Will Pakistan respond to these umpiring decisions?

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It seems that Ian Bell is going to get away with his unfair action. Thre decisions (Yoyo, Afridi and Inzi) have all gobe against Pakistan at critical junctures and for critical players. Except for Afridi’s decision which can go either way, the other two were a total farce and could have had adverse results for Pakistan. Fortunately for Pakistan things have turned out pretty well, but that is not the point. Bell had no control over the ball when he wrongfully claimed the catch and Inzi (according to cricket rules) was justified in avoiding the ball thus cannot be given out.

What will our board do? Early reports are quite disappointing.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/tm_objectid=16394054&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=bell-in-the-clear-over-catch-row–name_page.html

BELL IN THE CLEAR OVER CATCH ROW
From Mike Walters
IAN BELL was cleared of cheating by match referee Roshan Mahanama last night after former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif accused him of claiming a bogus catch.

Bell, bowling his occasional medium pace, snapped up a brilliant one-handed return catch to dismiss Mohammad Yousuf for 78 and capture his first Test wicket.

TV replays suggested the ball might have brushed the ground as Bell tumbled and Yousuf loitered until umpires Simon Taufel and Darrell Hair upheld England’s appeals.

Latif, given a five-match ban in 2003, said: "Two years ago a match referee ended my career because he felt I had claimed an unfair catch off the ground against Bangladesh.

“I want to see what they do with Bell. You look at replays and it’s obvious Bell claimed an unfair catch. The ball touched the ground while he was completing the catch and he would have known about it.”

But Sri Lankan referee Mahanama rejected Latif’s bleating, saying: “As far as I’m concerned, Bell has no case to answer.”

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ICC’s rule books article 420(9.2.11) says "A player can be banned for maximum of 7 and minimum of 3 matches if he is found of cheating (deliberate one) on the field unless he is a gora”

So i think match referee made the correct decision as per the ICC code book :k:

Dus (10) sai Pandhra (15) minutes main ho gaya BELL GORA GORA… :slight_smile:

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^ Isn't somethine like that in universal rule book?

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Pakistan must complain all mishaps...

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how many bans should an umpire get if he makes a deliberate wrong decision, i wonder. There should be no excuse atleast for a 3rd umpire to make wrong decisions. I think PCB should take a strong stand against these poor decisions and pressurize ICC to take strict measures against these umpires.

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Cricket sucks because of the lozer angrezi gora metality!

Atleast, that is one of the fair points about american football, baseball or even soccer!

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Why are you bringing 'gora bias' into this? The third umpire was Nadeem Ghauri who gave the most horrendous decision I have ever seen when he gave Inzi run-out!

PCN nominates the umpires to ICC who then select them for matches. Ask PCB to do a re-training of Nadeem Ghauri.

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I am talking in general!

Look at all the ball-tampering issue..

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Actually, Nadeem Ghauri can have an alibi. According to Sambit Bal of cricinfo, Nadeem could very well be only adjudicating the line call, a decision most 3rd umpires are responsible for and not considering the law of avoiding injury into context. The avodiing of injury should have been the on-field umpires call which they failed to make correctly.

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^ Yes the primary blame lies with the elite ICC umpires on field for making the call to the 3rd umpire. But, even besides that fact, the evidence was still inconclusive from from the replays, surely it was doubtful enough to give the batsman the benefit.

^^^ Lost Brothers? ^^^
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Inzi's decision was one of the most stupid ones seen in my life and probably will ever.

But who can blame Mahanama who has always been a brown-nosed suck up. always afraid to decide against white players.

Darrell hair and Simon Taufell made a glaring blunder but nothing will happen.

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My apologies as I mixed Mahanama with Madu Galle.

Can we
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While I am not insisting on draging “gora bias” into this, the fact is that umpires on the gound ASKED the 3rd umpires “whether player was in the crease or not?” ---- They can not ask the question that “was that out or not?”.

Ground umpires can only refer to 3rd umpire when they are sure of everything but the position of player. THEY should have not refered it to 3rd umpire in the first place.

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Afridi's decision is in, one test and two one day ban, deservedly so. But, what about Ian Bell? Bell's action violates spirit of the game by claiming a catch which he had dropped. We have Rashid Lateef's example, a 5 match ban which ended his career.

Then we have that horrendous decision of giving Inzimam out. Rules clearly state:

Law 38 2 (a) states a batsman is not run out if 'He has been within his ground and has subsequently left it to avoid injury when the wicket is put down'.

Doesnt this decision deserve some form of protest?

PCB has yet to make any form of official protest, early signs are not looking very bright. Seems like another copout by our board officials.

Inzamam says no decision on Bell catch yet

From Waheed Khan

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FAISALABAD: Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq said on Sunday that no decision had been taken to lodge any official complaint with match referee Roshan Mahanama for a hearing against England player Ian Bell for claiming an contentious catch to dismiss Mohammad Yousuf.

"But we are waiting and watching to see what happens. We have discussed the incident and we want to see what the referee does about it. After which we will then decide what to do about it," he told ‘The News’.

According to sources close to the team, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official had suggested to Inzamam about lodging a complaint.

"The Pakistan management has also been told that Mahanama is not happy with Bell’s conduct and would have a hearing if the Pakistan team made any complaint," a source said.

Two years ago former captain Rashid Latif was banned for five one-dayers by match referee Mike Procter after the Bangladesh management lodged an official complaint against him for claiming an unfair catch to dismiss Alok Kapali.

A former ICC match referee said the ICC regulations were such that in these cases the match referee would act if any team asked him to hold a hearing and take action against the offending player.

"He can then view television replays and get reports from the umpires for the hearing," he said.

However, indications are that Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan would not like this issue to be blown up and spoil the relations between the two teams or sour the amicable spirit the series has been played in so far.

Which guppy's Pic you want to see?
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Pa Jee…Nadeem was not asked to give his decission on if Inzi OUT or NOT. I could not find any where written which states that Nadeem gave Inzi out. He simply pressed the red light button to acknowledge that yes Inzi was out of the crees. The umpires on the filed SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVEN CONSULTED NADEEM cuz there was nothing to consult about. Inzi was avoiding not going for a run.

Nadeem did his job fine what he was asked to do.

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Yet another spineless response from PCB. The only thing they are worried about is the England camp getting pissed and cancelling their precious tour thereby losing out on the big bucks. Our board needs to learn a thing or two from our Indian counterparts, who go out of their way to protect the interests of their players.

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Mirror.co.uk is a UK based news media which publishes extremely biased and one sided stories. Kinda like the UK version of FOX.

I would think twice before believing their side of the story.

Sincerely,
Captain Lota

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