Again umpiring

It was good to see the snickometer being used for the first time as it cleared many doubts about whether the ball touched the bat or not. However, when Mushfiq was given out during the second test of Bangladesh vs South Africa, he immediately called for a TV review. The reason he did that was because he knew that the ball had not touched the bat. The spike from the snicko confirmed the ball had touched the ground and when the ball passed the bat, there was no variation from snicko. Even then the third umpire could not reverse the decision. Why? Because there was not enough evidence. What more evidence was needed? For the ball and bat to talk to the umpire?

The on-field umpiring was very ordinary during this series. The new umpire made so many mistakes and even failed to spot several no-balls. Many of the decisions which were the umpire's call went in favour of South Africa. I believe that the third umpire has enough technology to reverse the on-field umpire's decision. The great Australians are coming next. Will this biased umpiring continue against Bangladesh? Only time will tell.

Aminur Rahim
Mohakhali, Dhaka