Gayle slams Carib Beer Cup umpires

Mon, Mar 10, '08

 

Jamaica's captain Chris Gayle is not a happy camper and Carib Beer Cup umpires Terrance Birbal and Dalton Holder are feeling the wrath of his words.

Immediately after his side crashed to a 17-run defeat against Barbados, Gayle lashed out at the umpiring in the game, arguing that some "blatant" mistakes helped to undermine his side in the game. "If you look at some of the decisions that went against us, it was really terrible for sports and the game, and it was just blatant," Gayle said.

"It is not good for the game. It is also not good for people leaving this level and going to international cricket, and then it is something totally different, so we are not really happy about the outcome."

"It cannot continue happening like this year in, year out," Gayle argued. "Jamaica always seem to have it tough, and decisions always seem to go against us. Basically, once we are playing away from home, it always seems to be tough for us, and it was the same thing last week when we played Trinidad & Tobago."

"We came out on top then, but this time, it was not in our favour," he added.