Wasim Akram 5-49 vs West Indies at Antigua 2000 - Suspicious Umpiring Cricket Reaction

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[@hamza3065]

Wasim Akram is a phenomenon. What you saw here was reverse swing. An art really well used by Pakistani Bowlers. The batsmen guessed the ball would go the other way but it swung the opposite direction hence called reverse swing. That's why the guy left it and hit the stumps.

[@geordigirl40]

Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram terrorised teams with their pace and swing. They were both masters of the craft, should have had many more wickets than they got but the umpiring at the time was shocking

[@hamza3065]

And our fielders were really shitty too 😂

[@mandardesai]

Wasim Akram was a Joy to Watch although As an Indian I didn't want him to Take Our Wickets.

[@dc7916]

Guys one thing about the West Indies crowd. They were not upset with the umpiring. They were jeering and getting upset because of how loud and excessively Pakistan kept appealing for the LBWs 😂 the west indies never ever go against their own team. Back in the days, when the great fastmen of West Indies would hit a batsman with a bouncer and they retired hurt, the crowd would shout out "kill him man" when the next batsman would walk out 😂😂😂😂

[@deepakgupta-ng2bb]

Pakistan were the first one who used bottle caps to extract reverse swing.... But unfortunately there weren't that many cameras there

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Imran Khan started that I think

[@muhammadumar1224]

Say anything your bowlers can't do reverse swing till date so, be jealous :) We have bowlers who do reverse swing till now. like Wahab Riaz xD

[@deepakgupta-ng2bb]

@@muhammadumar1224 yes bowler can't extract reverse swing..... There are not even on the same level of ur bowlers.... Shaheen Afridi he is better than shami and bumrah alone

[@afaqkhan5239]

Sarfaraz nawaz was the guy invented reverse swing my son

[@afaqkhan5239]

Brah can't appreciate stop talking shit sarfaraz nawaz your dad invented reverse swing

[@muhammad.husnain6819]

Wasim Akram Recently said if the DRS laws would have been the one's used today and all his catches would have been taken he would have had 3 times the wickets.

[@deepakgupta-ng2bb]

He also told that they use bottle caps in 2000s to extract reverse swing too

[@enigma8281]

That's so stupid many decisions would have gone in his favour too which won't if there was drs that's like Saying Sachin would have had 140 centuries if there was DRS.

[@muhammad.husnain6819]

@@deepakgupta-ng2bb Every One was using it. Plus still no one could do what they were able to do with the old ball. Even without tempering with the ball. Its just that you guys never produced good bowlers so I can understand the pain and the hate you are going through. But fear not this new lot on Indian bowlers is good.

[@enigma8281]

@@muhammad.husnain6819 No everyone was not using it i do not know but i read somewhere that Pakistani bowlers in the 90s were the first ones to use the reverse swing.

[@satishkumar3956]

@@muhammad.husnain6819 if you have read Wasim Akram's statements about how they were using all the ways to tamper ball to swing then you would not have been arguing about it, and everyone knows which country players have done most fixing and tampering and how easy it is to get off it. And correct yourself about "you guys never produced good bowlers", and fix it to "pace bowlers" because we always produced world's best spin bowlers , i can understand the pain and hate you are going through who can't even take his own bowler's statement. Regardless of everything Wasim Akram will always be my favourite pace bowler.

[@blackbird1383]

Imagine the no of wickets these great bowlers of 90s would have added to their list if drs would have been there same goes for the runs of all batsmen specially sachin

[@immigreat54]

That edge off Jimmy Adams was so clear, the game was over if he was given out. At least 2 out of all those appeals should have been given out if the umpires were unbiased. It would have been Pakistan's first series win again WI in WI after a long time, I think.

[@laughterexpress2272]

90s-2007 That was best era of cricket You had bowlers like Lee, Warne, kumble, McGrath, steyn, vaas and batsman like Sachin, ponting, Lara, Kallis perfect display when no team was weak when all teams had two three great individual

[@urmilapatel1808]

And aus had 7

[@laughterexpress2272]

@@urmilapatel1808 yes

[@hamza3065]

Absolutely. Post 2007-8 cricket quality went down

[@laughterexpress2272]

@@hamza3065 After 2007 many trans big platers retired affected the whole competitive cricket

[@shaundgb7367]

Disagree. Was a good era but not the best. For fast bowling never seen an era like the one where Dennis Lillee, Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Imran Khan. Garth Le Roux, Andy Roberts, Malcom Marshall, Joel Garner, Jeff Thomson, Rodney Hogg, Pascoe, Bob Willis, Colin Croft and Wayne Daniel were all going around similar time. Crash helmets first started being trialled in World Series Cricket. Wasim Akram of the 90's era is the most skillful bowler I seen after Lillee and Hadlee. Viv Richards, Greg Chappell, Gordon Greenidge , Sunil Gavaskar, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, David Gower, Geoff Boycott and Graham Gooch had to deal with toughest era to face fast bowling. Allrounders of this era like Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Clive Rice were very good too although it would be a stretch to say Richard Hadlee was an allrounder. He was late order good hitter of boundaries like a Starc but not a true allrounder like Botham was of that era. What the 1990's had over late 70's and early 80's was amazing leg spinner such as Shane Warne. In the era of great fast bowlers of late 70's and early 1980's I can only recall Abdul Qadir being a leg spinner, It was the era fast bowlers were king especially with West Inides having four of them at once most games.

[@AbdulAhad_313]

Umpiring cost Pakistan its first ever series win in the Carribbean. They had to wait for almost 2 decades to achieve that feat.

[@Exiide89]

It was actually good umpiring. Swing bowling can be deceiving to watch on the first glance.

[@gmgroucho77]

Agreed. They'd also be better served listening to Michael Holding's excellent explanations as to why appeals are turned down.

[@jamesmorgan4121]

Amen. Michael Holding explains it all and he don't BS. Plus being the great bowler that he was, he knows what he's talking about.

[@MyDigitalTeacher]

Swinging bowling not best for LBWs but 2 plumb LBWs where didn't swing plus faint edges not given out could only be tolerated then people will die if this happens now, Jason Holder was lambasting local Umpires I hope he watch this video*

[@CricketforAmericans]

I totally agree

[@jamesmorgan4121]

Most of the decisions were actually correct guys. You need to look at the LBW rules again. A few of them struck the batsman outside of the line of off stump = not out (if the batsman is playing a shot). Most of the balls that struck the batsman in line would have missed leg stump. Balls swinging that much and strike in line are going to swing down leg side. Generally the amount the ball is swinging makes it almost impossible to give an LBW decision. Listen to the commentators they are agreeing with the umpires. One commentator in Michael Holding (one of the best fast bowlers of all time) and he calls it as he sees it. You will always get the truth from him. Have a watch again with these things in mind.

[@adnan86pk]

POINT IS...PAKISTAN NEEDED ONE DECISION...AND JIMMY ADAMS WAS OUT ATLEAST TWO TIMES THAT DAY AS PER LAWS OF CRICKET

[@jamesmorgan4121]

@@adnan86pk as I said MOST of the decisions were correct. Give me a time stamp for which 2 times Adams was out and I will give you my opinion.

[@jamesmorgan4121]

@Daniyal Mujtaba i said MOST of them were not out. I never said ALL of them were not out.

[@jamesmorgan4121]

@Daniyal Mujtaba sorry mate. Forgot the conversation. It was a while ago.

[@jamesmorgan4121]

@Daniyal Mujtaba yep I would say that Adams edged at least one. I'll give you one...lol

[@farisarr]

Spot on with the analysis nick. You guys sure getting better at the game

[@CricketforAmericans]

Thanks alot

[@rahulray9983]

When you guys gonna be watching the documentary drama film "Sachin: A Billion Dreams" ?

