Steve Bucknor’s Worst Umpiring Decisions Ever - Cricket Reaction

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[@adnanrehan5967]

It’s crazy how much these guys learned about cricket in such a short amount of time. Freaking awesome man!

[@saurabhvimal1008]

True

[@Killjoy1204]

@@saurabhvimal1008 yes it's true but they still have some misconceptions which is ok for a new fan, I guess.

[@laughterexpress2272]

You can't believe how much indian fans hated his decisions

[@saranya2030]

Obviously he was against them and was with the Oz

[@laughterexpress2272]

@@saranya2030 yes but he also gave some wrong decisions vs aus and England

[@politicalstunt7642]

@@laughterexpress2272 but in 2008 he was totally biased

[@laughterexpress2272]

@@politicalstunt7642 yes but earlier years he gave some wrong decision to oz too

[@daveborder7751]

And they only care because he gave the little cheat out.

[@sudipmahata2713]

Indians hate steve bucknor, we had more fear of his decision then the bowlers

[@daveborder7751]

They should have tried playing some shots then rather than shouldering arms.

[@nishantsrivastava9697]

@@daveborder7751 argh!!! Read before you open your mouth.

[@joyfulzero853]

I can't believe they 'HATED' him

[@ajayv9039]

Sachin Tendulkar even said that if Bucknor is the umpire, he'll not play

[@daveborder7751]

No surprise-he didn't like it when Mike Denness sanctioned him for ball tampering, along with several other players for their behaviour in 2001 & they & the BCCI & all the BCCI commentator stooges like Shastri & Gavaskar cried & made threats that finished his career. Monkeygate was just another example that because they have the money they can cheat & do as they please.

[@Killjoy1204]

@@daveborder7751 well beggers can't be choosers. BCCI got money and they can bend anything according to their choice. Deal with it. Edit: Please stay salty it's more fun.😂

[@brucelamberton8819]

Tendulkar got more than his fair share of favourable decisions over the years, especially in games played in India

[@brucelamberton8819]

@@daveborder7751 that's a good comment about "Monkeygate" - Harbhajan undoubtedly racially abused Symonds and for the ICC to have ruled otherwise (because they were scared to stand up to India) was an absolute disgrace. As I've often said, can you image if the situation had been reversed? I know what the outcome would have been then.

[@daveborder7751]

@@brucelamberton8819 Exactly, these things even themselves out. I mean if you make the best part of 35 thousand international runs you aren't that hard done by.

[@joeharsha]

Actually Buckner was an amazing umpire. But end of his career he lost his reputation with sequence of multiple wrong decisions.

[@simplyhuman8417]

Earlier also

[@BharatDuniyaLive]

I agree. He was a brilliant umpire but in later stage, he lost his umpiring sense.

[@vigneshsv6751]

Steve bucknor defeated india on that match in this video only 2 decisions were shown. 7 decisons given favoring to Australia. Indian team so frustrated

[@duke_hugo]

It’s ok, DRS came in just after that. Every team (except India!!!!) welcomed DRS. Why did India combat DRS? Umpires in India gave India way more favouritism than this it just never gets on these videos cos India cricket would block it. Anything against India on KZbin gets blocked.

[@Killjoy1204]

@@duke_hugo Buckner's cheating with Australia can be easily seen . It looked like Australia just bought Buckner and he was simply officiating against Indian team. Buckner was racist, he always fucked with sub continental teams or other players who's origin was in asia. It's simple as that. And in terms of india accepting drs later, BCCI wanted drs to become less buggy and better before accepting it. And when drs became better BCCI accepted it.

[@nishantsrivastava9697]

@@duke_hugo you yourself said that DRS came after that incident. Which itself proves the Howlers that bucknor gave. He was a bad umpire, period.

[@duke_hugo]

@@Killjoy1204 if India were worried about racist umpires then why did they combat DRS. If Australia were paying off umpires to cheat for them why did they lead the way in DRS tech and implementation?

