What is ICC's Anti Corruption Unit doing?

[The Outsider]

If there ever was a case of match fixing this it. Australia chasing a record 16th win appear done and dusted in the match and one after another decisions are given to make them win. It's not just the day to day leg before and caught behind issues. There were major irregularities in the match : 1. Third umpire giving a wrong decision on the stumping. 2. Bucknor not calling the third umpire after an Indian appeal on what was finally seen to be out. 3. And the biggest one of them, Mark Benson consulting the fielding captain on whether a catch was taken or not rather than going to the third umpire. There should be serious investigation in this.

[maggot_brain]

If there ever was a case of match fixing this it. Australia chasing a record 16th win appear done and dusted in the match and one after another decisions are given to make them win. It's not just the day to day leg before and caught behind issues. There were major irregularities in the match : 1. Third umpire giving a wrong decision on the stumping. 2. Bucknor not calling the third umpire after an Indian appeal on what was finally seen to be out. 3. And the biggest one of them, Mark Benson consulting the fielding captain on whether a catch was taken or not rather than going to the third umpire. There should be serious investigation in this.

Wasn't this already decided? That is the two captains got together and decided before the series that the fielding captain would have the last word on whether or not a a catch was taken.

[The Outsider]

Wasn't this already decided? That is the two captains got together and decided before the series that the fielding captain would have the last word on whether or not a a catch was taken.

No, there was nothing official about it. It was only a verbal, gentlemanly agreement between the captains and had nothing to do with the umpires. Once Ganguly stood his ground, it meant that India is not going to honor the agreement and the umpire was obliged to call the third umpire rather than ask the fielding captain.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[panesarv]

The umpires dont operate by such protocols ... their rulebook says if the straightumpire cant decide he goes to squareleg umpire and then ifneeded to 3rd umpire.

totally agree

[Guest HariSampath]

That agreement applied ONLY to players asking other players if catch was taken and NOT umpires asking. Anyway, Ganguly by standing his ground had already decided that he was not going to ask Clark and it would have been superfluous as the Aussies were celebrating already

[Guest HariSampath]

on the Anti corruption unit taking a look, I completely agree. I was the first to state on these threads that I refuse to believe this was umpiring incometence and this could well be a serious case of match fixing involving the umpires directly. Why not ? Look at the circumstantial evidence. Aussie 16th win expected and they are reeling at 134-6...odds on Aussie win from there on would yield big money. Umpires get into the act and also carry it through till the end....and also an Indian win in Sydney would have meant that with the series at 1-1....just a bad session for Aussies and the huge money put on an Aussie series win could be lost. Stakes were too much, and so this is a clearcut case for investigation at least.

[beetle]

Why is BCCI sleeping?

[varun]

ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit

An oxymoron if I ever saw one