ICC Champions Trophy 2009!

Agnel

Happens all the time. "Challenge" should be awarded to the teams to call the umpires decisions.

Why can't they use technology when it is available?

C.Ronaldo

@ Ninja, Raina was given out where the ball hitted the pad and bat same time

and that case happened once

in the match once, I mean

However, Raina to be for exact umpiring was already out before in a lbw not given

So he got a chance and shouldn't have been angry for given out on lbw still in doubt

and also, in one angle, the ball's side hitted pad first and just after hitted the bat and pad again

And in Pakistan's match, there was not 1 case

there were 4-5 lbws issue

NZ did played well in end hitting so hard but if only one of those 4 lbw would have been given they wouldn't have gone the chance

knoughtyd

ICC denies Taufel apology to Akmal

The International Cricket Council described media reports about Australian umpire Simon Taufel apologising to Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal for wrongly giving him out during their Champions Trophy semifinal match against New Zealand as "incorrect".

"This report is incorrect. It has no truth," an ICC spokesman said.

The ICC's denial came after a media report quoted sources in the Pakistan team as saying that Taufel has apologised to Akmal after footage replays confirmed that the Australian erred in ruling him in the crucial encounter in Johannesburg.

According to Pakistan team sources, coach Intikhab Alam had a heated argument with umpires -- Taufel and Ian Gould at the hearing, called by match referee Javagal Srinath after the on-field officials reported that Akmal had shown dissent on being given out.

Taufel's apology came after the footage of the match made it clear that Akmal played the Daniel Vettori delivery with his bat, but was given out LBW.

Ninja

^ He doesn't have to apologise, even though he made a mistake, he gave the decision on what he saw.

Agnel

Ask those morons to learn english. Can't someone understand if a person apologized or not?