[@CricketforAmericans]

When it becomes available

[@khyzerkhyzer7392]

Reaction on top 15 balls Deliverd by shoaib Akhtar that shocked the world

[@hamza3065]

Wasim Akram would have double the amount of wickets if not for bad calls and drop catches. Pakistani fielders used to drop so many easy catches and the legacy continues.

[@MyDigitalTeacher]

*Umpire is Gabe..did u see Gabe defending Umpire against Akram in another video at Boring Reviews🙄*

[@aidenblitz2411]

Gabe you gotta react to Mitchell Starc Yorker compilation to see some 150 kph swinging Yorkers

[@arjunmalhotra4814]

Most of the decision were correct because ball was swinging a lot and most cases it is missing the stumps and in the swinging conditions umpires have to keep in mind that how much it will swing depending upon the situation. This is an incredible umpiring. Please don't criticise just for the sake of criticising. These days bowlers are not able to swing at all in comparison with what bowlers used to do in 90's and 2000's which resulted in missing leg stumps most often then not.

[@greenidgelewis8347]

The Umpiring was good, these were all bad appeals, except for the edge, you should listen to the commentary.

[@rishabhsharma8189]

this message is for you Gabe and nick, with a lot of respect and love. I get the feeling that you guys might skip the test series between mind vs aus. I will give you 3 reasons to erase that thought as fast as you can and get your seatbelts on: 1. This is the top two test teams in the world, the best of the best talent will be on display. Since you are new to the game, you would not want to miss the best quality of cricket. It will be far better than anything else you have watched till now. 2. The Australian cricket summer is a treat to watch. With the broadcast of best quality, high quality image and commentary. and some of the most iconic and beautiful grounds in the world. 3. It would be hard for any Australian team to go through a test series of such high intensity without any confrontation or controversy, especially when you add a fiery character like VIRAT KOHLI in the mix. So there will be an extra spice to it. So after these reasons I hope you do not miss it, if you guys wish to watch the best quality of cricket. And it will be absolute pleasure and joy to watch such a test series alongside you guys. it will be twice as much fan ss we had watching IPL with you .

[@rameezrather5385]

i remember listening to radio commentary of this match as a kid. me and my czn were furious when commentator kept shouting 'out, but the umpire says no'.

[@damodeste]

Great reaction but Windies fans wasn't annoyed by the umpiring but by Pakistanis appeals because they was notorious fo over appealing that what they thought when i watched this match live.

[@sumanawasthi8908]

Benefit of doubt mostly goes to the batsman umpire has to be sure in their mind batsman is out maybe even when he is not out but if he has a doubt benefit of doubt goes to the batsman

[@ceevio_art]

Nick, at 8:30 you ask "how does he get that kind of swing?" and the answer is "he doesn't". This delivery is a perfect example of SEAM bowling, not SWING bowling. The difference - "Swing" is the ball curving in the air (like a curve ball in baseball). "Seaming" is when the ball deviates off the pitch because the raised stitching on the seam of the ball can make it deviate if you bounce it just right (especially when the ball is new and hard). In that delivery, Akram slams the ball into the pitch short, with the seam in an upright position, so when it hits the pitch, it jags back on an angle. So short story - in pace bowling 'swing' is movement in the air, 'seam' is movement off the pitch. Sometimes a ball can swing and seam on the same delivery. Nightmare for a batsman!

[@nepalyesterday]

very nice reaction guys! Keep finding these kind of videos ..

[@hamza3065]

We in our school playground used to say "hey you're an atrocious fielder, you might get a chance to play for Pakistan" 😂

[@foddyfoddy]

Wasim Akram is universally agreed to be one of all-time greatest bowlers. I wonder if they can somehow retroactively superimpose video DRS?

[@foddyfoddy]

@@handsolo1209 Yes, that was my impression. The swing was very late and quite extreme. In any case, the batsman should get the benefit of the doubt.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Hawkeye requires still cameras from multiple angles to work accurately and exact known locations. Unfortunately retro can't be done.

[@pandaprrr995]

He is the King of Swing.

