Which Was the Worst Possible Umpiring Decision That You Have Seen

[DingDong]

Yeah but according to cricinfo leg bye's can be done by a batsman clipping the ball onto the onside.

That said that's my case and point Meckiff these days would be legal.

yeah meckiff might survive but at least he'll have to do the bio-mechanical tests. but tbh i don't think there's a single action as bad as meckiff's right now. he just takes a couple of steps and flings it

burke of course is another story

 

[Flametree]

Come on people I stink and need to have a shower and I'm damn hungry, but I just dug out this test and uploaded that dismissal for you just now, ENJOY THE NZ UMPIRE FAIL!!!!

Andrew Flintoff cops a ridiculous umpiring decision- 2002 3rd test vs NZ - YouTube

Parore was asked about that one in the press conference afterwards. Didn't really dispute that he knew it wasn't out, but pointed out that in the four months since the test in Perth against Australia, he'd caught ten stone cold out which had not been given. It's a truism that everyone remembers the bad outs umpires give, not the bad not outs. One reason why the DRS is such a good thing.


It was fairly insignificant as the game was headed to a draw, but the worst piece of umpiring I've ever seen was the last time South Africa toured NZ. Vettori was bowling over the wicket to Gibbs, he swept at one about two feet outside his legs, got a huge piece of it, the ball lobbed up deviating damn near 90 degrees, caught by the alert keeper who'd run for the shot. Barely an appeal it was so obvious... but the umpire gave it not out.

 

[benchmark00]

Michael longs awesome goal - YouTube

Touched on the line imo.

 

[Spikey]

no it wasn't

 

[benchmark00]

#taintedpremiership

 

[Jono]

Makes sense. Essendon love winning games due to bad umpiring decisions.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU HANDS IN THE BACK GAME 2007 DREAMTIME MATCH!

 

[uvelocity]

afl thread

 

[Biryani Pillow]

My three:

Sanath Jayasirya bowling over the wicket to Alec Stewart. The ball pitches at least 18 inches outside the leg stump. The umpire's finger goes up with the appeal.

England v West Indies - Trinidad 1998. West innings chasing 280 odd to win are in the 140s for 5 and have just lost a couple of wickets. England well on top when Fraser hits David Williams right in front. Steve Bucknor (IMO a very good umpire until late in his career) waves it off. Williams goes on to his highest Test score (and he only averaged 13 even allowing for this), puts on 100 with Caarl Hooper and sets up a win. With Ambrose in next had this been given England would have won that match.

Edgbaston 2005: Yes. Soon after Kasper comes in at no 11 he walks across his stumps and tries to play one extravagently over the leg side. It is dead LBW. Bowden (a bad umpire) watches the shot, not the ball, and gives it nt out. Would have saved a lot of stress

 

[Cruxdude]

I still cannot get over Umpire V.K. Ramaswamy and Steve Dunn giving Ganguly out caught after the ball bounced twice before being held in the India Pakistan test of 1999 in Chennai.

Ganguly hit the ball firmly into the ground and onto the shin of the silly point fielder. It lobbed off the fielder's shin and then bounced once more before Moin took the 'catch'. Dunn was clueless and went to V.K. Ramaswamy, the square leg umpire, who gave it out without a second thought.

It was the first India Pakistan test in many years and it was the 4th innings and a stiff chase. Have never seen such a ridiculous decision in such an important situation.

 

[Immenso]

Craig McDermott, not being given out LBW to Danny Morrison, in the second to last over of the Boxing Day test match 1988. Mike Whitney then survived the last over of the match bowled by Hadlee to hold on for a draw and win the series 1-0.

 

[Burgey]

My three:

Sanath Jayasirya bowling over the wicket to Alec Stewart. The ball pitches at least 18 inches outside the leg stump. The umpire's finger goes up with the appeal.

