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Article: Crik: Pakistan greats call for axing neutral umpires
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- January 9, 2008
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
01-09-2008
Crik: Pakistan greats call for axing neutral umpires
by Shahid Hashmi
KARACHI, Jan 9 AFP - Pakistan greats today urged the cricket world to axe the tradition
of choosing neutral umpires in favour of those considered the best at the job, in the
aftermath of the crisis-hit Australia-India series.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) was forced to dump veteran West Indian umpire
Steve Bucknor from the third Test in Australia following Indian complaints over his performance
in last week's Sydney Test.
"I would recommend the best umpires on the rankings established by the ICC and not
neutral ones. What is the use of a neutral umpire when he is not ...
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