KCCA concerned over poor umpiring in domestic cricket – Cricket News Update
Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA), the biggest member club of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has voiced grave concerns over the poor umpiring standard in the ongoing domestic T20 tournament.
The KCCA has also lodged an official complaint with the PCB, demanding investigation into the matter and subsequent punishment to the offenders.
The issue came into limelight in the first round of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, when at least nine Leg Before Wicket (LBW) decision went against KCCA Blues team in their match against State Bank, resulting in the defeat of the former.
Apart from this, some other teams also raised objections against what they think are ‘substandard’ decisions by the umpires.
Talking to the media today, the KCCA president, Sirat-ul-Islam Bukhari said, “Yes we have lodged an official protest and sent letters to the PCB officials about the substandard umpiring and have also demanded that one of the umpire's involved in our match
in the first round should not be posted again for our remaining matches.”
An official of the Habib Bank team told, “The standard of umpiring was below par and the board should take urgent notice because this tournament has only started now and careers and jobs of players are at stake.”
Reportedly, the PCB is not likely to take any step in this regard despite all these complaints and objections as the board has been at odds with KCCA since the last few months.
However, some former cricketers and analysts are pressing the board to streamline the national umpiring process in a bid to get positive output from it.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, also recommended the PCB to grant central contracts to the domestic umpires so that they work more efficiently for the uplift of the game. Dar has won three consecutive International Cricket
Council’s (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) ‘Umpire of the Year’ awards.
It is also learnt that if the PCB does not take any action on the complaints, the KCCA may go to the court of law to challenge the policies. On the other hand, the tainted umpires claim that the teams are censuring them to hide their own shortcomings.
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