[@scofatscof3521]

Wasim Akram and waqar younus were nightmare for batsman in 90s

[@MrXenohassan]

To answer one of your question how is he getting that swing? Its all about gripping the ball, the thumb, middle and index finger play the trick. What I learned and got decent at it was for right hand batsman: out swing was to put pressure on index finger and tilt wrist towards the slips( aka catcher next to wicket keeper). For in swing: i use to put pressure on my middle finger and tilt the wrist towards the batsman. Worked well for me…

[@52.divyanshusharma4]

Watch the 'bodyline' documentary

[@layyah0905]

I remember umpire Darryl Hair causing a huge amount of anger in South Africa after a slew of Lbw decisions in the final test of Aussie/SA series in 93/93 lost SA the match. For years after that he was a much mocked figure. Yet,most of those appeals would have been upheld in the modern game with DRS and more aggressive lbw interpretations.It was much safer for an umpire to be conservative and be a " not outer".

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Hair was terrible. An embarrassment to Australia.

[@CaptainKatsura09]

You guys must react Allen Donald South Africa bowling Vs England Atherton . Test match .

[@khasheyahmed4976]

Still cant believe how did we lose this match , in street cricket we started calling umpires from batting team are you from westindes ....Not to forget decisions from saqlain's bowling ,esp walsh's one plus our fielding is world class

[@varunmohan3760]

Our Three Wickets for NZ vs WI coming?

[@arnavnair8672]

Please don't judge a batter by his T20 stats. Ken Williamson has excellent technique with timing and placement, which reflects in the proper formats of the game. T20 and IPL requires more power hitting where he struggles a bit.

[@MrXenohassan]

Billy Doctrove was blind that day…. I remember watching this live

[@tal9063]

Wasim Akram was the king of swing bowling

[@damodeste]

Gabe you check out Disgraceful Umpiring Fred Goodall vs Colin Croft (Horsemen). Croft got so annoyed he intentionally hit the umpire in his run up.

[@vishnuvijayan9910]

Watch Pak vs Sri Lanka in Sharjah and it is one of the most epic comebacks ever!

[@Zavstar]

Fortunately now umpires are better

[@varunmohan3760]

ahem dharmasena ahem

[@teledrama1696]

wasim akram is the legend bowler

[@WTBob2005]

Just remember guys regarding LBW - the umpire has to be 100% sure that it’s out. Any doubt, ANY DOUBT, and the umpire is obliged to give it not out. Most of these ‘look’ out, but most are ‘doing too much’ ie swinging past the stumps or bouncing over the stumps. And again, if the umpire isn’t 100% sure it’s hitting the stumps, or it’s pitched in line, or hit the batsman in line, or if he has hit the ball with the bat - it HAS to be not out. Also Nick - the quality of the appeal is meaningless to whether it is out or not. 11 men screaming their heads off is the EXACT same as the bowler politely asking Is it ?.

[@dc7916]

A lot of comments on umpiring..in my original request I wasn't even talking of lbws and this video doesn't show the haulers. There were clear edges not given out. And in the end, Walsh edged a ball to his pads and was caught at silly point and the ump gave him not out. Walsh was the last wicket.........

[@gujjarbadshah4745]

Thanks sir alot of love and respect from Pakistan Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@nilaylambe2598]

Umpire's call is the last call

[@slindz4]

I’d say that there was only one bad decision here with the missed caught behind, and one other really close lbw. For some reason you seemed to think that every single one should have been given out - a test match wouldn’t last more than a day or two if this were the case. Try listening the commentary to try and understand why they were not given out. If the umpire isn’t 100% certain then saying not out is the right thing to do, think most cricket fans will agree on that.

[@hamzanadeem6683]

Please react to Wasim Akram's performance in 1992 worldcup final againt england, which won Pakistan a worldcup.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

I loved this Era of Pakistan. Tough bowling, gritty batting.

[@ajayv9039]

Watch the infamous under arm delivery of the Ashes

[@nicolascarey6330]

It was against New Zealand. If you want some truly biased umpiring, watch that.

