous for never giving LBs.

 

[Burner]

Maraaay

 

[Howe_zat]

Taufel was excellent, I think he is training top level umpires now.

Among the current lot I really rate Gould, Kettleborough, Dar and Erasmus - no particular order

 

[SteveNZ]

Taufel is the GOAT of umpires. Very level-headed, precise decision maker who was great with the players. Not only was it a shame he retired, but also that the silly neutral umpire rule stopped him officiating WC finals (given Australia always made them) and Ashes series.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Taufel is the GOAT of umpires. Very level-headed, precise decision maker who was great with the players. Not only was it a shame he retired, but also that the silly neutral umpire rule stopped him officiating WC finals (given Australia always made them) and Ashes series.

Nah that rule is there for a reason

did you ever see a tour of India in the 90s?

 

[honestbharani]

Funny.. how many did you see?

 

[Adders]

And there has never been a case of an Australian home umpire being a biased ****wit has there.

 

[cnerd123]

TJB's so good at getting people to bite he doesn't even have to bait the hook

 

[TheJediBrah]

well if we're being honest I'm not old enough to have seen cricket from the 90s

I started watching some youtube clips once but it looked boring and ****, modern cricket is so much better