Re: Aleem Dar admits of wrongly adjudging Tendi out during the last ODI of Natwest Se
I actually remember one incident where the umpire gave a wrong "out" decision and then imemdiately change it to "not out" after the batsman showed that he had nicked the ball. This was the final cricket test between Indian and Pakistan in Bangalore, 1987 (Pakistan won that test) and I think the batsman was Iqbal Qasim. A ball from Kapil dev hit him on the pads in front of the stumps, but it had hit the bat first. The umpire gave him out, the batsman stood his ground, pointing to the bat, and the umpire immediately changed his decision to "not out".
I think that was the right thing to do. If you already know that you have given a wrong decision, you should change it before the game resumes.
Lokesh the umpire never gave iqbal qasim out.
I am sure both sides have alot of similar stores to share.
I remember one occasion during 1986 Pak India series when there was an LBW shout against Iqbal Qasim and the ball had cleared touched the bat first. I think the bowler was Madan Lal or Binny. As soon as there was that appeal umpire started to slowly raise his hand as if as he was just waiting for an appeal. What happened next was too funny to forget. Iqbal Qasim almost cried and pleaded that the ball hit his bat and the umpire's hand suddenly started going down as if saying, chal beta maaf kya... tu bhee kya yaad karay ga...
I am glad that period of zero accountability is over when umpires use to influence the match result.