Which side are you??

this post was initiated in response to my friend ottayan's post of brad hogg saying that human element should be maintained...

first of all let me say, its very easy to say lets keep human element there when that 'human element' is not affecting you...there was one decisions against pointing and he was fuming like anything...where was human angle then??? and i am yet to see him being asked to report much like yuvraj but thats another matter altogether ;-)

anyway to come to point...

there was old time when we took fielders word for not touching boundary lines...for close catches...umpires word for run outs etc...and now we don't...

now, we spend endless time to see whether the rope was touched...no umpire today gives run out decision directly...does that effects umpires credibility when he refers upstairs?? i think it affects more if he don't?? isn't it?? so it means technology already creeping in...it also shows that we have changed with times...

the same doubts were raised when those referrals were okayed...but still we moved on with them and game has not changed much bcoz of them...its still a battle between bat and ball...

but, you cant have best of both world...it takes just one or two replays to see whether batsman is nicked it ala symonds...or there was inner edge for LBWs ala ponting...that the ball pitched outside leg stumps for LBWs...why on earth we can not reverse them...before player leave the field...this will most certainly take far less time than we spend on seeing the boundary lines replays...and it will most certainly not affect the credibility of umpires when they will refer it??? what if third umpire does it suo motto...???

why not start it in lets say T20s or bilateral ODI series to see the impact...when we can have that ridiculously implemented super-sub rule and more ridiculously scrapping it while it required just one fine tweaking...then why we can not implement these in as i suggested in T20s and/or bilateral ODI series...

its can not be plain coincidence that umpiring standards are getting downwards by the time...i mean who are interested in this career while more lucrative assignments are awaiting in media...with big screens installed in virtually every stadium now...i see them standing naked infront of world and amongst players in the park...and this isn't a good sight, is it?...what respect they would get from players when they can clearly see these howlers in big screens...leave alone the audience world over?...and yet we assume that they will not be affected by it...that they will keep on giving good decisions...are they robots who don't feel anything...?? so isnt it will be a worthy exercise if we do something which will be a step towards elimination such scenarios...

first step ICC can take in right direction is by not nominating buckner for any matches now onwards...its understandable why this old man is dragging himself but why ICC is letting him is beyond me!

which side are you?? letting these umpires handing us howlers everyday or steps to avoid these howlers??

have your say...

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