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Speed defends Bucknor, Benson

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Posted online: Sunday , January 06, 2008 at 1508 hrs IST

Sydney, January 6:: Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson may have reduced themselves to laughing stock with a series of dubious decisions in the Sydney Test but ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed believes it was just a bad day in the office for the umpires.

Speed said it was just a bad match even though he stressed on the need for the officials do perform well to win the respect of the players.

"It's a difficult job made more difficult by technology and improvements in technology. I think we have the best umpires available.

"Generally they've performed very well. From time to time there is a bad match," Speed was quoted as saying by The Australian newspaper.

Both the umpires made a series of blunders, which influenced the outcome of the Sydney Test to a large extent.

Speed said umpires must maintain high standards if they expected players to respect their decisions.

"They're the issues we've been seeking to take out of the game. We want players to respect umpires and respect the umpires' decision.

"It's up to the umpires though to perform at a high level to ensure that the players respect their decisions," Speed said.

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Gully cricket better than this!!
by Hrishi on 2008-01-10 13:35:32.538532+05:30
These cheap behaviour by australian players have confirmed their ill mindedness. i doubt if favourite cricket team of Australia is favourite anymore for cricket lovers. Educate yourself aussie team!!! Moreover the series doesn't seem to be international, but it's standard is even cheaper than the cricket we play in townlanes.
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Australia Shamed
by Siddharth Bhatia on 2008-01-07 11:07:49.428313+05:30
Aussies may say winning is all that matters. But people around the world will remember this test for the way they won. They cheated, they lied. Period. Its there for all to see. Even the ones who defend the Aussies and the Umpires know the truth. The wrong decisions were not mistakes, everyone knows that too. They were too blatant to be mistakes. This was staged, the match was fixed. Why else would an umpire base his decision on the opposition's word when technology is available to help him make the right decision?(Ganguly's dismissal). The truth is he didn't want to make the right decision. Why? Thats for the ICC to investigate. Will they investigate? Maybe not, the BCCI has to ensure they do. The Indian team went there to play professional cricket, they should come back as there is not cricket being played there. The Aussies like a bunch of spoilt kids who will cheat,lie, and try all kinds of dirty tricks to win. We should come back and tell the Aussies to grow up before they try to play with men. And the men fought hard, bravely and with character. India won this second test, everyone knows that - even Ponting and his band of dirty rotten scoundrels who like to pass themselves off as sportspersons. Australia has been shamed - the whole world has witnessed what the country is all about.
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Umpiring
by vo on 2008-01-07 22:30:43.9608+05:30
The umpiring mistakes almost seem deliberate. It also shows total lack of judgement not to ask for replay when in doubt. Amy be they all got paid off, Procter all the way down and covered for each other ..what s shame!
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SCG
by Sunil on 2008-01-07 10:59:57.310807+05:30
Well done Kumble. Game of Cricket has been the loser at SCG yesterday. One need to ask how can so many decisions go against India in one particular match. All of that has had strong bearing on the final result. Is ACB also paying match fees to Umpires? Australians are poor losers ,and this was proved yet again.Mr Malcom Speed, please get up and take action or let the spirit of game die. What happend at SCG was anything but Cricket.
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Umpiring errors against India
by saugata on 2008-01-07 10:44:32.918972+05:30
Its time for Mr Speed to rethink the cricketing strategy for erring umpires. Whoever does a mistake need to pay for it. The players are often fined from match fee if they behave badly on the field. Why can't we put the umpires under scanner too. One wrong decision or two would not have made this outrage. But when there is a flurry of umpiring errors against one particular team, it sounds fishy. May be Mr Speed should form an investigation team to find if there is anything lying under the surface.
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Cricket deserves independence
by Ash on 2008-01-07 09:00:09.486699+05:30
It is obvious that still cricket is slave to white men.
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