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HEADLINE: Sammy fined for criticising third umpire Holdstock

CaribbeanCricket.com 6/30/25, 2:13:24 PM
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West Indies coach Daren Sammy has been fined for his criticism of third umpire Adrian Holdstock during the opening Test against Australia in Barbados.
 
Sammy was angered by two decisions, in particular, that went against West Indies on the second day: Roston Chase's lbw, upheld by Holdstock despite a suggestion of an inside edge, and Shai Hope's inside edge that was brilliantly caught by Alex Carey, who was ruled to have held the catch cleanly. On the first day, Holdstock adjudged a similar low catch to Hope off Travis Head as having not carried.
 
Speaking after the second day's play, Sammy said he had held concerns about Holdstock's umpiring from the recent ODI series in England.
 
"You don't want to get yourself in a situation where you're wondering about certain umpires," he said. "Is there something against this team? But when you see decision after decision, then it raises the question."

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Sylobaby 6/30/25, 4:49:45 PM
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Which TV umpire would deliberately make bad calls when he knows the entire world is seeing what he sees? I have always said making Sammy coach and only selector is the worse thing that ever happened to West Indies and now to hear him open his mouth removes all doubt. He should have been ejected for the rest of the series and charged more than what he expected to make for the series
Sylobaby 6/30/25, 4:50:21 PM
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Instead of criticizing the umpires Sammy should criticize himself for the baseball team that cannot bat and cannot catch he brought it. Sammy squad proved that he has no cricketing brain and and did a very bad job in coaching his own team he selected.
Sammy needs to understand that cricket is not played with his tongue and talking foolishness but rather it’s played with the brain and on a cricket field
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natty_forever 6/30/25, 6:28:58 PM
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Like you nuh hear the man say it's becoming a trend.
natty_forever 7/1/25, 2:33:21 AM
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Sammy that's our job. Grenadians I counting on you all.
Got ties there.