Save our umps!
The cry “Kill the umpire”, used to ring out only in football and baseball stadiums but now it has a presence in the field of cricket, albeit in a metaphorical sense, writes Ian Chappell
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The cry “Kill the umpire”, used to ring out only in football and baseball stadiums but now it has a presence in the field of cricket, albeit in a metaphorical sense, writes Ian Chappell. Read the full article in Mid-Day.
"An umpire is getting 96% of his decisions right, while on the other hand Hawk-Eye is guaranteed 90% correct. So, why do we need technology to protect the umpires?"
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo