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HEADLINE: Sammy fined for criticising third umpire Holdstock
CaribbeanCricket.com
2025-06-30 13:13:24
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
2025-06-30 15:49:45
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
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
2025-06-30 15:50:21
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
natty_forever
2025-06-30 17:28:58
In reply to Sylobaby
Like you nuh hear the man say it's becoming a trend.
natty_forever
2025-07-01 01:33:21
Sammy that's our job. Grenadians I counting on you all.
Got ties there.
Onionman0
2025-07-01 05:34:29
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
CWI should back team management.....lodge a formal complaint against Adrian, ... before ICC...
Prako
2025-07-01 13:17:35
In reply to Sylobaby
Sammy should criticize himself for the baseball team that cannot bat and cannot catch he brought it.
Well said - that's why he has a line up of "batters" and not batsmen.
JoeGrine
2025-07-01 13:23:01
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
But when you see decision after decision, then it raises the question.
Your clandestine appointment raises more questions. Some here are praising the Deficient One for criticizing the umpires as if that's all there was to what took place last week at Kensington Oval. I want my coach to win games, but criticizing umpires is not high on a coach's job description list.
camos
2025-07-01 15:00:48
The director of cricket should have voiced the discontent and lodge a complaint with ICC, organizations hate to be questioned publicly even when they make glaring mistakes, so going forward manager and or director should complain and not the vulnerable players and coach.
Drapsey
2025-07-01 15:36:18
In reply to camos
.., so going forward manager and or director should complain and not the vulnerable players and coach.
Some people gwine come and say that $ammy was just being himself and wouldn't wait on the 'correct' people to lodge the complaints.
natty_forever
2025-07-01 15:39:56
The thing is the complaints ligit
Trex
2025-07-01 15:59:06
Well done Sammy!
nobody can doubt your cheer leading skills.
imusic
2025-07-01 17:21:59
In reply to Trex
Good to see you around bruh. Trust all is well in your world
FanAttick
2025-07-01 21:51:06
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
He should have been fined for impersonating a coach
natty_forever
2025-07-01 22:24:45
In reply to imusic
Sammy have peeps coming out the wood works
Trex
2025-07-02 16:39:45
In reply to imusic
Am doing well. Just not posting that much.
natty_forever
2025-07-02 21:06:56
All me a seh, any fackery a Grenada, beware coming to Jamaica!