[@joyfulzero853]

That can just mean he had to make a lot of decisions relating to Australia. The point is were they reasonable decisions? It is common human nature to perceive things differently when there is a strong emotional attachment involved.

[@greenidgelewis8347]

That was Ravi Shastri (the current Indian coach) that made the expiration date comment.

[@Killjoy1204]

Look at the irony. Now he's passed his own expiry date but still there coaching because he is Kohli's yes man.

[@kevishchoudhary78]

@@Killjoy1204 This has NOT aged well😂

[@amoghghade1]

@@Killjoy1204dont remember shastri giving a biased decision

[@ramachandrakavitha8065]

There's a similar umpire in IPL - S Ravi ( irony is that my Father's name is also S Ravi - that day my father was furious with his decision so he asked me " What the heck is his name?? 😑😑😑" I replied " S Ravi" His reaction was priceless 😂😂😂) Fans remember him from RCB vs MI match 2019...

[@abeylaale3700]

His name should be S Ravi jr

[@joyfulzero853]

Your father having the same name is coincidence not "irony".

[@nm3807]

Nick and Gabe, Steve Bucknor had a long career. He did make some truly shocking decisions, the highlight (or low light in this case!) being India's tour of Australia in 2007-08. I would say he had a long career, mostly distinguished, but had its fair share (and a bit more) of blunders, some of them unfortunately high profile. They show the *egregiously* bad ones in such videos, not the many good calls! Believe it or not, the Indian team was so pissed during their 2007 tour to Australia, that they threatened to *boycott their 4 test match series after the second test* unless he was removed. It was a major controversy at that time (there were other issues as well)! Some of the other commenters here say that he reserved his bad decisions for India -- I don't quite agree *fully* . People don't talk about his mistakes that were in India's favor as well (and there were a few, believe it or not!). Some of his shockers were more *high profile and consequential* I guess -- Sydney test that arguably decided the outcome of the series (you saw Dravid and Symonds in the video), decisions against Sachin Tendulkar. But even during that series, he gave both Tendulkar and Laxman *not out* for pretty adjacent LBWs in the same Sydney test match. *To summarize, umpiring in cricket is hard! And Bucknor didn't particularly help his cause either.*

[@daveborder7751]

Exactly-how many mistakes do players make every game & yet the umpire makes one or two in a series & the players & certain fans are crying the blues. He was a top level umpire for 20 odd years-he didn't umpire so many world cup finals & big matches for no reason. Also people should remember he was probably the only umpire who would have insisted Pakistan not get away with their blatant time wasting at Karachi in 2000-which led to probably the most memorable finish in test history.

[@mdt2340]

*Nick once a bowler appealed against the batter for LBW idk if it was Sachin or someone else. He didn't give him out so bowler walked back to his bowling mark to bowl the next ball and just before he started running. Buckner raised the finger everyone was in disbelief 😀 batter was given out for the ball that was bowled 30 seconds ago 😂😭*

[@vipulupadhyay3678]

Billy had arthritis he had difficulty putting up a finger

[@joyfulzero853]

Did he have a problem signalling sixes without putting on a show?

[@jamesmorgan4121]

Ok let's try this one more time. Billy Bowden HAD CHRONIC ARTHRITIS and he was a bloody good umpire. You have been told this many times in your comments. Do you read the comments.

[@CricketforAmericans]

We do but this was recorded a week ago

[@jamesmorgan4121]

@@CricketforAmericans no worries mate.

[@nidheeshkumar6760]

@@CricketforAmericans I know two greatest umpires if they raise their fingers I would never take drs David Shepard and simon taufel

[@greenidgelewis8347]

The best cricket Umpires ever were Dicky Bird, Simon Taufel, Daryll Harper and David Shepherd.

[@pgl99]

Yea but David Shepherd was probably the best of all. No nonsense guy. He used to take his job pretty seriously.

[@ameyp97]

Billy Bowden as well

[@rahulray9983]

@@pgl99 Simon Taufel was the Best... Not a single DRS went against his decisions

[@pgl99]

@@rahulray9983 First of all, DRS was introduced towards the end of his career as an umpire. Secondly, just type 'Simon Taufel Wrong Decisions' in KZbin Search bar, you will see enough videos that will prove your statement wrong 😂🤣😂. Having said that, Simon Taufel was definitely a great umpire. But David Shepherd was the best Hands Down.

