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Let's just sit back and think about some of the "howlers" that umpires have been responsible for over the years.

It's always good for a laugh.

These howlers should be attributed as "wickets" to the responsible entity. Let's see who the leading wicket-taker ends up being. I'm guessing Bucknor and Koertzen might be front-runners here, but some members of PP who have witnessed the older days before neutral umpiring might come up with some gems as well.

-Only because it's recent, that Salman Butt LBW dismissal by Asoke De Silva has got to be up there just in terms of the "How?!?!?!" factor.

-I remember Sachin being dismissed LBW off his shoulders from Mcgrath, but forget who the umpire was at the time. (It may have gone on to hit the stumps, but it was just wierd seeing someone get LBW off his shoulder).

-Also - the Rudi Koertzen decision against Kumar Sangakarra's lone-man show in Hobart that stifled his heroic fight-back has got to be up there.

-Not too sure who it was (Parker?) in Hobart, who didn't give the Langer nick.

So far, we have:
- Asoka De Silva - 1 wicket
- Rudi - 1 wicket
- Parker(?) - 1 wicket
- Unknown (vs Sachin) - 1 wicket
- Billy Doctrove - 1 wicket
- Steve Bucknor - 2 wickets (Sydney test)

(I'll update the list progressively throughout the thread on this first post if you want to keep track).
 
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I remember an odi where akmal inside edged the ball to the boundary and was given lbw it was the sri lankan one day series but can't remember the umpire
 
australia vs india, theres a vid on youtube. umpires robbed india of the match
 
Who can forget the last test of Pak vs WI series, that historic series which Jimmy Adams won controversially on the last day of the test thanks to Billy Doctrove's umpiring. Not only plumb LBWs were not given on the bowling of Wasim but also a catch which was actually caught on the bowling of Saqlain.
 
List has been updated accordingly.
 
lil saeed anwar said:
U forgot to mention the father of all Umpires. Darrel Hair. :inzi
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Yea! Where the H** is Darrell Hair in that list, he is the master at this! :po:
 
I suppose Indians will shout about this. :)

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Ashoka de silva's LBW decision against Butt which cost us the match, :butt had 35 of 40 and was looking good for more :pissed:
 
lil saeed anwar said:
U forgot to mention the father of all Umpires. Darrel Hair. :inzi
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I don't particularly remember too many 'howler' dismissals ajudged by Hair.

As much as I can't stand the sight of him, by all accounts, he was a very polished umpire (technically) - but as has been said before - was not the most likeable character to get along with.
 
saqibsalman said:
I don't particularly remember too many 'howler' dismissals ajudged by Hair.

As much as I can't stand the sight of him, by all accounts, he was a very polished umpire (technically) - but as has been said before - was not the most likeable character to get along with.
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well mate , if he doesnt deserve a spot in that list than Steve bucknor doesnt either. Tests umpired 128 (1989–2009), ODIs umpired 181 (1989–2009). This man is one of the greatest umpires i have ever seen. I know he made mistakes during the India vs Australia series but i think that was due to his health issues, poor eyesight perhaps. Sure, a person makes mistakes but an umpire like him doesnt deserve a spot in that list.
 
Shezada said:
australia vs india, theres a vid on youtube. umpires robbed india of the match
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Of course that video impartially shows ALL the umpiring decisions for that game, including the ones that went India's way.......

The Kamran Akmal is the worst one I have seen, that was hilarious. I laughed out loud when I saw it on the highlights.
 
Maybe not the worst i have seen but Paul Refiel's decision against Latif was pretty bad.

from cricinfo
5.3 gets his man with the incutter! Pitches length, a slower ball it seems, and cuts back off the track to hit Latif on the flap as he shapes to work it away, looks to the naked eye as its headed into leg stump and so the umpire agrees ... but, but, but replays show a thin inside edge so Latif is unlucky, a bad call from Paul Reifel sends him on his way 44/3
 
Honestly Pakistan could win this match. Just one poor decision is enough to change the match result.
 
wht abt that.....

2nd semi final of icc champions trophy 2009...

Vettori to Umar Akmal, OUT, Akmal is gone, lbw, he was looking to paddle that one fine, he misses and is struck on the pads, Taufel sends him on his way, the ball looked to be heading for offstump, but Akmal was extremely unhappy with the decision, was there an inside edge? Replays show there was, a thick one too
 
For me the worst decisions are the ones where the third umpire gets it wrong. Daryl Harper made some really shocking decisions on England's recent tour of SA, and the last time we were in the West Indies, too. In both instances he made a strong case for having a review system in place when he was out in the middle, but did the opposite when sitting as third umpire!
 
The reason I lost the whole credibility of Bucknor was not the caught behinds or lbws.I can consider all those as genuine errors.But he didn't call for the 3rdumpire a close stumped appeal which 99% umpires would have called.That decision made me hate him so much.That was unbelievable.
 
I don't know who the umpire was but Inzimam was recently (3 years ago?) given out against India (caught behind) when the ball was about a foot away from the edge.
 
