Worst Decisions by an Umpire...

[R_D]

Worst one i can remember is SBW for Sachin against Mcgrath at Adelaide in 99 i think.. Where he ducked under a bouncer but ball didnt' bounce much and hit me on the shoulder and umpire Darryl Hair gave him out
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Most of Bucknor's decison against Sachin are pretty comical. He must have a grudge against him or somthing.
Sehwag Lbw given by Billy Bowden... can't remember who it was against but there was a huge gap b\w bat and pad and well you could see the ball deviated from edge onto the pad. There was a bit of confrontation between Billy and Sehwag.. quite disgracful really. Billy was being a total idiot.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Worst one i can remember is SBW for Sachin against Mcgrath at Adelaide in 99 i think.. Where he ducked under a bouncer but ball didnt' bounce much and hit me on the shoulder and umpire Darryl Hair gave him out

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

 

[FRAZ]

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

Doesn't matter . Hair gave him out so its alright ?

 

[Sanz]

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

"....mere forty-five minutes into the innings when a short McGrath delivery which stayed much lower than expected struck the crouching Indian captain on the shoulder and evinced Harper to rule against the only man who probably had any capacity at all to save the tourists' cause."

http://www.icc-cricket.com/link_to_...SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T1_10-14DEC1999_CI_MR.html

 

[Sanz]

Doesn't matter Hair gave him out so its alright ?

It was not Hair, but Daryl Harper.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

ooo i remember another one, Australia vs England, Michael Slater clearly run out but the 3rd umpire gave it not out! i think he went on to hit 100 too just to rub it in again my memory sucks so i cant remember the exact Test

 

[marc71178]

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

Well I got it, even if others didn't!

 

[FRAZ]

Streak took a catch off Ganga at mid-on cleanly. He dived forward to make the take and held up the ball and claimed the catch. Now Hair was three feet from Streak. If he could not see cleanly at that range, he had better give up umpiring. No, this great man, this so-called professional, called on the third umpire to make a decision. It was ludicrous in the extreme. If he isn't competent to judge such a catch at such close range, then he has no business being out there and pretending to be an umpire.

The TV replays were conclusive but the third umpire ruled Ganga was not out. It made Streak look like a cheat. True, he had cheated when he blocked Campbell. But he didn't do it this time. Hair looked very pleased with himself. Doubtless, in his mind, the scales of justice had balanced themselves out. One bad decision against the West Indies, one against Zimbabwe. One minus one equals none. He would probably have made a good arithmetic tutor.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Well I got it, even if others didn't!

Thank you. They do say that if you have to explain a joke then it's not funny, so I will leave those that didn't get it to their own devices.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Wasn't there a really controversial run out in one of the Australia vs Bangladesh Tests this year, where the third umpire made a terrible call on a run out?

Yeah, that was reversed though. It wasn't actually a run-out either. What happened was that Aftab Ahmed hit the ball down onto his foot, it bounced up and Gilchrist caught it. The decision went to the third umpire who gave it not out, presumably because he thought he was being asked if the catch was legal. In reality, he was being asked if the ball hit the foot or the ground, as the on-field umpires had already decided Gilchrist caught the ball. After it was given not out, Ponting went over to the umpires and complained, because apparently a message had come out to the Bangladesh players that Aftab was out on the replay during the 5 minutes it took the third umpire to make the call.

After Ponting complained, they went back up to the third umpire who then reversed the decision, and Ponting was fined 25% of his match fee for dissent.

Interestingly, there's a lot of confusion about this incident around. I had a look at some googled articles about it just then, and there's a few subcontinental blogs and so on that are saying that the umpire gave it not out because he saw that the ball didn't hit the bat. That's really not the case at all, as the ball obviously hit the bat and the foot. The only doubt was about the catch, and the umpire was simply asked whether or not the ball landed on his foot.

 

[vic_orthdox]

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

"....mere forty-five minutes into the innings when a short McGrath delivery which stayed much lower than expected struck the crouching Indian captain on the shoulder and evinced Harper to rule against the only man who probably had any capacity at all to save the tourists' cause."

http://www.icc-cricket.com/link_to_...SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T1_10-14DEC1999_CI_MR.html

 

[R_D]

If the ball hit you on the shoulder and Sachin Tendulkar was given out, I think we have a winner.

hahaha bloody smartarse.... most knew what i meant though

i won't edit it now

 

[Rajeev]

Shoulder Before Wicket

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

That's not really one of the worst decisions though. It was a bit harsh, but he wasn't playing a shot and the ball might have hit the stumps.

It was the wrong decision, but it wasn't a shocker.

 

[Jono]

Wasn't that decision which played a large part in neutral umpires being introuced into test cricket?

That decision was one of the most shattering ones I've ever seen for myself personally. I remember only being 13 at the time and it was the first time I properly remembered India coming to Australia so that series was very exciting, and then to see Sachin go out like that was

 

[FRAZ]

Wasn't that decision which played a large part in neutral umpires being introuced into test cricket?

That decision was one of the most shattering ones I've ever seen for myself personally. I remember only being 13 at the time and it was the first time I properly remembered India coming to Australia so that series was very exciting, and then to see Sachin go out like that was

Excellent Jono !!

 

[Sanz]

That's not really one of the worst decisions though. It was a bit harsh, but he wasn't playing a shot and the ball might have hit the stumps.

It was the wrong decision, but it wasn't a shocker.

If it might have hit the stumps then how was the decision wrong ?

Anyways, It was the worst decisions ever IMO and an absolute shocker tbh.

 

[Swervy]

If it might have hit the stumps then how was the decision wrong ?

Anyways, It was the worst decisions ever IMO and an absolute shocker tbh.

why was it???....it hit him in line and he didnt play a shot...it may have been a few inches high, but I have seen much much worse

 

[GIMH]

Pietersen being given not out by the third umpire in Nagpur off a caught and bowled was pretty lucky!

TBH I can forgive umpire errors, but the third umpire should surely not make such mistakes?!

 

[marc71178]

That's not really one of the worst decisions though. It was a bit harsh, but he wasn't playing a shot and the ball might have hit the stumps.

Certainly didn't look to be going over the stumps.