Its funny that people dont know that the capatains have to submit a mandatory feedback report on umpires to the Match referee. So ganguly did the right thing by giving bucknor that rating. What if the report got leaked, only thr truth has come out.
And the truth is bucknor was very poor during the test series both in his umpiring and behaviour.
I wonder what rating would have steve waugh given to him.
I think they would have possibily given him a good rating.though that is wrong on the part of steve waugh, as bucknor simply had a bad performance in the Test series.
The article that appeared in THE TIMES OF INDIA(india's best newspaper):
MELBOURNE: Indian captain Sourav Ganguly , it is learnt, has given West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor a very poor rating for his performance in the Sydney Test which ended in a draw earlier this week.
In the mandatory captain's report to the ICC , Ganguly has sharply criticised Bucknor for both his conduct and his decision-making ability, highly-placed sources said tonight.
In the column of the captains' report where an umpire is judged on his conduct and his decision-making - marked as very good, good, average, poor and very poor - Ganguly has given the West Indian umpire very poor numbers.
The Indians were peeved with the 57-year-old Bucknor for turning down appeals against Justin Langer and Damien Martyn on the final day which they believe were clear-cut cases of leg-before decisions.
Langer survived the shout from Ajit Agarkar while Martyn benefitted from Bucknor's largesse after left-arm spinner Murali Kartik had hit him in front of the stumps
The Indians also have not taken kindly to his hauling of young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel with a pointed finger in front of thousands of spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground and millions on television.
It is a tradition in Australia that rival captain and his players visit the home side's dressing room at the end of the Test series.
Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid , opener Aakash Chopra and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik too visited the Australian dressing room at the conclusion of the game.
However, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar did not pay the courtesy call. But an Australian cricketer was not reading too much into it. "The dressing room, inside and outside, was extremely chaotic at the end of the Test with all those emotions surrounding Steve Waugh . I would not read too much into it," said the cricketer.
. I would just say that he has been the best ever captain of India and instilled the team spirit which has been lacking before.
