Armadillo
State Vice-Captain
The Eng vs Pak series that has just gone had some of the worst umpiring I have ever seen, especially in the last two tests. This atrocious showing was mainly down to messirs Koertzen and Hair. Now I know people say umpiring is a very hard job and all, but surely its not that hard! Geraint Jones middles the ball onto his pad, Koertzen gives him out, Collingwood edges the ball so it deviates and the keeper takes a diving catch, Hair has wax in his ears! If these guys want to be umpires they have to get these decisions right, after all its these decisions that can turn a match. In the morning session Pakistan must have had three or four plum lbw decisions turned down. Maybe umpires should be younger, meaning their hearing and sight isn't as slow as Daryll Hair's Just one other thing, how easy is it to see a red cricket ball in quite bad light with shades on, sort it out Rudi!
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