In yesterday's series decider match between Bangladesh VS Windies, umpire Tanvir Ahmed was made shocked everyone by two wrong call of 'No Ball.' However, Tanvir is not the only one in the history of cricket who are made some wrong & bad decisions. Many umpires have become controversial by the wrong decision, have been criticized.
Here are some such incidents...
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Umpire | Match | Year |
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Lloyd Barker | West Indies v England | 1989 |
It is not so much seen that, the on field umpire is changing his decision by being embarrassed with continuous appealing. But in 1989, the English umpire Lloyd Barker was did it. Barker did not respond to an appeal by the West Indies fast bowler Curtly Ambrose. But when Ambrose was appealing repeatedly, the umpire changed his decision & gave it out. The batsman was Bob Bailey. However, Ambrose initially went down on the umpire in the first.
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Umpire | Match | Year |
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Ray Emerson | Australia v Sri Lanka | 1999 |
In 1995, there was a question about the bowling action of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitdharan for the first time. After returning of his Action rectifying, Muralidharan create a controversial moment again in 1999. Australian umpire Roy Emerson, who called 'no ball' for Murali in an one-day match between Australia-Sri Lanka series, Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga was left the field as a part of protesting after calling 'No Ball' several times.
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Umpire | Match | Year |
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Mark Benson & Steve Bucknor | Australia vs India | 2008 |
In one test, 11 controversial decision was made by two umpires! English umpire Mark Benson and Jamaican Steve Buckner's umpiring was made a storm of controversial in the cricket world. In the Sydney Test, these two umpires gave 8 wrong decisions against India and 3 wrong decisions against Australia. Star players like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid were victims of wrong decision. The wrong decision was made against Australia's Andrew Symonds too.
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