Leekbrookgull
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So now Pakistan are refusing to play in any match,where umpire Darrell Hair will stand.What is it with this team,just who do they think they are?
Leekbrookgull said:So now Pakistan are refusing to play in any match,where umpire Darrell Hair will stand.What is it with this team,just who do they think they are?
Wanderer said:So who will replace him? Does it have to be an Aussie? I presume so.
Grendel said:Given that Hair has a history of giving shit decisions against them, it isn't suprising.
Leekbrookgull said:Surely the point here is,no country can dictate who they have as umpires?
Leekbrookgull said:At least he called Muralitharan a chucker and stood by his beliefs.
Leekbrookgull said:At least he called Muralitharan a chucker and stood by his beliefs.
The Clown of Pevensey Bay said:Let's hope they appoint some Pakistani umpires for the Ashes, eh?
Leekbrookgull said:Sorry,Glendal. Surely if the umpire is watching a bowler he call no-ball when that ball is bowled not later??
hans kraay fan club said:I take it you have never umpired in a game.
From your position standing up at the stumps the bowler in the delivery stride is only really in your peripheral vision. You have to watch their feet for no-ball transgressions, and then switch your attention immediately down the strip to pick up the flight, then pitch of the delivery.
To call a bowler's action would be all but impossible, unless you were looking in completely the wrong place.
The square leg umpire, on the other hand, has a pretty good view of the action and ought to be consulted by the standing umpire before any decision were taken to refer the matter upwards to the match referee.