Aussie commentators running scared

[Rohip]

One bad decision today at the top of the order and they spent the rest of the match whining about it. And I loved they way that one of them was pushing for Yuvraj to play the rest of the series, he said something like Yuvraj has hit rock bottom now is the time to keep playing him so he can bounce back. They're just scared to death we'll replace Yuvraj with someone who'll score runs!! :omg: Pakistan of the 90's? :hysterical: We're going to be the Windies of the 80's :finger:

[Desi Cartman]

For all those who thought only Indians whine I like this article as it covers pretty much everything …. Except the decisions that went against the Indians during the 4th ODI .. Like Pathan's inside edge and bad LBW decision for sehwag THE umpiring crisis damaging international cricket's already tarnished credibility continued yesterday as Australia collapsed for its lowest one-day score in a decade. Standing in the match between Australia and India at the MCG, struggling South African umpire Rudi Koertzen gave retiring Australia star Adam Gilchrist out leg before wicket to the third ball of the game when the left-hander hit the ball into his pads. That India appealed so vigorously for such a blatant inside edge was remarkable given the pointed claim of its Test captain Anil Kumble last month that Australia had failed to play within the spirit of the game during the dramatic second Test in Sydney. Gilchrist's duck was part of a lamentable Australia batting performance which was otherwise unrelated to dodgy umpiring as the world champions were bowled out for just 159. Teenage Indian paceman Ishant Sharma (4-38) confirmed his standing as the find of the summer. Only an unbeaten 65 from Michael Hussey offered any respectability to Ausralia's score. Considered perhaps the best umpire in the world at the turn of the century, Koertzen has become worryingly poor in recent seasons. He made another shocking decision during the Hobart Test against Sri Lanka in November, robbing Kumar Sangakkara of a double century after giving him out caught when the ball clearly lobbed from shoulder and helmet. There are just 10 umpires on the International Cricket Council's elite panel and only eight of them remain acceptable to India. After India's dramatic Sydney Test loss last month, it successfully demanded the replacement of veteran umpire Steve Bucknor after a poor Test. Darrell Hair, one of the best umpires in the world, has already been banned from umpiring major matches after the Afro-Asian bloc sacked him in disgraceful circumstances. Hair had the temerity to enforce the laws of the game by awarding England a Test forfeit in 2006 when Pakistan refused to return to the field after tea in protest at a ball tampering charge which was later dismissed. The hypocrisy of India's carping over umpiring is highlighted by the fact that it does not have a single umpire good enough to be considered for the ICC's elite panel. This raises serious questions about how little of the billions India invests in all forms of cricket development and infrastructure. Where does the money go? Globally umpiring is one of the least satisfactory aspects of the game, with the ICC and all the major Test nations needing to invest far more in the development of competent officials. The upside of India's tour of Australia has been the rapid development of the tall and lively Sharma, who was given his chance because of injuries to more senior bowlers. After an excellent Test series, Sharma went into last night's match having claimed just one wicket in a one-day career which spanned only three games. Combining swing and seam with good pace and bounce from his high action, Sharma troubled all the batsmen. He had an at-times scratchy Matthew Hayden (25 from 21 balls) caught behind driving, an out-of-sorts Ricky Ponting (nine in 15 balls) caught at first slip by Sachin Tendulkar and Andrew Symonds (14 in 24 balls) caught behind. Sharma deservedly claimed the last wicket when Stuart Clark was caught behind from an outswinger. Ponting appeared to misread the pitch after winning the toss and batting on a surface which offered significant help to the fast bowlers. He batted despite Australia dropping spinner Brad Hogg to include Clark as a fourth fast bowler. This may have been cover for James Hopes, who was ruled out with hamstring tightness, leaving the fifth bowler duties to part-timers Symonds and Michael Clarke. Brad Haddin came in to strengthen the batting in the absence of Hopes and was dismissed in most bizarre fashion after struggling to five from 31 balls. Advancing to Harbhajan Singh, Haddin was left stranded when the spinner fired the ball down the leg side to be stumped. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23191055-5001505,00.html

[IndianRenegade]

Why is this idiot blaming India for poor standards of umpiring?

[Deleted_User_1]

One thing I agree, Rudi's umpiring decisions are troublesome, he has consistently made error after error this summer......maybe he needs to ride off to the sunset like facknor ought to.

[IndianRenegade]

That India appealed so vigorously for such a blatant inside edge was remarkable given the pointed claim of its Test captain Anil Kumble last month that Australia had failed to play within the spirit of the game during the dramatic second Test in Sydney.

Kumble was referring to the catching agreement & if one would expect to appeal only when some one is out, then whats the need for umpires? Probably none would be playing in the spirit of the game if appeals are to be made only when some one is out.

The hypocrisy of India's carping over umpiring is highlighted by the fact that it does not have a single umpire good enough to be considered for the ICC's elite panel. This raises serious questions about how little of the billions India invests in all forms of cricket development and infrastructure. Where does the money go?

Does this guy even know the meaning of Hypocrisy?

[IndianRenegade]

One thing I agree' date=' Rudi's umpiring decisions are troublesome, he has consistently made error after error this summer......maybe he needs to ride off to the sunset like facknor ought to.[/quote'] He is getting old just as bucknor, he must retire.

