Windies complain to ICC over umpiring

[aussie1st]

BRIDGETOWN: The West Indies Cricket Board has filed a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council about the quality of umpiring in the recent series in Australia.

The WICB admitted on Saturday that it was an unusual step, but board chief operations officer Zorol Barthley said there were too many questionable calls that needed to be reviewed.

The West Indies lost all three Test matches on the tour.

"We have expressed our concerns to the ICC over the standard of decision making by the umpires in the recently concluded series," a board statement said.

The board also asked the ICC to complete a video assessment of the umpires' decisions.

On Thursday, ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said the sport's governing body was looking at increasing the number of umpires in the "elite panel" from seven to nine or 10. He said the umpires' workload was tremendous.

"The board is aware that the overall standard of umpiring has improved with the introduction of the elite panel ? and for this reason is disappointed that the decision-making during the series appeared to be below the normally high standard expected of the elite panel," the WICB statement said.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/...c-over-umpiring/2005/12/04/1133631150087.html

At last someone is complaining about the poor standard of umpiring that has been going on lately. Heres hoping the ICC do something.
Increasing the number of umpires could work, as before this elite panel we didn't have that many bad decisions.

 

[siddharth2002]

ICC would never do anything, they are the most slow moving body of the world. Frankly they are 100% responsible for not having enough cricket playing nations.

 

[irottev]

They are too busy with their powerplays and supersubs to bother I would say.

I am glad someones complaiend though, and since the umpiring was so terrible its fair enough too.

 

[andrew_nixon]

The ICC won't do anything. Poor umpiring isn't anywhere near as bad as a player having wristbands that are too big, or someone in the crowd drinking Coke when the tournament is sponsored by Pepsi. In future, the ICC plan to bring in the death penalty for those terrible crimes!

 

[Sureshot]

There are 7/8 test legible umpires. Now those 7/8 have to do all the tests that go on, thats alot of workload and travelling. I'd bring in more umpires.

 

[FreddieFan]

There are 7/8 test legible umpires. Now those 7/8 have to do all the tests that go on, thats alot of workload and travelling. I'd bring in more umpires.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4488364.stm

 

[irottev]

I can't believe they complained about Rudi, he is the best umpire at the moment in my opinion.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Rudis great. I don't think Billy Bowden and Aleem Darr and great IMO. BIlly is just a show-off, and Aleem Darr makes some wrong decisions.

 

[Cricketman]

meh, they should scrap umps and just use hawk-eye, but the part of excitement in cricket is gone if a an umpire makes a wrong deisicion and the datsmen goes on to hit a double hundred or something. I think implementing hawk eye for desicions would be boring and that it would cost people to lose interest.

 

[aussie1st]

Rudi is alright but lately hes been making a number of errors. The best around imo is Simon Taufel.

 

[fardin]

Simon the best umpire there ever was and ever will be

 

[nightprowler10]

After he screwed Kaneria on his hat trick, I hate Hair with a passion. All the other dismissals that should or shouldn't have been were fine by me, I could live with them (including the extremely harsh 1st warning he gave Butt), but how often does a guy get a hat trick chance against the number 2 team in the world, with the player of the year in the middle?

 

[irottev]

Taufel is good. I like Rudi more though.

I don't think Billy is a showoff at all. Hes a good umpire and lately he has made a handful of terrible decisions. Hes entertaining and our only NZ umpire so I seriously hope he improves and doesn't get booted off. Dar made some shockers as well but hes also a very good umpire usually.

 

[tassietiger]

If I was a West Indian I would be pretty pissed off about the umpiring too. It was atrocious - off the top of my head I can think of three Brett Lee LBWs that were clearly missing, and a couple of Warney wickets that weren't out.

 

[Sureshot]

Rudis great. I don't think Billy Bowden and Aleem Darr and great IMO. BIlly is just a show-off, and Aleem Darr makes some wrong decisions.

All umpires are human and therefore will make mistakes.