In the entire cricket history, there are many series where the umpiring has beenn terrible and shameful but in my opinion this series between Sri Lanka and england has some of the worst umpiring decisions of All Time. Shocking Umpiring
@@paulnorris2756most if not all these guys are neutral. Jayprakash in Indian. Koertzen is South African. So is Dave Orchard i believe. coorey is the only one Sri Lankan
Both neutral umpires and DRS are necessary. In a perfect world, we wouldn't need neutral umpires, but it's not a perfect world. DRS, imperfect as it is, is worth way more than the 5% or so it slows the game down by.
I'm sorry but I disagree. Most of the decisions that went in England's favour were at least somewhat understandable....there was a lot for the umpire to consider such as bat and pad in close proximity or a bump ball. But those two lbw decisions against Engalnd were absolutely appalling. They were very, very, very easy decisions. The one from Murali impacted the pad a good foot outside off stump...not inches. A village cricket umpire would be castigated for such an awful decision. But the worst decision of the lot by far was the ball from Jayasuriya. It pitched a good 2 foot outside the leg stump. It would be considered a simple decision to make for a schoolboy umpire. It is highly improbable that an international level umpire could make such an error of judgement.
Nice comment..... I was thinking how batsmen was..... None of them have gone to discuss with umpire.... In gully cricket during my child hood the batsmen has thrown the bat over umpire
I remember this series so well. How these umpires ever got another match after this is beyond me. This was worse than village level umpiring. They had no business ever being involved in cricket again. Incompetence at the highest level all series.
The first clip the umpire has definitely forgotten the rules of LBW. That was pitching so far outside leg it's not funny. Impossible that he actually thought to himself, 'Yep, that was pitching in line'.
Yes but still it will be hitting stumps for sure. It's wrong decision but still at that times. Not so outrageous. Like the other few dismissal that was shown in the video. But I agree decision was hugely wrong.
There was 6 umpires in the 3 test series in Feb-March 2001 Peter Manuel and Arani Jayaprakash in the first test only lasted until Dec 2001 and Feb 2002 respectively at the Test Level. BC Cooray and Rudi Koertzen were in the second test. Cooray never umpired at Test Level again. (He's the one who gave out Jayasuriya and refused to give the batpads out in the second test) While Rudi umpired until 2010. David Orchard and Asoka de Silva were in the third. Orchard lasted until 2004, and later forgot to turn up to a One Dayer in England because he thought it was a day nighter. de Silva who doesn't feature in the video was a Test Umpire until 2011.
I recall watching a meaningless ODI with Pakistan at home to England in the days before neutral umpires. Wasim Akram, a left-hander, was bowling and an English batsman was given out lbw even though the ball pitched well outside of the leg stump line. The Pakistani commentator was a bit non-committal saying, "I think the batsman could have been given the benefit of the doubt." David Gower was more forthright in his comment, "That ball didn't land outside of leg; it landed in the next postcode." The batsman did well to walk off the ground without a display of dissent but he smashed a door once he got back inside the dressing room. Unfortunately that was captured on a CCTV monitor and the player was charged with (probably) bringing the game into disrepute. Clive Lloyd, the match referee, adjudicated that charge and after reviewing the footage he ruled the batsman had not committed any offence -- because the door had been "damaged accidentally"!
Peter Manuel, the umpire from the first Test, is now an ICC Umpires Coach. Go figure. This series was the catalyst for neutral umpires at both ends and eventually the DRS. The standard is much much better now.
Most of those were utter howlers. I could maybe cut a bit of slack with the Vaas LBW on Stewart, but it was still wrong. Just not as egregiously bad as the rest.
Just on the first decision, as someone who is ignorant to cricket rules like me, I don’t understand why you think it’s not out, the ball literally spins into the pads and was a certain to hit the wickets. Isn’t that the whole point of spin bowling, to spin the ball from one direction to the other. What’s the point of spin bowling if you have to pitch it in a certain area, surely it’s down to the bowlers skill to pitch it wherever and use the spin to hit the wickets?
@@jonathanward7320 if they allowed the ball to pitch outside leg fast bowlers would all just bowl around the wicket and aim at the pads. It would be mayhem.
I've always thought you should get people who are 25 - 40 years old to umpire cos they can actually see. Never understood why 65 year old blind blokes were umpiring at the highest level😂
There was a story about an English country cricket umpire called Alec Skelding turning down an appeal from Fred Trueman. Shortly afterwards a dog ran onto the field and went up to Skelding, and Trueman said "There you are, Alec, all you need now is a white stick."
And it's always former players as well. Basically, if you're an umpire who wants to rise through the ranks and become an ICC Elite Umpire...if you haven't played, at the very least, first class cricket, you'll never get a look in. Forgetting of course that arguably the best modern day umpire, Simon Taufel, didn't make it past grade cricket in Australia before a back injury forced him to retire.
@@ahogg5960 Four English umpires stick in my mind and I would have been happy to have any of them behind the stumps: Bill Alley, Dicky Bird, David Shepherd and David Constant.
