Ugly Umpiring / Dishonest Aussies

Cricket is known as a gentlemen's game. Maybe this is past now.

The latest Test Series of India tour of Austalia, the quality of umpiring has been very shitty. The Aussies are known to be very sportive and play cricket very professionally, but this series has seen them play their cricket very dishonestly.

There has been a lot of appeals that have been turned down by unpires. It is fearful to see umpires like Steve Bucknor and Benson make such mistakes with that huge amount of experience behind their back.

The caught behinds that surely the batsmen knew that they were out, have been turned down. I got wild when I saw that the batsmen did not bother to walk out even when the umpire turned the appeal down. Being professional sportsman and playing the game with the right spirit, the Aussies MUST HAVE walked out when they knew that they were out! It just shows that they play to WIN.. not to play fair and not for the game. Its all about Winning that they bother about.

Had these things happened in India when Australia had toured, it would have been a night mare with the Australian media and the world media portraiting India and Indians as a 3rd degree country.

I in this blog, condemn the act of the Aussies for not being professional. They are not fit to play in the name of the spirit of the game. I also wanna take this to mention to the umpires that, any critical appeal, could always be reffered upstairs, having in mind that they cannot see the play at split second and would need assistance when it comes to a faint nick/edge or stumping. There is no harm or insult in referring such decisions upstairs. It would indeed make the 3rd umpire do his duty for his match fee.

The whole cricketing world knows that Aussies are the WORST SLEDGERS in the game. It is indeed surprising to see an Aussie complain against Indian (Bajji) on racial sledge. There is no rule in the books that only Aussies are permitted to sledge and all the other teams need to listen to then without speaking a word against them. One needs to teach them a lesson "their way". Way to go BAJJI!!