Subba Row decision unfair (25 April 1999)

25 April 1999

Subba Row decision unfair

Jerry Clarke

The run of play in the Fifth One-day International at Bourda was with the West Indies.

Yet Raman Subba Row can ignore the situation to contrive a run for Australia to tie the match, focusing only on the Aussie attempt to make a run.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) must have a code to evaluate the performance of such "lords" of the game who by these actions bring the integrity of the match referee into serious doubt.

We in the West Indies must stop being apologetic for incidents in the Caribbean.

Don't blame the crowd for this result. The pitch was invaded, yes, but the invasion was not conducted by, or in favour of the home team, and hence the 11 men that shed blood and sweat should not be penalised for the predictable out-of-control behaviour of the crowd.

It was an unbalanced decision by Subba Row.

We should be angry and ashamed that the crowd at Bourda was allowed to behave as they did. But we should be more angry and demonstrative about the poor decision made by the match referee.

We should call on the ICC to remove him immediately and reverse this decision.

Source :: The Barbados Nation (https://www.nationnews.com/)