Inswinger said:
I don't know who the umpire was but Inzimam was recently (3 years ago?) given out against India (caught behind) when the ball was about a foot away from the edge.
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thats the main reason why i love so much review system(for me its honest and true system)
 
saqibsalman said:
Let's just sit back and think about some of the "howlers" that umpires have been responsible for over the years.
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The one Shakoor Rana gave to Broad, "caught" at slip off Qadir, Faisalabad 1987.

It not only missed the bat, it missed it by eight inches.

Broad threw a huge strop, wouldn't leave the wicket and had to be escorted off by Gooch.

The decision Shakoor gave Qadir out to in the same match was almost as bad. Qadir went just as mental as Broad and wouldn't leave the wicket either.

Terrible provocation of the players by a dreadful umpire.
 
Robert said:
The one Shakoor Rana gave to Broad, "caught" at slip off Qadir, Faisalabad 1987.

It not only missed the bat, it missed it by eight inches.

Broad threw a huge strop, wouldn't leave the wicket and had to be escorted off by Gooch.

The decision Shakoor gave Qadir out to in the same match was almost as bad. Qadir went just as mental as Broad and wouldn't leave the wicket either.

Terrible provocation of the players by a dreadful umpire.
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Care to share the otherside of the story? Pak wouldn't have done what they did if it wasn't Palmer.

Also lets not forget the revenge in 92, when your umpires did it again. However, Wasim and Waqar were just too good and overcame. Only so many bad decisions you can give.
 
Steve Dunne's decision during chennai test'99 when Pakistan toured India.Moin Khan took a one bounce catch off Saurav Ganguly's bat and he appealed loudly..even Moin knew that Ganguly was not out...But Steve Dunne ruled him out without referring to the third umpire...what a shocking decision and steve dunne what a moron!It was a very crucial decision in the context of the game..sachin played an awesome knock of 136 in that game..pakistan eventually won that test match
 
After watching the Hair/Doctrove highlights...I take my earlier statement back.

That was just ridiculous.
 
Amir said:
Care to share the otherside of the story? Pak wouldn't have done what they did if it wasn't Palmer.
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Pakistan did something? I thought it was just one terrible umpire who happened to be Pakistani.
 
This is up there with the worst - Illingworth just gave this out lbw.

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Amir said:
Care to share the otherside of the story? Pak wouldn't have done what they did if it wasn't Palmer.

Also lets not forget the revenge in 92, when your umpires did it again. However, Wasim and Waqar were just too good and overcame. Only so many bad decisions you can give.
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Robert said:
The one Shakoor Rana gave to Broad, "caught" at slip off Qadir, Faisalabad 1987.

It not only missed the bat, it missed it by eight inches.

Broad threw a huge strop, wouldn't leave the wicket and had to be escorted off by Gooch.

The decision Shakoor gave Qadir out to in the same match was almost as bad. Qadir went just as mental as Broad and wouldn't leave the wicket either.

Terrible provocation of the players by a dreadful umpire.
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The umpire was Shakeel Khan and not Shakoor Rana.

Shakoor Rana was involved in an earlier incident when he accused Mike Gatting of changing the field whilst the bowler was running into bowl. Their was a heated argument between Shakoor and Gatting with some swearing as well between them- the entire days play was abandoned lol
 
Cape Town match in 2013 had some awfully biased decisions towards South africa
 
Aleem dar didn't give a blatant caught behind to India

the Indians wee already celebrating as it was such a blatant edge that it carried to slips

the shock andn surprise on the fielders faces when they realized it wasn't given out was funny :))
 
Nothing can possibly beat the Sydney Test of 2008 with all umpires conspiring with honest to god Aussie players to beat India. I swear I had wished the worst pain for all concerned ��.
It's one thing when you get one or two random decisions against you, but when it is seemingly an organized conspiracy, you really get ****** off. Too painful for a while. I am well over it now, though!
 
Hmm, still no mention of Ind vs Ban WC 2015, I don't know about worst but it certainly was the most hyped.
 
Graham gooch run out by half the length of the pitch at headingley in 1992 v pakistan is one of worst decisions ive ever seen!
 
Amjid Javed said:
Graham gooch run out by half the length of the pitch at headingley in 1992 v pakistan is one of worst decisions ive ever seen!
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Agreed, there was something very strange happening there.

Did Pakistan even appeal?
 
khalil1986 said:
I remember an odi where akmal inside edged the ball to the boundary and was given lbw it was the sri lankan one day series but can't remember the umpire
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Gamini Silva. It was one of the worst decisions made by an international umpire in history.
 
I really feel sorry for Pakistan fans and cricketers when I watch this video -

 
This one makes me laugh rather than angry every time I watch it. It makes me laugh when I look at the reaction of the Aussie players and Sachin, and particularly at the reaction of the commentator Tony Greig :))

 
Hitman said:
This one makes me laugh rather than angry every time I watch it. It makes me laugh when I look at the reaction of the Aussie players and Sachin, and particularly at the reaction of the commentator Tony Greig :))

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This man denied us our first test series win in Australia.
 
