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UMPIRING BLUNDER SLAMS ZIMBABWE

 
Emir 2017-07-18 18:22:32 

It was unacceptable and it was not DRS related but pure and simple case of an umpire not knowing the basic rule of the game.

This is not acceptable and it is high time time umpires face match fines for bringing the game in disrepute.

Note, it was not cheating we don't have a cheating issues with umpires anymore, just a case of incompetence.


First, with Dickwella on 37 and Sri Lanka on 237 for 5, Chakabva whipped off the bails and appealed, after Dickwella had overbalanced, missing a ball from Sikandar Raza. It was a close decision: no part of the crease was visible behind Dickwella's boot. However, no part of the boot appeared to be behind the crease either, so on balance Dickwella should have been given out. But third umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin would rule him not out, and Dickwella would go on produce one of the game's definitive performances.


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