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Aleem Dar has been having a very bad test game here, giving many wrong decisions and Pakistan is being saved by the DRS.

Really terrible stuff by him. Time to retire ?
 
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It caught up 3-4 years ago. He has been rubbish since the 2019 World Cup.
 
He has always been a poor umpire. Some of the wrong decisions he has given in the past are atrocious. Here is one -


No wonder, the late, great Shane Warne called him a poor umpire.
 
Hitman said:
He has always been a poor umpire. Some of the wrong decisions he has given in the past are atrocious. Here is one -


No wonder, the late, great Shane Warne called him a poor umpire.
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he was not a poor umpire. THere is a reason why he got awards by ICC and broke Taufels monopoly....

Anyone can pick a single bad decision from the past.

Its just recently, he hasn't be consisstent. He would give 90percent accurate decision in tournament, but now he is hacing howlers.

Looks like age is catching up to the once great umpire
 
Major said:
he was not a poor umpire. THere is a reason why he got awards by ICC and broke Taufels monopoly....

Anyone can pick a single bad decision from the past.

Its just recently, he hasn't be consisstent. He would give 90percent accurate decision in tournament, but now he is hacing howlers.

Looks like age is catching up to the once great umpire
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A batsman edges it to the first slip, and he is adjudged not out? There's a difference between a bad decision, and a blind-as-a-bat decision by the umpire.
 
Hitman said:
A batsman edges it to the first slip, and he is adjudged not out? There's a difference between a bad decision, and a blind-as-a-bat decision by the umpire.
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There are mnay such decisions by every umpire. This thread isnt to discuss some decison 20 years ago plz.

He was a great a umpire, but his age is catching up
 
Poor thread the level of deceit Bucknor Doctrov and some Indian umpires achieved is unparalleled
 
Major said:
There are mnay such decisions by every umpire. This thread isnt to discuss some decison 20 years ago plz.

He was a great a umpire, but his age is catching up
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Can you show such decisions by umpires who are considered to be too umpires?
 
Was a superb umpire back in the day and certainly among the best umpires in the world. However he has clearly lost it recently and to be honest he has started to annoy me. Time to retire.
 
He was a very good umpire but remember just like batting umpiring is also about how good you are watching the ball so when are you in good form you make the right decision more often that not. Take it from me as someone who would umpire in cricket league matches - its an absolutely thankless job and certainly a difficult one with people screaming at your face if the decision doesn’t go their way.

Mistakes happen, it’s part of the game. Dar has been a consistent good umpire overall, over the last 20 years but as you age your form can go as well. I think only he will know when to call it a day.
 
Hitman said:
A batsman edges it to the first slip, and he is adjudged not out? There's a difference between a bad decision, and a blind-as-a-bat decision by the umpire.
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Not everything that goes to the slips comes off the bat…

It’s much easier to make a decision whilst watching on TV and on repeat, try standing 20 yards away and making the call in real time.

If you look at that Broad incident, it looks like it could’ve ricochet off the keepers gloves and gone towards slip, which I’m sure Aleem must’ve thought as well.
 
He was the best umpire in the world for many years but lately he has been in poor form and always too conscious not to show any biased in favor of Pakistan ending up turning down some very good appeals from Pak bowlers.
 
I lost faith in his umpiring when he didn't give Broad out after a massive nick in the Ashes.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Not everything that goes to the slips comes off the bat…

It’s much easier to make a decision whilst watching on TV and on repeat, try standing 20 yards away and making the call in real time.

If you look at that Broad incident, it looks like it could’ve ricochet off the keepers gloves and gone towards slip, which I’m sure Aleem must’ve thought as well.
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You have to be really new to cricket if you think that ball ricochets off the keeper gloves and goes to slip when a pacer is bowling while it's not too obvious to notice.

Broad incident happened when a spinner was bowling.
 
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Apparently he got into an argument with the third umpire who changed his decision. Is there anything in the rule book where ICC umpires can be fined for showing dissent?
 
He's been absolutely rubbish for a good 4 years now.

And he has built up quite a reputation for giving all marginal calls against Pakistan. I've never seen Aleem give a 50-50 decision in favor of Pakistan. It seems like he wants to portray himself as unbiased but his charade shines through with his calls.
 
kumjsr said:
You have to be really new to cricket if you think that ball ricochets off the keeper gloves and goes to slip when a pacer is bowling while it's not too obvious to notice.

Broad incident happened when a spinner was bowling.
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There‘a a 30 second video of the Broad incident on YouTube, I suggest you watch it closely.

There’s a light nick off the bat, the ball hits the keepers glove which takes it towards the slip.

Aleem Dar was right in thinking that the ball came off the keepers glove, he was wrong in thinking that it missed the bat.
 
Poor match.

Maybe age is catching up with him.

Still better than most umpires though.
 
Hitman said:
A batsman edges it to the first slip, and he is adjudged not out? There's a difference between a bad decision, and a blind-as-a-bat decision by the umpire.
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It is looks like a clear out on TV. However in real life it doesn't, the batter moved away from the ball and the ball seems to follow the path of away swing, it is also round the wicket to the right hander. The movement of the batter and the natural trajectory of the away swing confused Aleem Dar.

However it is a mistake on his part. It is for decisions like these DRS was introduced.
 
Sorry offtopic.. I thought there was the rule that no home umpire in test matches. Is that rule changed now?
 
mastermind_quad said:
Sorry offtopic.. I thought there was the rule that no home umpire in test matches. Is that rule changed now?
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I got my answer from cricinfo article https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.es...elax-travel-restrictions-1310322?platform=amp

Accordingly, for the 2022-23 period, the ICC has decided that three of the five match officials in Test cricket will be neutral: the on-field umpire, match referee and the third umpire. The remaining two match officials - second on-field umpire and the fourth umpire - will be non-neutral. Before the pandemic, both the on-field umpires, match referee as well as the third umpire were neutral officials. But since June 2020, faced with the logistical challenges posed by the pandemic, the ICC had decided to have non-neutral match officials in bilateral series.
 
