Contd.. 4. Some very inconsistent decisions in the match. When Dravid played a shot to gully or point area, in the first innings, Australians appealed even though it was caught after one bounce, and Bucknor referred this to the third umpire. Of course, obviously it was a not out. Again, in the second innings, I don%u2019t exactly remember who the umpire was, but he referred an obvious not out (run out chance of Bhajji, I think) to the third umpire because the Australians appealed loud. However, the genuine stumping of Hussey (I think) by Dhoni was not even referred to third umpire. As everybody knows, Ganguly%u2019s catch (by Clark) should have had been referred to the third umpire first. Then again, even third umpire gave a dubious decision in the first innings favoring Symonds.
Aren%u2019t these enough reasons for Indians to get angry about the whole episode? On top of it, Australians claim they played hard and fair.
If you are one of those people supporting Steve Bucknor, calling those were human errors, ask yourselves one question: Why Indians who have really watched and paid attention to the matches over the years are singling out Bucknor? Why not Dickie Bird or David Shepherd? Of course there will be one or two errors by any umpire, but this fellow has carried out some personal vendetta against India. There is no other way to describe it.