England v West Indies - Trinidad 1998. West innings chasing 280 odd to win are in the 140s for 5 and have just lost a couple of wickets. England well on top when Fraser hits David Williams right in front. Steve Bucknor (IMO a very good umpire until late in his career) waves it off. Williams goes on to his highest Test score (and he only averaged 13 even allowing for this), puts on 100 with Caarl Hooper and sets up a win. With Ambrose in next had this been given England would have won that match.

Edgbaston 2005: Yes. Soon after Kasper comes in at no 11 he walks across his stumps and tries to play one extravagently over the leg side. It is dead LBW. Bowden (a bad umpire) watches the shot, not the ball, and gives it nt out. Would have saved a lot of stress

In that same Edgbaston test in the second dig, there was a chronic lbw on Simon Jones with Brett Lee bowling, also given not out by Bowden. By chronic, I mean it was a full toss which hit him shin high on the back pad in front of middle stump.

It was so out, you could have used it as a text book example of an lbw.

Still think nothing comes close to Gatt's reaction in the one linked in the thread. Whenever I feel a tad blue, I have a look at that video and feel better, a bit like the highlights of England 1 - Australia 3 from a few years back.

 

[hazsa19]

2005 at Trent Bridge. Katich was batting with Warne I think, in the 3rd innings. He was playing well and it looked like England were going to have to chase 160+.

Aleem Dar, who I think we all rate, had a shocker. Steve Harmison was bowling over the wicket. For him to trap a left handed batsman lbw he would have to pitch it full and bring it back a long way. Neither of which he managed.

Despite Warne's inevitable magic, England managed to reach the target of 130odd with Hoggard and Giles there at the end. I can't see us chasing 160 in that situation.

 

[SteveNZ]

In that same Edgbaston test in the second dig, there was a chronic lbw on Simon Jones with Brett Lee bowling, also given not out by Bowden. By chronic, I mean it was a full toss which hit him shin high on the back pad in front of middle stump.

It was so out, you could have used it as a text book example of an lbw.

Still think nothing comes close to Gatt's reaction in the one linked in the thread. Whenever I feel a tad blue, I have a look at that video and feel better, a bit like the highlights of England 1 - Australia 3 from a few years back.

I remember seeing that one from Lee, and actually being confused as to where it hit him. I think from memory the commentators were too, and only on replay it was confirmed to be absolutely dead plumb.

 

[Burgey]

I remember seeing that one from Lee, and actually being confused as to where it hit him. I think from memory the commentators were too, and only on replay it was confirmed to be absolutely dead plumb.

Lee wasn't confused, and iirc Bowden apologised to him later. Cost about 30 odd runs. That combined with the obvious mint-inspired cheating from the Poms means the result should be reversed

Was a great series.

 

[Jono]

Was a great series specifically because you weren't yet posting on CW and in the tour threads.

 

[Burgey]

Was a great series specifically because you weren't yet posting on CW and in the tour threads.

Was a great series because I'd never heard of you or Kohli, ****.

 

[benchmark00]

Deep down I feel as though I hated both you ****s before I knew you.

Reminds me of this song, but the opposite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIIfO_efVc0

 

[Burgey]

I ain't changin' babeh

 

[Crazy Sam]

Russell Tiffin sticks out as giving some shocking decisions in an Aussie home test/ODI tour in the early 00's.

Another that I still remember was Peter Parker handing Doug Bollinger a hattrick in ING Cup against (I think) the Redbacks in around 2003 with one of the dodgiest LBW decisions I've seen.

 

[benchmark00]

Russell Tiffin sticks out as giving some shocking decisions in an Aussie home test/ODI tour in the early 00's.

Another that I still remember was Peter Parker handing Doug Bollinger a hattrick in ING Cup against (I think) the Redbacks in around 2003 with one of the dodgiest LBW decisions I've seen.

Could've swore that was on ut00b.

Instead you can have a piece of this: Doug Bollinger tells Dan Christian to "suck it" - YouTube