Aleem Dar - involved in Saud decision as well although one cannot doubt him for a soft-signal as he wasnt sure.
 
He also suggested Abrar was playing a shot during the LBW review a few balls later though which was fortunately inconsequential but either a shockingly awful judgement or a shocking lack of knowledge of the laws...
 
Aleem Dar has been poor over the last few years but he has always been extremely overrated.

Umpires, like wicket-keepers are not judged by their great calls but by their mistakes.

Even during his peak years, there was always a massive mistake in him. No so-called great umpire has made as many blunders as Aleem Dar, except maybe Bucknor.

At his best, Aleem Dar he was really good but at his worst he made Dharmasena look competent.

Right now, he is really poor & not worthy of officiating in international cricket.
 
cricketAXEpert said:
It is looks like a clear out on TV. However in real life it doesn't, the batter moved away from the ball and the ball seems to follow the path of away swing, it is also round the wicket to the right hander. The movement of the batter and the natural trajectory of the away swing confused Aleem Dar.

However it is a mistake on his part. It is for decisions like these DRS was introduced.
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I don't think there is any way one can defend Aleem Dar on that one...he just had a brain freeze
 
He didn't have a clue regarding the Saud catch yet gave the soft signal as out.

Really poor match.
 
He has been arrogant for the last couple of years. You can see the arrogance in this body language especially when he tried to stop Dhani. His was at his peak for a couple of years but has been poor for a while now.
 
I did not think he had a bad match. All umpires get few decisions wrong in each match. So what is the big deal?
Pakistani posters are hurt as Saud decision possibly cost the match, but he only gave a soft signal according to what he felt/saw live, and even 3rd umpire adjudged it same with help of so many video replays, even though it touched ground .
 
I like Aleem , as he played club cricket from the same team where I played in Lahore, but he should have retired by now .

International umpiring is a tough job, particularly test match umpiring , which needs intense concentration on each ball bowled for 5 days, without a break and after sometime everyone starts making mistakes . Hence, my all time favorite and perhaps the best ever umpire Simon Taufel retired at quite a young age , not to lower the standard of umpiring he was able the maintain throughout his career.

I was at the the Kingston oval, Barbados in 2007 WC final ( Aust-SL ) where Aleem Dar showed first of his many blunders as an umpire and was banned by ICC for a year. Can't believe he has not retired 15 years later at 54.

Don't know its the financial insecurity or a culture promoted by the cricketers like Misbah, no one in Pakistan cricket retires gracefully. Aleem , if he continues , should be restricted to umpiring only T20 games and not test matches .

I suggest he should concentrate more on running his restaurant and academy now , good luck to him, he was a great umpire at his peak.
 
He was everyone's favorite umpire a few months ago and a handful of of bad decisions later people are out for his throat lol
 
Not that great a decision by Aleem - thankfully DRS saves Sarfaraz

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Gave Babar lbw just now - ball going over the stumps.
 
You’d think it would be the perfect time to call time on your umpiring career against a team that’s touring after 17 years… not sure why he’s still hanging on
 
Aleem Dar is an old man now. He is an umpiring legend but I think it is time to hang up his boots.
 
Mir Hamza dismissal - Aleem Dar the umpire who gave him out

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What a terrible umpire he is.

For gods sake remove him from the panel and this series. Joke of an umpire. Had he given such decisions against Australia they would had bullied him
 
I don’t think there are any deep theories behind this one, other than a once great umpire demonstrating that visually and judgment wise he is unfortunately past his peak.

In fairness to Aleem I did think the Babar lbw decision was out as well when I watched it live, but I guess it was spinning just a bit too much in the end.
 
Misses a caught behind off Devon Conway.

Not out, no appeal, but no review taken.

Would have been out on a review.
 
Good review by Pakistan after Aleem Dar refused the appeal against Conway

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Every country gets home umpires to get those 50 50 decisions whereas in Pakistan we get people like Aleem Dar.
 
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May be he is among the countless people related to cricket who PCB managed to make disgruntled with them.
 
To be fair, it did look not out in real time.

But he's made quite a few mistakes recently. Some terrible ones too.
 
He has to be held accountable. He's been making too many mistakes of late.
 
kingusama92 said:
To be fair, it did look not out in real time.

But he's made quite a few mistakes recently. Some terrible ones too.
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Agreed but its all adding up and the pressure is building on him.
 
The ICC does of course look at umpire performance and mistake percentage, so if Aleem carries on down this road of being frequently proven wrong by DRS then his long held place on the Elite Panel will come under scrutiny.

To err is human, and concurrently the occasional umpiring mistake is acceptable even on the Elite Panel, but constant mistakes are not sustainable.
 
Getting some stick for calling time due to badlight yesterday but think it was correct as light looked bad
 
MenInG said:
Getting some stick for calling time due to badlight yesterday but think it was correct as light looked bad
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Decision was in line with the rules but the rules are rubbish. If there was floodlights then the game should have continued. It is rules like this which will ensure the end of Test cricket.
 
This should be Aleem’s last test. However, he should do an ODI or a T20 hav match as a farewell game, and call it a day.

Time to leave on his own terms with honor, rather than be demoted from ICC elite list or asked to go by PCB.

An exceptional umpire for a long period of time, a role model in conduct and a credit to the country.
 
Aleem Dar hit by a throw

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Not having the best of times Aleem!

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Dismal error today. No idea how an umpire could give that appeal not out on the field.
 
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