Tendulkar and Inzamam had some very bizarre decisions going against them at crucial situations in his career. I can't think of a batsman apart from those 2 whom i have seen being given out wrongly or unfortunately on so many occasions in their careers.
 
^ I think both were against Miandad. Imran's catch was dropped by Gooch.

But luck is part of the game. England were lucky enough to be in the final when SA were ahead on D/L in the semi-final.
While SA were lucky to be in semi after rain turned a moderate chase into a difficult one for Pak in a group match.
 
Taffazul_Taifoor said:
1992 England Pakistan world cup final....umpires were Aldridge and Bucknor...Derek Pringle was denied 2 LBW decisions against Imran or Miandad...and it was definitely out on both occasions...Pakistan wouldn't have scored 249 if imran and miandad had been given out....also Ian Botham was given out when he didn't nick the ball.....these 3 decisions cost England the Cup....PAKISTAN WAS FAR TOO LUCKY TO HAVE WON THE 1992 WC
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There were a lot of dodgy decisions in that match. Pring was sure he had Javed lbw. Botham will go to his grave swearing that he didn't nick Wasim. Stewart got a lbw let-off.

But England were lucky to be there after the Duckbill-Playtus fiasco against SA, while Pakistan had built up a lot of momentum in the knockout phase and looked very strong, and it was their day.
 
I recall Usman Khawaja being sawn off in the '13 Ashes:

https://youtu.be/CLpxMSoEIYI

The ball is inches from the bat and the noise comes from the inside edge hitting the pad, as the camera from Prior's perspective shows. It's alright to give that out live, I suppose, because from front on at live speed it looks out. But the point of DRS is to overturn these.
 
Wasn't able to find a video of this but there was a decision against Sachin by Bucknor. Razzaq was bowling and the ball was so far away from the bat yet Bucknor gave it out caught behind. Should have seen the look on Razzaq's face. Even the Pakistani players couldn't believe Bucknor gave it out.
 
Pantani said:
I recall Usman Khawaja being sawn off in the '13 Ashes:
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That's extraordinary. The field ump can make an honest mistake, but DRS is supposed to correct those. What was in the third ump's mind?
 
starchild said:
Wasn't able to find a video of this but there was a decision against Sachin by Bucknor. Razzaq was bowling and the ball was so far away from the bat yet Bucknor gave it out caught behind. Should have seen the look on Razzaq's face. Even the Pakistani players couldn't believe Bucknor gave it out.
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Robert said:
Agreed, there was something very strange happening there.

Did Pakistan even appeal?
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Anoying thing was were only defending 99 runs and if we had got gooch out at time game would have been on a knife edge.
 
Also the crappy home W.I umpiring in a series where we lost 1-0 to W.I i think around 2000 where jimmy adams was out numerous times as was courtney walsh and decisions werent given and we lost test and series 1-0! it was pathetic and blantant cheating from W.I umpires on that day!
 
Robert said:
That's extraordinary. The field ump can make an honest mistake, but DRS is supposed to correct those. What was in the third ump's mind?
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Yeah, it's understandable that the on field umpire gave that out - the noise is very convincing, just as the ball passes the bat. The third umpire really should have overturned it though. It was especially disappointing because it was Khawaja, on the verge of being dropped, who was on the receiving end. The wicket was flat and he could have made a decent score, which perhaps would have been enough to earn himself a longer rope at international level:

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LBW decision in WI v AUS game

Did anyone see the decision it was definitely out, the tracking of the ball didn't actually go over where the ball had it the pad, another weird one.

Does anyone double check the technology?

I am all for technology and it has made the game better, I saw a similar thing in the ENG v NZ game.
I am sure they are both wrong. Does the ICC check the figures?
 
I remember 2 worst decision by umpire I saw live.

One is Kamran Akmal given LBW against Srilanka, funny part is ball didn’t hit any part of his body. I think umpire was Dharmsena.

Second one is Salman Butt giving LBW in Australia, ball pitching close to a foot outside leg.
 
Wasim Akram to Nasir Hussain in Pak- think it was a Pakistani umpire. Don't remember who

Pitched a foot and a half outside offstump given LBW!
 
Such a shame that Shakoor Rana is no more, He would have been the perfect candidate on describing how the LBW rule went out of the window when Miandad batted :p
 
Hitman said:
Such a shame that Shakoor Rana is no more, He would have been the perfect candidate on describing how the LBW rule went out of the window when Miandad batted :p
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he was greatly inspired by the indian umpires who had taken an oath never to raise a finger for LBW when an indian was on crease.
 
usmaneeyat said:
he was greatly inspired by the indian umpires who had taken an oath never to raise a finger for LBW when an indian was on crease.
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Eh? i have never heard of this, when how was this? Sakoor Rana was world famous for his biasedness, never heard anything like this with an Indian umpire
 
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