[@kinjalroy9407]

Billy Bowden

[@WTBob2005]

There has long been one piece of advice all cricketers get told at least once in their careers. In the long run, the bad decisions ALWAYS even themselves out. One day, you will edge one and be given not out, the next you will miss it, and be given out. Swings and roundabouts, rub of the green, luck floats around both good and bad. The perfect example of this is in this very video. Shane Warne got an lbw that was clearly not out, but then he denied one that was hitting middle stump halfway up. The reason Bucknor is so heavily thought of a bad umpire is because many, many Indian fans felt he was unfair against them deliberately, bordering racist against them. And, due to the sheer numbers of Indian fans compared to everyone else, it seems a majority opinion. However, no matter how good an umpire is seen to be, before DRS came in you could make a video like this about EVERY umpire that has had any sort of career. They are human, and make mistakes. It’s a part of the game, and always will be.

[@azarealbheri6876]

Best comment Deserves more recognition! I hope to see Nick or Gabe read your comment

[@harshitdutta21]

Billy bowden is one of the best umpires in cricket history

[@harshitdutta21]

@@sachindalvi9701 i said "one of the best" many umpires come in that category

[@harshitdutta21]

@@sachindalvi9701 yess

[@andrewroberts6975]

A very good umpire that went on too long after his skills faded

[@otdplantagenet4067]

These umpires were good umpires. In my opinion Dicky Bird was the best umpire, and guess what? He was nearly as quirky as Billy Bowden, yet, I don't know anyone who does not love Dicky Bird. They all had good eyes and good judgement, they could not have risen to the level of ICC umpire if they did not. Yes they made blunders, and we were all upset at the time that they made the blunder. Gabe said that he should be embarrassed. I am sure that he was, when he sat down to the icc review of his performance post match and was shown his mistakes, I don't think that there is any doubt of that. But, the real question is, did any decision that they ever made have the smell of bias on it, were they at all times impartial? And, speaking for myself, I never doubted that they were clean. These men are judged more savagely than ever they judged. They make mistakes, so what? They are human. They make less mistakes than their piers, or their piers would have been given that test to umpire. It is as simple as that.

[@moviebuffofficial2280]

simon taufel was the best umpire he was unbelivable.

[@vam333]

Totally agree. He was a freak.

[@daveborder7751]

And even he made howlers-the only difference is he probably didn't give out the deity.

[@vam333]

@@daveborder7751 he never gave howlers to my knowledge. He might have made mistakes. And he was one guy who put in lot of effort trying to learn from his mistakes.

[@daveborder7751]

@@vam333 Every umpire has made them.

[@vam333]

@@daveborder7751 yes. But the number of times matters.

[@Killjoy1204]

Is there going to be our three wickets for yesterday's ind vs aus t20 match?

[@pavankumarkv5926]

Hey Billy Bowden was one of the best umpires, don't be confused

[@karanvij00]

Best Umpire???? Bowden???? Are you kidding me???? When???? Lol...you don't watch cricket....do you?

[@SalmanKhan-uh6ht]

Heard a guy named simon taufel and aleem dar(even dar made mistakes but taufel was tge very best) Bowden was very good entertaining umpire

[@pavankumarkv5926]

@@karanvij00 Missed to type "One of the best" & I do watch cricket. LOL stop getting offended for nothing🤣🤣

[@pavankumarkv5926]

@@SalmanKhan-uh6ht Lol just missed to memtion as "One of the best" Yes not just heard, i have seen matches when they were umpires(simon taufel/Aleem Dar), Not only that David shepherd, Rudi Koertzan, Ian Gould all were good Umpires. Chill man🤣🤣

[@SalmanKhan-uh6ht]

@@pavankumarkv5926 no worries all cool here😉

[@mdt2340]

*I told you he made most horrible decisions. We all know close calls are tough but they are Pro umpires you can you given caught out when bat didn't nick the bat they have sound meter. And what about LBW 2 feets to the right side on Shane Warne ball...I sent u this video link around 10 days ago saying you will see how Umpiring blunders can cost big time a nation. India suffered the most he killed Sachin Tendulkar almost 7 times wrong decisions and most of them against Australia 😭* of course Cricket has great respect for him. Other Umpires make mistakes too. But his some mistakes changed the course of series.