[Desi Cartman]

its surprising that he didnt write about using more technology

[anbuchelvan]

The convicts are are having inferiority complex.When their team become a crap like West Indies they will become hard core racists against Indians.

[Desi Cartman]

The convicts are are having inferiority complex.When their team become a crap like West Indies they will become hard core racists against Indians.

and what are you when you call aussies "convicts" :finger:

[bharat297]

Ian Healy = World's Stupidest Commentator Seriously, Healy is the most biased commentator I have ever seen. He seems to always think Australia are on top, and always have a plan. One example (and there are many) of this is back in the 4th Test in Adelaide, Australia struggled to get the last wicket in the 1st innings, and Johnson kept bowling these half-volleys (which were getting hammered to the boundary), of which one Kumble eventually edged and was out, and Healy somehow concluded it was part of Australia's plan to Kumble. When Rudi made his umpiring errors, Healy went on for the whole match about it, at one stage saying "I wonder if the Australian's will go to such lengths as India, and demand his sacking". Not once did he mention that Taufal blundered too in that match, when Lee was not given out despite being plumb in front, when Australia were 6/98 (could have been 7/98), and wrongly gave Sehwag out when we were 0/18. At least when India (Indian media) complained about Sydney, we did mention that Ponting was incorrectly given out in the 1st innings. The major difference between what happened in Sydney and Melbourne was in the circumstances surrounding the errors. Yesterdays errors were all just umpires incorrectly backing their first instinct. They did not involve umpires asking opposition captains if they think the batsman is out, or umpires refusing to use the 3rd umpire (when the batsman is actually out) and calling not out, or umpires giving caught behind decisions off leaves, or 3rd umpires making mistakes for stumping calls when they are given all the time and technology in the world. Yet, the ever-imbecelic Ian Healy decided that the umpiring was the main talking point of yesterdays match. This guy is an absolute moron.

[Ram]

I agree 100% with your observations. If someone were to block out the tv images and make us listen to Healy's commentary only, we would all think Aus is always on top. I had earlier pointed out how he didnt dare to say a word in criticism when Gilchrist drops regulation catches, but goes ballistic when its the opposition keepers. Guys like Healy make Mark Taylor look the champion of fairness.

[pete_mac]

The convicts are are having inferiority complex.When their team become a crap like West Indies they will become hard core racists against Indians.

As I've mentioned in another thread: "Yes, there are a large number of Australians who are descendants of convicts. However, a very significant proportion are descendants of those who settled here of their own free will and helped to establish this country, along with descendants of the many hundreds of thousands of immigrants from countless countries around the world who have settled here as an alternative to their home countries. It is very short-sighted to simply tag everyone here as 'convicts', and it is incredibly immature to constantly throw around the 'convict' and 'monkey' tags (surely you can structure an argument without being childish and resorting to cheap shots?) By all means be passionate and support your country, but let's try and keep a certain level of maturity here!"

[Sachinism]

lol @ aussies not recognising the fact that we got some bad decisions too

[Guest dada_rocks]

and what are you when you call aussies "convicts" :finger:

Calling spade a spade

[Guest dada_rocks]

Seriously, Healy is the most biased commentator I have ever seen. He seems to always think Australia are on top, and always have a plan. One example (and there are many) of this is back in the 4th Test in Adelaide, Australia struggled to get the last wicket in the 1st innings, and Johnson kept bowling these half-volleys (which were getting hammered to the boundary), of which one Kumble eventually edged and was out, and Healy somehow concluded it was part of Australia's plan to Kumble. When Rudi made his umpiring errors, Healy went on for the whole match about it, at one stage saying "I wonder if the Australian's will go to such lengths as India, and demand his sacking". Not once did he mention that Taufal blundered too in that match, when Lee was not given out despite being plumb in front, when Australia were 6/98 (could have been 7/98), and wrongly gave Sehwag out when we were 0/18. At least when India (Indian media) complained about Sydney, we did mention that Ponting was incorrectly given out in the 1st innings. The major difference between what happened in Sydney and Melbourne was in the circumstances surrounding the errors. Yesterdays errors were all just umpires incorrectly backing their first instinct. They did not involve umpires asking opposition captains if they think the batsman is out, or umpires refusing to use the 3rd umpire (when the batsman is actually out) and calling not out, or umpires giving caught behind decisions off leaves, or 3rd umpires making mistakes for stumping calls when they are given all the time and technology in the world. Yet, the ever-imbecelic Ian Healy decided that the umpiring was the main talking point of yesterdays match. This guy is an absolute moron.

before that he was given incorrectly not out while still in single digit

[maaki]

1> Nothing is being said of the Viru's LBW, hawk eye showing ball going over the top. (Taufel verdict) (This evens out the Gilly dismissal) 2> Tendulkar caught behind missed by Keorzen (Tendulkar has been on the receiving end of a lot of bad decisions so he probably deserves it) 3> Irfan Pathan inside edge on lbw Aussie commentators were trying to disbelieve what they were seeing it was bat on pad.. but the hot spot seemed to point other wise 4> Clark Caught behind , no replays were show to analyse , so cant confirm this one.. Moral of the story we will not get better umps we need better aids to help umps.. 1> Devices for No ball calling 2> 2 Challenges per match, which can be called by the captain..