What held back the BCCI from lodging a formal complaint after the first day itself?
Let's discontinue this attitude of trying to be a 'goody-goody boy' when guys like Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds bend rules to suit themselves.
And let BCCI sponsor a special pension fund for Steve Bucknor so that he can be retired immediately.
RE:India should have complained after day-1 of Sydney test itself
by A on Jan 06, 2008 02:56 PM Permalink
Hi, Cricket such a lovely game as it is, the game of uncertainties the uncertainty factor should be limited to players skills and not be influenced by human(umpires') fallibilities. India vs Australia 2nd Test at SCG made all the headlines because of the atrocious umpiring decisions made throughout the match. The game also is known as a game of leveller so what happened with the Ponting let off and dimissal is still understandable. But the three let off's for Andrew Symonds courtesy Steve Bucknor and third umpire is very difficult to digest for any passionate cricket fan. The fifth day also drew attention not because of an extra-ordinary Australian victory but the bizzare dismissal of Dravid and Ganguly again aptly executed by the two renowned umpires. We are proud of the Indian cricket team and their fight against all odds.But I don't think World Champions would be too proud with the way they won the match.This test match has been a shame for modern day cricket and the BCCI has to take blame for not forcing the issue of notorious umpiring with the ICC when Steve Bucknor has done India wrong time and again in the past. This is where I think FIFA has a bigger control over the game of football than ICC has over cricket.The mistakes made by referees are evaluated and as a penalty they are suspended from officiating further important matches.They are made to realise that they are accountable for their decisions which can change the fate of the game although in football y
