I don't know about that, but umpires bloody well should. If a fielder is conclusively shown to have claimed a grounded catch then he gets suspended, so the benefit of the doubt should absolutely be with the fielder if we're going to hold them to those standards.
Ponting tried many times to have it accepted by opposition captains and no-one would accept
it's tony hill. and he is known for being an abysmal umpire, so.
Tony Hill is the TV umpire. Cabinet96's bad Lord's form lives on.
I don't think any of the umpires have.
Isn't it Tony Hill?
Apparently the only three umpires on the elite panel that aren't English or Australian are these blokes, so we've got the same three for the whole series.
Got 8 more matches with these clowns too. Deep joy.
Absolute farce. Bring back Billy and Raufy.
And no balls, run-outs, stumpings, determining whether it was a bump ball, etc
yeah there's no ifs and buts about that one. he had all the replays he could ever need, for a decision that was clearly out and got it wrong. absolutely no excuses.
Dunno why Billy Bowden was dropped, he wasn't this bad.
Which again is ridiculous. You can't ask 4 umpires or whatever it is to shoulder the burden of such a high profile series for 5-10 tests. How could they not foresee this and plan ahead. I don't know. This test match has just been a real disappointment performance wise from pretty much everyone. Not fit for Lords.
