Has Poor Umpiring Destroyed International Cricket?

[aussie_beater]

Like Top_Cat said, umpiring errors have always been made. It's just that with better level of commentary, technology and video cameras we can only see them better. They're more magnified than they ever were before.

True that De Silva made some shockers, but shockers have been made by others in the past and will probably continue to be made in the future.

A few bad decisions in a series is acceptable, but 6-7 decisions per match is just way too much for cricket to continue in any form of normalcy.The umpire responsible for it should be tossed out.Period.

 

[Paid The Umpire]

The ashes was a umpiring decision badlyathon

the first and second test in the windies as well

the only way to get them to get better is to drop them like players.

good call

 

[krkode]

A few bad decisions in a series is acceptable, but 6-7 decisions per match is just way too much for cricket to continue in any form of normalcy.The umpire responsible for it should be tossed out.Period.

Fair Enough. Such an umpire should surely be asked to reconsider.
My point was that poor umpiring has always existed - and that is true, right?

 

[Paid The Umpire]

I admit mistakes will happen but NOT that often or that badly.

 

[Slats4ever]

No
Poor umpiring's good

 

[Paid The Umpire]

No
Poor umpiring's good

Sense that make good.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

In that series he alone made atleast 10 bad decisions

Not quite that many, but he did issue some shockers...

 

[V Reddy]

Not quite that many, but he did issue some shockers...

I remember two against Dravid and Ganguly and one against Srinath and Zaheer. And all these were made by Ashoka. He made some others against WI which i can't remember and one or two more against Indian Batsman as well.

 

[marc71178]

Hmmm.

19 votes cast, but a total of 20.

Guess I'm the only person to vote for more than one option!