[@varunmohan3760]

@@nicolascarey6330 still better than dharmasena doe

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Australia v New Zealand at the MCG.

[@reeneljoseph]

Well done nick , spot on really getting better of understanding the game. Gabe told you windies is not good at test they are trash , and John CAMPBELL made 60+ he is back in form y'all.

[@user-km4lo8zz6z]

Back to form what. He gon mess up again next series

[@reeneljoseph]

@@user-km4lo8zz6z yes I know he will not make any runs in the next series reason is lack of consistency and the way he plays From him and the rest of the players . Was just making a lil joke due to Gabe and history with him. Back in form y'all !!

[@user-km4lo8zz6z]

@@reeneljoseph Ik just pulling ur leg lol

[@reeneljoseph]

@@user-km4lo8zz6z you always catch me with that loll, hope your day is going well.

[@user-km4lo8zz6z]

@@reeneljoseph lol it is

[@farooqdar193]

Don't blame the empire please. He said you guys will play your cricket and leave but I still got to live on the island 🏝️😁 similar story on previous tour to west indies led by Imran khan. But we still love west indies beautiful country beautiful people also not to forget they were best in the world by far for a long time prior to Australians dominated cricket in 90s.

[@nauman5599]

There’s actual mechanism with the swing, it’s gotta do a lot with the seam and aerodynamics. Simply put, the angle of seam takes the ball with it.

[@otdplantagenet4067]

The umpiring wasn't that bad. I noticed in one particular ball, it was swinging radically, and it hit the pad adjacent to the stumps, and the batsman was playing forward, and Nick was like 'how is that not out'. Forget about the ball being directly in front of the stumps when it hits the pad, look at trajectory, could that ball have kept swinging and gone past the stumps without hitting them? Guys, the ruling on lbw decisions is "any doubt must be judged in the favour of the batsman". In other words, if there is any doubt, it is not out. How can there not be doubt when the ball is swinging that much? Look at it, watch it again, and tell me that those balls are not swinging wildly.... Wasin Akram is a victim of his own ability to swing the ball. But, There is no way that you can blame the umpire for that.

[@fazzxides8429]

@Gabe - one big advantage of being bald is you can style your hair with a damp cloth 👍🏼😆

[@zahrans]

The umpire didn't do much wrong. Except for the caught behind, he got the rest of the decisions correct. Listen to the commentry again and you will hear why it wasn't given (swinging too much, hit outside leg stump etc.)

[@hamza3065]

You guys need to react to 1992 world cup. Especially Wasim Akram's performance in the finals.

[@matt9904]

In answer to the guy from major league, it was going down leg.

[@AmirNaseem-sg8ns]

IF DRS WAS INTRODUCED 20 YEARS AGO WASIM AKRAM WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHEST WICKET TAKER OF ALL TIMES

[@easystayreceptionreception7546]

King of swing

[@MrXenohassan]

Its famous about Wasim Akram that he can ball 6 different types of balls in one over……

[@satishkumar3956]

Umpiring was not bad, the ball was swinging too much and the batsman were standing or striding way too out of the crease , so impact looks like it will hit the stumps but from side on angle view you can see it will swing away from the stumps

[@muhammadazeem3469]

👎👎 u r absolutely donkey.

[@gujjarbadshah4745]

Pakistan premie minister also international cricketers he won the world cup 1992 for Pakistan

[@vijayrai1213]

World's best ball tamperer

[@afaqkhan5239]

Wasim and waqar the pair made in heaven 💖

[@mashoodsyed6092]

We still remember this game Pakistan lost by 1 wicket because of extremely biased umpiring - a stain on international cricket

[@JungleTunes94]

He was swinging it too much, half of these were missing leg wicket to the left hander. Either way the umpires had to give the benefit of the doubt to the batsman, umpire cant be giving people out because the ball might hit the wicket. Drs has changed the game unimaginably mostly for the good as mistakes happen both ways. Akrim & Younis together were untouchable, they gave England nightmares, actually everyone.