[@nishantsrivastava9697]

You guys must check out the 2008 India v Australia, Sydney test. India threatened to leave the tour midway, and it's another story of Aussie bullying. Only this time, the Aussies were bullied back with equal force.

[@WTBob2005]

Australian bullying ? Bullshit. Try Harbhajan Singh racially vilified Andrew Symonds by calling him a monkey, got caught, and india threw a tantrum.

[@Antorjatick]

128 test matches is crazy! Respect!

[@Siddhartha-Bhattarai]

He was a great umpire. Just lost form towards the end of his career.

[@brucelamberton8819]

Steve Bucknor was a very good umpire in his day. Sadly, he waited too long before retiring and as he got older his consistency deteriorated noticeably (as I guessing so did his eyesight) and his reputation suffered as a consequence. However, he was always considered a very impartial umpire and was well liked by players and fans.

[@vishalacharya3077]

He's like the Angel Hernandez of cricket 😂

[@deepakmohan3306]

I’m surprised they only showed one with Tendulkar. Bucknor has given Sachin out wrongly at least 5-6 times that I can remember off the top of my head. Man he was a shitty umpire

[@dc7916]

The story of Steve Bucknor is wierd. For most of his career he was a top notch umpire and loved around the world. For the last 4 or 5 years he made horrendous blunders and cost India many Test matches! It was just horrendous!!

[@sumanawasthi8908]

His decision went so so many times against India it costed India Series in Australia n matches all over d world oh man it hurts still today watching dos decisions 😔😔😂😂 he had Special love for Indian Team 😉😉

[@Exiide89]

Fun fact: Sachin Tendulkar scaled his second peak as a performer after Steve Buckner retired. Perhaps even he was celebrating.

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

There were days when people in New Zealand used to go to a cricket match just to watch Billy Bowden

[@joyfulzero853]

The cricket must have been really bad in that case!

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

@@joyfulzero853 New Zealand has more Rugby lovers than Cricket lovers.. Even non-Cricket lovers used to go to ground to watch him.

[@joyfulzero853]

@@phanirajsrinivasch8108 It would make them a very sad bunch if it's true!

[@srini6teen]

Nick, for the first LBW decision for Tendulkar, you could be given out LBW when the impact is outside off stump and the batsman did not offer a shot. In Sachin's case he did not offer a shot but it was just too high.

[@safarandtravel1999]

He was generally a good umpire, but on some days he was beyond horrible.

[@daveborder7751]

It is incredible how one or two poor matches can hurt an umpire-remember BC Cooray in 2001 with the Sri Lanka vs England series-he had been a very highly regarded umpire for over 20 years, yet just one bad test along with his umpiring partner in that series cost him his umpiring career-with ridiculous headlines such as Cooray bats for England. The prior test was also abysmal umpiring which probably highlighted that test more-but it was consistently bad for both sides in those two tests. The third test umpiring was thankfully superb.

[@azarealbheri6876]

Old Steve was a very good umpire. His reputation got tainted because his bad decisions were not just bad, but outrageously bad! and manier times involved high profile batsmen or came at an important time in the match. Most of his bad decisions influenced the outcome of the match greatly.

[@Arsalan.Sarwar]

TBH Bucknor was very good early in his career, He should have retired early because he became worse as days passed, Same with David Shappered.

[@nilasmp6907]

Steve Bucknor is actually a very good umpire. But, when it comes to India, he has given so many wrong decisions especially against Sachin.

