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Re: Cricket
I don't think, in general, that our umpires are really any better or worse than those in the past. Of course they're coming under much greater scrutiny and their mistakes are now highlighted with proof as opposed to conjecture. In the past stinkers used to be made and other than pretty dodgy TV footage there was no evidence upon which to base any criticism. How many tiny 'snicks', run outs and close LBW's were missed by umpires in the days before super slow motion, the snickometer, Hawkeye, hot spot etc.? What I do worry about is the availability (or not) of 'reviews' affecting their decision making process. The umpire should always make a decision based on what he sees/hears at the time and not whether one team or the other either has or hasn't got a review or two up their sleeve.
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