Mahmud wants the ICC to bring back neutral umpires. Following a series of inconsistent decisions on the fourth day in Kingsmead. Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud has called for neutral umpires in international cricket.
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to use umpires from host countries for international matches. However, after the day’s play on Sunday, the umpiring decisions became the talking point, as several decisions went against the visitors. Both on-field umpires, Adrian Thomas Holdstock and his senior partner Marais Erasmus. Had their decisions changed via DRS seven times during the fourth day of play.
“I believe umpires play a significant role in the outcome of a Test match. A lot of this is dependent on their decisions. Everyone has seen the umpiring since the morning, and there is nothing to hide “After the game, Mahmud spoke to reporters.
“There were some decisions that went against us, and if that hadn’t been the case. We would have been chasing 180 instead of 270,” he explained.
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Mahmud Urges the ICC to bring back neutral umpires.
“Umpires are the judges, and we respect them, but we could pick up a wicket by taking a review. But we did not go for it out of fear. ” He said, referring to Keegan Petersen’s possible dismissal after being ping on the pads while batting on 14. The batter went on to score 36 and contribute to South Africa’s crucial 68-run second-wicket partnership, which helped them reach a stable position.
“To be honest,” he said, “I haven’t seen such inconsistent umpiring in a long time.” “Now that everything is open, we believe the ICC should look into providing neutral umpires,” he concluded.
Mahmud also praised Bangladesh’s bowling unit and the injured Taskin Ahmed, who has been ruled out of the second Test, for their contributions to the team’s comeback in the game.
“Taskin was having shoulder pain, but he bowled with tape on and pain relievers,” he explained. “I think the bowlers did a great job to make such a comeback as long as they stick to their game plan,” he added, reflecting on the collapse that occurred in the second half of the day, bowling out South Africa for 204 in the second essay after being well-placed at 116 for 1 at one point.
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