[@shashankprasad2956]

Billy is the best umpire in the sport

[@9unknownMEN9]

Hahaha....this reaction is legendary. In all fairness about Bucknor...he was super accurate for most of his career, but towards the later part of his career, it was obvious that his vision, concentration etc was not the same. He started taking longer to make his decision, waiting longer, just nodding his head instead of the usual finger...it was hard to watch back then. Most of the videos you saw in the clip were from that fiery 2008 India Australia series. He should’ve retired by 2006 or so.

[@garnfkurslf]

Great video guys (again) 'Plumb' only refers to LBW's, it sounds a bit strange when the term is used for catches etc. Not being negative is any way just trying to help =)

[@CricketforAmericans]

Thanks

[@318harshit]

He was not that bad. Umpiring in 300 matches, and only a few blunders. hats off.

[@sudhirsuvarna]

Steve Bucknor was definitely not the worst umpire... In fact he was one of the most well respected umpire of the world, though in his latter stages his standard may have lowered bit.India was unfortunate to me on the opposite end to some of his mistakes... But still he is well respected.... Plus umpiring is one of the most difficult jobs in cricket...

[@richardbergholcs6313]

Guys try to check out the decision to sub Jadeja after he, with a hamstring and a concussion after belting Australia for 44 runs in the last few overs of the T20 and we lose by 11 runs in the 1st T20. David Boon, match referee ( ex Aus opening batsman ) and JL are seen debating the accountability of the decision. Big media talking point. Check it out as India would have been hamstrung, ha ha when bowling in the shot form of the game.

[@richardbergholcs6313]

A great commentary contrast, guys

[@nepalyesterday]

Nick: Give the man some respect :-D Bucknor: I had few Blunders !!

[@pulsam123]

It was the style of Billy Bouden. Even signalling of 4s and sixes was peculiar.

[@anishraja9655]

I think we do have to give Steve Bucknor some credit though. He umpired in over 100 test matches and was (sometimes) a ridiculously good umpire. Just later on in his career especially he went off the deep end. He has made some very good decisions, which are available on KZbin.

[@avanishpank7572]

Steve was actually a very good umpire who was reduced to a decent one in his later years,and although he did make some horrendous calls but as nick said you are expected to make some bad calls if you make over 300 appearances as an international umpire.He gets so much hate because of his some bad calls against india in particular and Indians fans run this sport, on papers at least.Subcontinent fans are notorious for being over the top be it criticism of someone or praise of someone. All in all he was a was a great umpire,and if you find someone disagreeing it,chances are either he doesn’t follow cricket much or he’s a typical subcontinent fan.

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

The biggest reason for the DRS to come into existence is Steve Bucknor and his horrible decisions

[@joyfulzero853]

that is stupid.

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

@@joyfulzero853 That's called taking gibe at someone.

[@joyfulzero853]

@@phanirajsrinivasch8108 No it isn't actually. 'Gibe' is an 'abstract noun' therefore it is 'a gibe'. You are not "taking a gibe" because you are not the target of the 'gibe'. You are making a gibe or 'aiming a gibe' at someone! It's still not a phrase that I would feel comfortable in using.

[@phanirajsrinivasch8108]

@@joyfulzero853 My vocabulary isn't so good.. Tried to convey my intention with the words I know.. It's ok if you don't get it..

[@kingspeechless1607]

@@phanirajsrinivasch8108 No problem. Your second language is much better than my second language.

[@jagdpanther1944]

Billy Bowden was also full of affectation, and loved being in the spotlight and showing off...and that is why we love him:)

[@safarandtravel1999]

You nailed it bro.... Buckner review system 😂😂😂.

[@Killjoy1204]

India lost a goddamn test match in Australia just because of his horrible decisions. It was totally one sided for Australia. He hated Sachin from the looks of it. His most horrible decisions were against him and those days you could not review. Search about dreaded Sydney test of india vs australia in 2008.

[@FolkSongsEtAl]

I still think he was one of the best umpires in the games I watched. Absolutely unbiased, but like all umpires he made some mistakes.

