Instead of the 'success percentage' I would be more interested in knowing how many 'umpire's calls' he has given in favour of England and how many in favour of Windies/Pakistan. 'Success percentage' means little when every 'umpire's call' is considered as a 'successful' decision.
With england hardly any close call given by the unpires but when pakistan are batting the finger goes up very quickly ...... this experiment of having home umpires have been a huge failure..... a lot of home favouring decisions by the umpires
A poor decision is giving something that shouldn't have been out out, not giving something that was hitting the stumps out. The fact it wasn't completely plumb just makes it an even better decision.
Instead of the 'success percentage' I would be more interested in knowing how many 'umpire's calls' he has given in favour of England and how many in favour of Windies/Pakistan. 'Success percentage' means little when every 'umpire's call' is considered as a 'successful' decision.
The rules are the same for all the umpires, the success percentage includes umpires calls for them too. He is still far superior to them. And he has multiple times given Pakistan good decisions, such as the LBW of Sibley off Yasir in the first innings of this match. Sibley had come way down the pitch, and he still gave him out, which turned out to be the correct decision on review. Don't let one decision (which frustrated me too) colour your perspective.
With england hardly any close call given by the unpires but when pakistan are batting the finger goes up very quickly ...... this experiment of having home umpires have been a huge failure..... a lot of home favouring decisions by the umpires
Nope.
There were soo many instances where pakistani players got the benefit of umpires call.
Problem is we dont document it when we benefit from it. As soon as the opposition gets advantage of it we try to use the usual cards. Racism favourtism biasness etc.
WICKET! Labuschagne lbw b Woakes 48 – Australia 144-3
Woakes bellows towards umpire Gough for Labuschagne lbw after beating the batsman on his inside edge but there is only a shake of the head from the on-field official. Morgan promptly calls for the review and it works, hitting middle stump. Twist?
Michael Gough: The secrets behind the world's best umpire
What's the secret to being the best umpire in the world?
Cleaning your ears, according to Michael Gough.
The 40-year-old Englishman won praise for his near faultless judgement in England's Test series wins over West Indies and Pakistan this summer.
In fact, he has been brilliant for longer than that.
Since 2018, Gough has a 93% success rate on decisions referred to the TV umpire. The next best umpire is Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena with 79%.
In an interview with the BBC World Service's Stumped programme, Gough reveals why he makes so few mistakes, how retiring as a player at the age of 23 helped shape his second career, and the importance of keeping those ears clean...
Clean ears and strong eyes
"Probably the most important things to an umpire are your eyes and your ears," explains Gough.
He says he makes sure "the little things like ears are always clean, so I can hear" and he does "a lot of work with my eye muscles".
"I do that throughout the day, just to give myself every single chance - as some people would say, the little one-percenters that can make so much of a difference," he adds.
Gough also reviews those decisions he got wrong, although there have been precious few in recent years.
He says: "Sometimes when I've made an error, I look at it and think: 'How did I get that sort of decision wrong? What was the thinking? What was the thought process at the time? What was I actually seeing? Was I thinking about something else?'"
Gough also puts much of his success down to keeping fit.
"Fitness is a big thing for me, especially in lockdown now, so I've started a lot more running," he says.
"It means I can concentrate longer; I don't feel as tired at the end of the day. I feel as all my senses are a lot clearer - vision and sound."
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From captaining England to working in dad's shop
A promising right-handed opener and useful spinner at Durham, Gough captained England Under-19s and played for England A.
In 2002, he averaged more than 50 in first-class cricket, but the following year, aged only 23, he quit a sport he had long since stopped enjoying playing.
After trying to make it as a semi-professional footballer -"there were some scouts coming to watch me but at that age - 23 - you tend to be seen as a bit of an older man" - Gough ended up working in his father's sports shop.
"I didn't know what real life was like. You don't realise how much is done for you when you're a professional cricketer. I had to go back and actually work for a living, which was a bit of a challenge," he says.
Watching the famous 2005 Ashes between England and Australia was a "turning point" which reignited Gough's love for cricket.
He remembers: "I thought: 'I'll just give the umpiring a go.' It was one Sunday afternoon and I absolutely loved it. I just thought this could be something to make a bit of a career out of.
"I never really got the best out of myself as a player. I didn't really work hard enough. I didn't really motivate myself. I never dedicated myself enough to my profession.
"When I was fortunate enough again to get into umpiring and the world of officialdom, I just wanted to make sure that I gave myself the very, very best chance to succeed and do well at this level."
'Go with your instinct'
Gough has certainly achieved those goals.
He won the Professional Cricketers' Association umpire of the year award - as voted for by county cricketers - an unprecedented eight years in a row from 2011 to 2018, made his international debut in 2013 and was elevated to the International Cricket Council's elite panel of umpires in 2019.
With rules that prevent umpires officiating in Tests involving their native country relaxed this summer because of coronavirus, Gough was able to stand in four of England's six Tests, and was TV umpire for the remaining two.
Asked about his thought process for making decisions, Gough says: "I always find that if I give myself a little bit of time and not rush into it, generally I make the right decision more often than not.
"Sometimes you just have to go with your gut instinct as well. That's the biggest thing for me - if I go with my gut, nine times out of 10 I'm right.
"I just go out in the middle to do the job to the best of my ability. Sometimes the luck's on your side."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like the umpire got it wrong by not calling a wide <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKvMS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKvMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/zhe4G1oR64">pic.twitter.com/zhe4G1oR64</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1327609063979552769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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We're all human. Big call he got wrong, but Karachi went on to win the game anyway.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like the umpire got it wrong by not calling a wide <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KKvMS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KKvMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/zhe4G1oR64">pic.twitter.com/zhe4G1oR64</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1327609063979552769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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We're all human. Big call he got wrong, but Karachi went on to win the game anyway.
England has two fantastic young umpires who can serve the game for another 25 years. England has always produced the best umpires from Chester to Bird to Shepherd; now Kettleborough & Gough.
English umpire Michael Gough would not be officiating in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup for six days following a bubble breach, according to a report in The Daily Mirror.
The umpire was found guilty of breaching the bubble and hence he will now quarantine for six days.
As per the report in Daily Mirror, Gough was slated to officiate in Sunday's match between India and New Zealand, but once it was confirmed that he had breached the bubble, Marais Erasmus took his place.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has laid down strict instructions for all players and umpires regarding the bio-bubbles. If they leave the bubble environments created at hotels and cricket grounds, then they have to undergo isolation.
'The Bio-Security Advisory Committee has instructed umpire Michael Gough to isolate for six days due to a breach of the event bio-security protocols," said an ICC spokesperson.
New Zealand had defeated India by eight wickets on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium.
English umpire Michael Gough has been put in isolation for six days for breaching Covid-19 health protocols during the T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday.
The 41-year-old former first-class cricketer was withdrawn from New Zealand's Super 12 clash against India on Sunday in Dubai and replaced by Marais Erasmus of South Africa.
"The Bio-Security Advisory Committee has instructed umpire Michael Gough to isolate for six days due to a breach of the event bio-security protocols," an ICC spokesperson said in a statement.
Reports in British media said he had breached his hotel 'bubble'.
Players and match officials are staying in designated hotels where their movements are monitored and they are not allowed to mingle with those outside the bubble as part of the protocols.
