I have always maintained that Steve Bucknor is a rascal! Steve Bucknor is one of the most useless Umpires, responsible for innumerable wrong/bad/incorrect decisions, ruining the very spirit of Cricket.I wonder why Steve Bucknor has not been sacked long back, for incompetence. The reason is not far to seek. In these days of reservations, probably even in the ICC there must be some provision that for so many Whites or Browns, there should be so many Blacks; and, Merit/ Competence can be overlooked; as long as the ICC is not accused of Racism. Or else, the West Indies Cricket Board must be so powerful that the ICC dare not annoy them by dropping Steve Buknor from their panel.What ever it is, Cricket is the poorer with people like Steve Buknor around. colonelrajan@rediffmail.com