Decision time for Aleem Dar?

Osman Samiuddin in the National contemplates whether Aleem Dar, whose consistency as an international umpire has been freakish and his reputation impeccable, making glaring errors - as during the recent India-Australia series - is a sign of an ending.

..when Dar stood face to face with Ricky Ponting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the fourth Ashes Test in 2010 - Ponting rabid, angry, mouthy; Dar dignified, impassive, calm and right - it was not hard to think back to the infamous and seismic photograph of Shakoor Rana and Mike Gatting, wagging fingers at each other in Faisalabad in 1988, and feel a little closure. So it has been a little jarring to see him get a few decisions wrong lately. Actually, I will be honest: it has hurt.