Richard Kettleborough : The umpire who has officiated in every major ICC semi final and final loss for India since 2014.

[rangeelaraja]

 

What's common in all the ICC semi-finals and finals we have lost since 2014 ? Richard Kettleborough as umpire. 

 

He is not going to umpire in the England semis because he is an England umpire, but he will umpire in the finals should we beat England. 

 

2014 T20 World Cup Final against Srilanka 

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/world-t20-2013-14-628368/india-vs-sri-lanka-final-682965/full-scorecard

 

2015 Semi- Final World Cup against Australia

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2014-15-509587/australia-vs-india-2nd-semi-final-656493/full-scorecard

 

2017 Champions Trophy Final against Pakistan

 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-champions-trophy-2017-1022345/india-vs-pakistan-final-1022375/full-scorecard

 

2021 ICC Test Championship Final against NZ

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021-1195334/india-vs-new-zealand-final-1249875/full-scorecard

 

 

 

[Number]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/world-t20-2015-16-901359/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-semi-final-951371/full-scorecard

 

Oh this one too. 

 

 

[Mariyam]

Didn't he also direct the motion picture on the Mahatma's life.

 

Such a polymath.

[bowl_out]

He is a good umpire. Not sure why we blame him because we sucked in those games

[Lord]

[rangeelaraja]

5 minutes ago, bowl_out said:

He is a good umpire. Not sure why we blame him because we sucked in those games

 

He is a good umpire, have not dissed at his umpiring pedigree.

 

But it is a sort of unlucky coincidence 

( Manhoosiyat ), that all the knockout games in ICC tournaments that India played and he officiated - we lost.The sample size contextually is  100 % of the data itself. 
 

I hope he officiates in the other semis and not the finals. Sala so many umpires in the panel and this chap somehow officiates all Indias knockout games. 

[Frustrated]

He is a very good umpire.  Our choking in KOs is due to our own failure. 

[SM2907]

Surprisingly the pitch was brown and the outfield green. Other way round and we win 

[Lord]

yes lets blame umpire and not Rohit,Kohli etc who also were part of these games

[Nikola]

He got selected cause he is pretty good at his job. We were not good at our job so we lost those games.

[Stan AF]

28 minutes ago, SM2907 said:

Surprisingly the pitch was brown and the outfield green. Other way round and we win 

And the sky was dark with clouds

[cricketfan28]

good news, we need all the luck.

[Lord]

 

 

Adharmasena can screw us

[putrevus]

India also did not have greatest luck with playing conditions.CT-2002 finals was replayed from the start on reserve day India was chasing down that total easily if they just played the one innings on reserve day. Where as world cup 2019 semis, India should have chased in the afternoon but they had to chase next morning with ball swinging to help NZ.

Edited November 7, 2022 by putrevus

[Frustrated]

Wonder how does adharmasena get so many games.   Has to be one of the worst umpires of this Era.  

[vvvslaxman]

5 hours ago, Mariyam said:

Didn't he also direct the motion picture on the Mahatma's life.

 

Such a polymath.