sage Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Modern day umpires are no match for the old horse. Just like with Rohit Sharma, we didn't realise how lucky we were to have him. His phlegmatic, mustachioed face concealing 100s of cogs twisting and turning in his head. While umpires around the world fall flat on their face with DRS he would rise to the challenge. The hero. The Dark Knight. At his best, his accuracy rate for decisions (according to official ICC stats) was over 96% (in the 2005–06 season), and that was after well over a decade officiating at the top level. Moreover he maintained that high standard for 15+ years, which is longer than most international playing careers. It's a great pity no batsman will be given the Slow Death by Bucknor after getting hit on the pad by an inswinging yorker! Vijy 1
sage Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 Nonsense. He was mindboggingly accurate. True legend. In the hypothetical ATG match he would be my ATG umpire.
bowl_out Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 3 hours ago, sage said: Nonsense. He was mindboggingly accurate. True legend. In the hypothetical ATG match he would be my ATG umpire. Like he was in the Sydney test?
Forever Indian Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 Like Dhoni, once a good umpire became atrocious towards the end of his career. nevada 1
sage Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 He also gave India their greatest gift when bucknor won India the test series in England 2007 by not giving a plum lbw when England needed 1 wicket to win
sage Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 23 minutes ago, bowl_out said: Like he was in the Sydney test? That is like judging Tendulkar based on Bangladesh 100th hundred innings Rasgulla 1
bsriharsha Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 Good umpire at his prime, Carried on far too long and lost it bigtime
sage Posted July 5, 2019 Author Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Stuge said: His bias against india was evident . I already disproved that - he won us the 07 England series, a tremendous win we will never forget Edited July 5, 2019 by sage
neel roy Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 Sydney test was return gift for the test series he won us in england..
Vijy Posted July 6, 2019 Posted July 6, 2019 On 7/5/2019 at 1:53 AM, sage said: I already disproved that - he won us the 07 England series, a tremendous win we will never forget bucknor is the hero Gotham (oops India) deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
sage Posted July 6, 2019 Author Posted July 6, 2019 We should reward his services by offering him an IPL role
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