[@Zavstar]

Billy bowden was good

[@Simmo87]

The one where it hits his butt: there is actually a rule interpretation you might not be thinking about. Normally when adjudicating lbw, the ball needs to pitch in line with the stumps or on the the off side, then it needs to hit the batsman in line with the stumps, and be judged to be going on to hit them. However, if the batsman doesn't play at the ball (holds the bat out of the way), that second condition is different. It doesn't need to hit in line with the stumps. It can hit outside the line and if it's judged to be going on to hit the stumps, then it can be given out. The butt one... well, it's not the best example of a good call. It's really hard to say, but Bucknor has obviously thought the ball was going to spin back a large distance.

[@cheenu51]

Impact doesn't matter when batsmen leaves the ball. If batsman chooses to offer no bat...impact need not be in line

[@asheritty7815]

Steve Buknor and Daryl Harper, the most hopeless pair of umpires.

[@harishkiran3663]

He definitely had his axe to grind against Indian team.

[@awaissports4019]

Everybody walking with him to make sure he won't come back 🤣 that was epic

[@michaelh8587]

If you leave the ball you can be out when it hits you outside off

[@emphatic1988]

Keep your videos coming, your guys knowledge is epic now :D

[@KuldeepSingh-ch7mg]

But a sense of conclusion was reached when Bucknor, who had a history of gaffes with India, admitted that he had indeed given Tendulkar wrongly at least on two occasions -- at Gabba in 2003 and at Eden Gardens in 2005. "Tendulkar was given out on two different occasions when those were mistake

[@jimmatty]

Sorry guys for my inappropriate comment... DRS was brought in for these kind of decisions, not just by Bucknor but all umpires because they all make bad decisions sometimes which can make the difference between winning and losing... and there's a lot of money involved, not to mention national pride in cricket these days.

[@marshallmarthes]

Hahaha loved it, thanks for the shout out guys

[@sumanawasthi8908]

Haha one thing for sure Gabe Don't Believe in the art of forgiving n forgetting 😂😂

[@richardknight4328]

Billy has some form of severe arthritis, cant straighten his finger.

[@alkamishra9974]

11:42 they used to call it the UDRS or Umpire's Decision Review System. They removed the U because some umpires were offended by it.

[@vigneshsv6751]

Nick your taughts on West indies vs New Zealand

[@CricketforAmericans]

One word. Ouch!

[@vigneshsv6751]

Lots of injuries in ind vs aus, Jadeja and Ashton agar out of the series. Finch injury results are yet to come.

[@likhitadarsh9365]

Hey fellas.... you got the news of shah rukh khan owning the team called "Los Angeles Knight Riders"??

[@osvertlara5702]

Yes we did! Can’t wait.

[@qayaskhanbahar8960]

Steve Bucknor the worst umpair in cricket history!!!! " He is the reason that we got LBW" aahahahhah

[@CAshishRaj]

I wish Kane Williamnson will be ump one day ...

[@avgeek9827]

I remember those times when India was playing and everytime I got to know that Steve Bucknor is the umpire , I would never watch that match bcz I had a feeling that I might end up breaking another Television then later my parents end up breaking my bones 😂

[@Killjoy1204]

Man your family has some serious anger problem 😂

[@Capturerealm]

Man you guys really know your cricket now👍 its fair to say that you can start having debate sessions now😁😆

[@vigneshsv6751]

Some kind of arthritis for Billy bowden

[@christievthomas3531]

Yaaay just thought of this video yesterday 😂 Buckner😑Sachin❤️India❤️

[@vikasbhargava5653]

If it is a deliberate leave by the batsman the rule on the off side that the impact has to in line with the stumps is waived. The Umpire decides however if it was a deliberate leave by the batsman.

[@rishabhsharma8189]

i dont know its a reputation or not. but don't ask an indian fan about him. our blood pressure rises hearing his name.

[@anchipedia]

The Worst Steve Buckner is the Only Official who did gave his Service as Umpire at #ICC_CricketWorldCup_Final & as Refree at #FIFA_WorldCupSoccerFinal both.

[@constitutionalistcitizenry8395]

It took India 12 players to win against ozz😂

[@souvikbera4257]

It took Australia 12 players to retain the Ashes.....

