It's sad to see that the 9th Edition of World Cup cricket ended in much chaos. The on field umpires must be given the right to take decisions whereby the common sense prevail. Not every decision be made strictly acording to ICC laws. (Denying Michael Clarke his maiden run because of running on the pitch & Asking Srilanka to bat in the dark when the match was virtually over and it was very difficult to even site the ball, forget about playng proper cricket shots)
RE:Wrong Decision
by on Apr 29, 2007 09:01 PM Permalink
What a terrible shame! The World Cup was already a mess before they starting playing the Final game of the tournament. You would have though the referees (on or off the field) where up to speed on the rules of D/L. This just goes to show that the age old D/L method shoul dnever be adopted for any future World Cup series or in any other tournament. When will the ICC buck up their ideas and bring the game into the 21st centruy and devise a new way of calculating this or even to scrap the entire method and make ruling to say all games that are predominantly rained off to go into the second day.
RE:Wrong Decision
by senthil kumar on Apr 30, 2007 12:29 AM Permalink
I agree with u my frnd...its really a shame tht de game s decidd by some of the worst rules (hop evrybody remembrs what happnd 2 southafrica in de semifinal of 1992 edition)..hmm.,really i was loosn de interest 4 de past few years and it now i hav totally lost my eagerness nd iterest..(thouh i was a district level palyer few years back)...shame on U cricketing body....
It looks like Rudy chacha had only his allowances in mind and not the game of cricket. And the other umpires figured they could corner some extra allowances as well if the game spilled over by a day. Too bad that it didnt work out
IS IT NOT SUPRISING THAT THREE OF THE BEST UMPIRES OF THE WORLD COULD NOT READ THE RULES RIGHTLY.WHOM ARE THEY TRING TO COVER UP. ( HOW COME ONE OF THEM COULD VERY UNSUALLY, BUT VERY MUCH ACCORDING TO THE RULES,DECLINE A RUN FOR MICHEAL CLAKE RUNNING DOWN THE PICH FOR HIS FIRST RUN. FURTHER WHY SHOULD THE UMPIRES BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLOWENCES. DO THEY NOT REALISETHAT THIS MATCH IS A WORLDCUP FINAL AND NOT A INTER CLUB MATCH. wHAT WILL ICC's REACTION TO THIS UNPARDONABLE DISPLAY. WILL THEY BAN ALL THE CONCERNED FROM FUTHER OFFICIATING FOR IF THEY COULD NOT INTERPRET THE RULES ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION THEY ARE UNFIT FOR THE JOB.
