> Idiotic umpiring ! India gonna sue bucknor and benson

Agnel

^^ that rascal would soon be booted out. Knowing the history between indians and bucknor... bucknor was sure to be thrown out after this match. For benson, they might give one more chance

Safin

Originally Posted by dipen01

What about Benson...

Yeah am wondering too. If you ask me, some the more glaring mistakes were done by Benson and not Bucknor (Today's non referral of Sourav to third umpire for example was Benson's call). I guess Benson wasn't gonna officiate in the third test anyway so no one complained.

Safin

Bucknor has come out with a dignified statement

The umpire Steve Bucknor has returned home to Jamaica after being sacked from the fractious Test series between India and Australia. He said he was disappointed not to be continuing but that he respected the ICC nonetheless.

A dignified Bucknor took the moral high ground and told AFP: "I respect ICC's authority in the matter. To err is human, to forgive divine, as the old saying goes. However, I consider it a sad day to see umpires sidelined after making only two wrong decisions out of a record of 35 appeals."

Bucknor, 61, was dumped by the ICC after India complained over his performance in last week's last-gasp victory for Australia in the second Test in Sydney. Several wrong decisions by Bucknor swung the odds against the Indians. He has been replaced by Billy Bowden.

The most experienced Test umpire in the Elite Panel, Bucknor made a quiet return home to Jamaica over the weekend, managing to elude the glare of the local press and a group that had planned to meet him at the airport to show their support for him.

To date he has stood in 120 Tests and five straight World Cup finals including the most recent in the Caribbean. His contract runs out in March.

Bucknor's removal was announced by ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed who also acknowledged that some people would be unhappy given India had requested Bucknor be stood down. "I can understand that people will take that view,'' he said. "It is an extraordinary set of circumstances and we want to take some of the tension out of the situation.''