[@ryanboscoe9670]

Just because 1 or 2 should have been wickets doesn't mean every decision the umpire made was wrong. Just because it's all pitching in line and hitting in line doesn't mean it's out, many of the lbw calls were obviously going over the wicket

[@ryanboscoe9670]

12:16 yes it hits his foot outside the line of off stump so its not out

[@ryanboscoe9670]

The reason the umpire was giving the majority of wickets was because the amount of swing makes it to hard to judge, benefit of the doubt will always go to the batsmen. Part of the reason we know have DRS, but apparently it doesn't work at all so we should ditch DRS. No matter what the ICC does no one will be happy. India is the main one against DRS and also day night tests. India may have invigorated cricket in the 80's but they are currently killing cricket all because they want to be in control of international cricket, which at this point they are.

[@prasenjeet111]

You are very well judging the game now

[@preetasingh2837]

Because umpire from West indies that's why they don't give out. It's happen ALOT in old matches

[@hanzalamansoor]

Well thank God sniko and drs is introduced

[@zerophilebcdic9108]

Bucknored you reckon? Possibly, but I reckon JL would have survived them all.

[@preetasingh2837]

Wasim akram say if DRS system in his time he had 400 more wickets

[@nikhilverma5477]

A preview of upcoming Test series??

[@garnfkurslf]

Another great advertisement for neutral umpires

[@anthonymoore1705]

its called a box not a cup.

[@1ShotTeeJay]

React Shahid Afridi batting plz

[@ZeeshanAli-iw3ep]

Now there is DRS system, so umpires cannot cheat

[@pricelessboy8355]

React to 15 Balls of Shoaib Akhtar That shocked the world

[@parthgajjar9491]

Please react to son of the soil trailer

[@CricketforAmericans]

It’s coming. Promise

[@rishabhsharma8189]

There has not been a better FAST bowler in world cricket after 1985 than wasim akram. If someone mentions any other name as the best bowler after that he is simply being biased. PERIOD.

[@varunmohan3760]

Glenn Mcgrath?

[@rishabhsharma8189]

@@varunmohan3760 a great bowler definitely but not even close to what wasim could do. He was a magician with the ball.

[@anwarhussain-tb1yz]

Worst umpiring in cricket history.

[@chittaranjanshetty4546]

Wasim Akram was known for excessive appealing. Sometimes it went against them. There is a lot of swing going on in this game. Some are legit umpire mistakes here but a lot of balls would have gone outside the stump, its just hits the pads on line

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

DRS did not exist twenty yrs ago

[@reeneljoseph]

🤣 I wish there is super over !! In test Cricket unfournately they don't . Just a draw!!!

[@princealex1988]

I think you guys get a bit over excited when you see close LBW calls and think they’re all out, I don’t think any of the close calls were actually out. You forget about there are 3 factors to a LBW decision

[@CricketMode]

Pakistan lethal weapon wasim and waqar.

[@tenniscricket456]

Most of the time empire was right ....you guys will judge bettr after few months....

[@harsh0241]

That was horrible umpiring,my god...

[@ude3333]

Yeah, Akram got 11 in the match and Billy doctrove was a shit umpire.

[@atikurimon6416]

Espn legend Documentary wasim akram please react

[@krishnasukhoo4286]

Pakistan are known for excessive appealing.however,Adams was caught behind

[@peterosy]

Might like to see or do a video on Justin's press conference before Thursday's Test: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKKppIKnoZhsaKs

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Welcome to cricket in the era before DRS. I reckon 80% of those appeals were out and I was supporting West Indies. The umpiring was shocking in this series. Jimmy Adams did hit that one at the end- he looks straight back at the keeper and looked guilty. Pakistan were robbed of this match and series because of the umpiring. Remember also this was in the era before mandatory neutral umpires- the umpires are West Indian here. Interesting fact- Chris Gayle played in this series, was his 2nd test series and 20 years ago.

[@drummerboy2834]

Bucknor school of umpiring 😂😂😂

[@ZeeshanAli-iw3ep]

Now there is DRS system, so umpires cannot cheat