[@b00fman22]

@@souvikbera4257 I think you will find that it was the umpire that didn't give stokes out plumb at Headingly that made the series 2-2

[@constitutionalistcitizenry8395]

@@b00fman22 👍

[@biggzsmith1634]

I think Billy does it for light humor. I may be wrong but Billy is a character on the field.

[@Technessplayer]

that india australia test series, nah bro, its so bad i cant even see the highlights

[@greenidgelewis8347]

In his younger days Bucknor was a very good Umpire, but as he got older he was the worst, he has also umpired football (soccer) games, Billy Bowden was a very good Umpire btw, and he can't straighten those fingers because of a condition.

[@gunner4life568]

Guys he was a good umpire but at times made mistakes not the worst umpire

[@moviebuffofficial2280]

I remember as a kid I used to watch cricket just to watch sachin and dravid bat and there was this man the myth the legend steve bucknor i don't know how many times he's given sachin out when he was in his 90s. I remember one match it was Bucknor's 100th test match i think and before the match sachne was the only person to wish him on his 100th match and he gave him out a 'wrong decision' man i hated this guy.

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

It's true Umpiring isn't easy. But I still remember that Sydney Test, 10 wrong decisions, 9 went against IND (causing IND to lose, a Draw would've felt better) & I think 8 of those came from Bucknor.

[@otdplantagenet4067]

I read somewhere that the average number of balls pitched in a baseball match is 147. a cricketing umpire has to look forward to 2,500 ball over the coming 5 days. And in these days of international umpires, where an umpire is not allowed to umpire his own nation he has ubba flight commitments. He can be in new zealand today umpiring a match and expected to be in london in three days to umpire another intense battle of wills over another five days. We should expect umpiring of the highest standard in test match cricket. It is the high bar of cricket. but, conversely we also should be sympathetic to the demands on these human beings. You try standing there for five days, watching every ball, with your wife hollering at you on your mobile when you get back to your hotel room, living out of a suitcase for months on end. man, cut them a bit of slack.

[@dikshantmittal144]

If the batsman does not offer a shot then impact of the ball on the pad doesn't matter..it will be out if it is hitting the stumps..

[@chandrusanthosh8581]

If drs is available in those days , sachin would have scored extraa 5000 runs in his career

[@gentlemanpirate12]

Ok, yeah, Bucknor made a lot of bad calls late in his career, but Billy Bowden was a top umpire, you seem to be ragging on him mainly because of his crooked finger, which was because of arthritis rather than an attempt to be cool or have a trademark.

[@joyfulzero853]

With the availability of DRS there is now far fewer reasons for 'neutral' umpires than was the case. Under Covid restrictions there were English umpires standing throughout the International schedule in England this summer; the standard was excellent and no concerns from the visiting teams. Michael Gough in particular stood out as being absolutely top-class, reviews on his decisions were simply wasted reviews.

[@janithmaragoda665]

In the first clip , the point of impact doesnt make an influence since the batsman sachin didnt play a shot

[@danstars1]

Funny how all the heat on Bucknor comes from Indian fans.

[@reeneljoseph]

Oh Steve bucknor , horrible , the worst glad i did not exist those time to watch him.

[@dixonnash8219]

Billy Bowden apparently has Rheumatoid Arthritis which affected his finger joints(phalangeal joints).

[@kenetick85]

You don't say plumb for catches. It's just lbw.

[@davidhandson2429]

Buckner was one of the best umpiers when he was young.

[@eddisstreet]

it's a bit unfair to criticize umpires who were around before DRS

[@richardbergholcs6313]

Nick Gabe have read the other comment. If a batter doesnt play a shot and the ball is outside the line of the stumps the umpire can still give the player out if it would have hit the stumps in the umpires opinion. Nick it is good that you were going to do research.

[@aniketsingh5685]

He is clear nemesis of Indian cricket team

[@supmeyisi8490]

Billy was a great umpire, watch his video and you will love the man and he did not have too many bad calls.