Joel Wilson versus Kumar Dharmasena

[SillyCowCorner1]

Battle of the goats

 

[andmark]

My instinct says Wilson. I think the only time I've been listening to a wicket on the radio and was confident the batsman's review would overturn it was Wilson earlier today.

 

[slippy888]

A very serious cricket thread this

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A very serious cricket thread this

Very serious

 

[a massive zebra]

These guys are immense in comparison to some blatantly biased Pakistani umpires of yesteryear like Shakeel Khan, Shakoor Rana and Javed Akhtar.

 

[trundler]

Dharmasena is much more adept at flicking the bails whereas Wilson's paperwork is more neatly organised. Tell you what, could go either way.

 

[Red]

These guys are immense in comparison to some blatantly biased Pakistani umpires of yesteryear like Shakeel Khan, Shakoor Rana and Javed Akhtar.

Cheating and incompetence are different things though.

 

[Flem274*]

dharmasena has been doing it 'better' for longer and played a crucial role in an odi knock out game but jo-el has potential.

 

[Starfighter]

I think Joël gives them on the strength of a decent appeal. You could even see him changing his mind when he gave Warner out yesterday. Hard to beat Dharmasena for flair, but he's certainly doing his best. I'd say they're neck-and-neck at the moment.

 

[Burgey]

I think Joël gives them on the strength of a decent appeal. You could even see him changing his mind when he gave Warner out yesterday. Hard to beat Dharmasena for flair, but he's certainly doing his best. I'd say they're neck-and-neck at the moment.

Sadly he gave the lie to this comment only this morning.

 

[Starfighter]

Sadly he gave the lie to this comment only this morning.

Yeah, I've changed my mind. He has NFI and just guesses.

 

[a massive zebra]

How does Joel Wilson compare with Steve Bucknor for the title of worst ever West Indian umpire?

 

[Starfighter]

I'm not even sure that they would be the worst. West Indian umpiring from the fifties through the eighties was supposed to be generally low standard and often very biased, which made the tizzy they chucked in NZ in 1980 rather hypocritical. Heck, even guys like Lloyd Barker had their moments in the nineties.

 

[Daemon]

How does Joel Wilson compare with Steve Bucknor for the title of worst ever West Indian umpire?

hahah that Warne one at 2:13 fmd

 

[Beamer]

Vaughan said neutral umpires should be canned and used Kettlebrough as an example of someone who should be an ashes umpire.

What a load or rubbish. We just had him in the India test and he made just as many errors.

Not exonerating Joel Wilson as he has been awful, but Kettlebrough was equally bad in recent matches yet less talked about.

 

[Beamer]

I don't think any west Indian umpires should be on the panel.

If you watch our domestic cricket you'll see batsmen getting hit on the pad by a spinner given out pretty much automatically. So a batsman averaging in the late 30s has actually done really well.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How does Joel Wilson compare with Steve Bucknor for the title of worst ever West Indian umpire?

That Tendulkar lbw lmao. His reaction always gets me.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I don't think any west Indian umpires should be on the panel.

If you watch our domestic cricket you'll see batsmen getting hit on the pad by a spinner given out pretty much automatically. So a batsman averaging in the late 30s has actually done really well.

Nigel and Leslie aren't that bad...Umpire Gregory Brathwaite deserves a shoutout as well.

 

[Beamer]

Nigel and Leslie aren't that bad...Umpire Gregory Brathwaite deserves a shoutout as well.

I honestly don't think any are international quality. I watched a lot of our FC cricket last year and some of the lbw's were awful.

 

[MrPrez]

This thread sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole, which ultimately had me come across this.

Hadn't ever seen this before. It's quite astonishing that after sandpapergate, this was the guy they decided to put in Aus head coach role..