In the 1996 World Cup semi finals.. BC Cooray had got hit on the head by a Ritchie Richardson sweep. He'd probably not recovered from that hit even 5yrs since that match.
think it was definitely a case of some bad decisions resulting in increased pressure and scrutiny on the umps leading to more bad decisions and it became a vicious circle but it did remind me of when we used to umpire our own matches at school as kids and it was basically pure guesswork lol
Some real shockers amongst this but seriously there have probably been a hundred or more series just as bad or worse before stuff like like snicko, hotspot, ball-tracking, DRS reviews and slo-mo hi-def replays from multiple angles. Its easy to criticise but if we were the ones out there using just our eyes and nothing else we would probably do just as bad (well maybe except for that first LBW)
I remember one of the umpires saying they didn't have a bad match but there was several horrible decisions they did! One had to wonder what they considered a bad match!
I think umpire forgot there is something called “Pitched Outside”. He was giving out for every thing. Gave Not outs as Out and Outs as not out. Quite a balanced approach for both the teams at the end I believe 😅
Because it's incompetent umpiring which went against both the sides.... There's a difference between biased umpiring with malafide intention & incompetent umpiring...
Because both sides got their share of wrong decisions.. not like 10 decisions against a single side. If you can't understand this then you need a psychiatrist moron. Lol
It's a close call between this one and a couple of years earlier when Javed Akhtar made a whole series of howlers in the England vs South Africa series. Both were truly appalling.
If I were a bowler in these matches, I'd appeal every time I'm hit for a boundary. Because it seems like these umpires would just raise the finger wherever they felt like it. It's not like there are rules or something. I'm sure I'd have gotten a wicket on a boundary in these matches 😅
I was there in Kandy. Still remember the loo. Jayasurya must’ve been about 20 yards from the boundary rope when his bat was on its way to the dressing room.
I never thought I could see in one Test Match such atrocious umpiring. A huge let down to both teams. English team in particular look rightly exasperated, but plenty of shockers both ways.
I really like cricket. When I was on summer holiday from school I would sit and watch 5-day test matches. The one thing that always bugged me, though, was the LBW rule(s). I fully understand LBW but I question the need for it to be so complicated. I'm of the opinion that if the ball is going to hit the stumps you are out. I don't care if the bowler pitches the damned ball on Pluto, if it's going to go on and hit the stumps and you get in the way of it, you're out!
@@Mustafiz1972 The opposite, actually. Every bowler would be bowling from wide around the wicket targeting leg stump with all the fielders on the legside. Scoring would become nigh on impossible.
My father in law taught me about extracting entertainment from the cricket commentators when the cricket itself was a bit dour. The manner in which the commentators try to9 conceal their biases add/subtracts so much Cricket has never been the same since that instruction, and ones I find most amusing are the ones that think they are too subtle to be detected, transfer to all another commentary, not only sport commentary.
Most important thing is how gentlemanly teams behaved those days when a decision is not going their way. Just accepted it and went back for the next delivery. Nowadays if this happened there will be total chaos.
I can understand umpires not seeing nicks to close fielders but the LBW decisions against England batsmen where the ball either pitched outside the line of the leg stump or struck the batsman playing a shot outside the line of the off stump were due to one one of two things: Corruption or pure ignorance of the rules i.e. incompetence.
didnt he give Sanga out again incorrectly (off his shoulder i think) after he made that gallant 192 against the aussies ? he sure had it in for sanga lol
@@user-jz6pq4zx3e there was a match between Pakistan and England. N Jayprakash's poor decisions were the major reason why Pakistan won actually. The Pakistan captain Wasim Akram joked in the press conference that he wished for N Jayprakash to be given the Nishan e Pakistan. Which is the Bharat Ratna of Pakistan basically
There had to have been a case, after the first few LBW decisions, for both teams to get together and demand the umpire's removal. You can't ever see this as him having an off day, he clearly doesn't know the laws of cricket!
Jayaprakash n SK Bansal we’re extraordinarily worst umpires I have ever seen Harbhajan Singh was the beneficiary of extra ordinary bad umpiring by Jayaprakash during the India Australia series in 2002
For years I was thinking that Steve Bucknor was the only idiot in umpiring fraternity. Still these all umpiring errors in a single series are no way near Sydney 2008.
Sydney 2008 at the end of the test had incorrect decisions on both sides. I can even bring up the count and reference if you like. Indians just love playing the victim. Especially with their history of umpiring 😂😂😂😂
One word describes the umpiring there..... conical ! If I had played on that series and been clean bowled, I would have stayed my ground and waited for the umpire to make a decision!!
Who’s the best umpire ever ? For me it’s between Aleem Dar , Simon Taufel and Dickie Bird . Worst but comical were Steve Bucknor , billy bowden and the one who kept calling murali for chucking
Probably the most successful implementation of technology in any sport has been made in cricket , the umpiring has got better because of DRS and although not 100% full proof it works very well and leaves very little room for arguement unlike football
