As for the umpiring it was atrocious all test.

Some crap not outs and some crap outs. RP Singh's was marginal too in my opinion. Bucknor's clearly been smoking too much spliff and drinking too much of that Jamaican Rum. Time to hit the retirement home pal, your numbers up. A once great umpire now really humbled.

In my opinion the position FIFA takes on referees should be an example for the ICC. FIFA refs must retire at 45. Not saying the age should be 45 but there should be a retirement age no less. And constant eye tests.

Perhaps the umpires should quietly taken out the back and shot - that was pathetic umpiring.

Aus didn't deserve to win that game, good on them for making the most of their chances but the Indians should feel robbed of a draw. The last LBW was pathetic and the Dravid caught behind decision earlier in the innings was even worse.

p.s. ironic how gilly will act all sanctimonious and walk when he's batting but then he appeals for catches when the batsmans been nowhere near the ball.

That was one of the best sessions of cricket i have seen it looked like a foregone conclusion as a draw then on comes clark and takes 3 wickets in one over now on to Perth unfortunately the Indians wont have much luck there as the bounce in the wicket will fix them up in 4 days

One of the poorest reply's I have ever read on this forum. Stinking of someone ready to take a cheap pot shot at one of the fairest (of which thier are not many) cricketers playing

Gilly has to concentrate on catching the ball. It's good enough he walks when he is batting.

Why do you expect him to judge whether the ball he catches is knicked or not.

How the hell would he be in a position to see if the Dravid "nick" (which is the one I think you are refering to) was off the pad or off the bat.

Did you ever take into consideration prior to your "cheap shot" that Adam Gilchrist was behind the batsmen not in front of the batsmen.

I would blame an umpire before I blamed Gilly....

I wasn't blaming Gilly, it was the umpire who got it wrong. Perhaps it was Dravid's fault for being Indian.

I was a keeper for most of my school and college cricket and you can often tell if it's hit the bat or the pad/thigh.

If that was the best option the umpire would stand beside you at half leg slip or something.

I played cricket to and feilded at various positions probably everywhere at least once and still find your original statement about "Gilly" distasteful, unfounded and unfair

Maybe Gilchrist wasn't sure so he went up which 100% of the wicket keepers in test cricket would have done. Gilchrist is known as a walker with the bat but he is expected to go up if he is no sure wicket keeping. Dravid's dismissal was probably the worst decision I have seen in test cricket but at the same time it is an incredibly hard job umpiring at test level the umpires are standing all day in the heat, they have to concentrate the whole time and everything happens so quickly. Nobody is perfect and I would love to know how many players dropped catches during the test because there would have been more dropped catches than bad umpiring decisions. More player mistakes than umpiring mistakes

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The most attrocious umpiring and the Australians did not deserve to win. Period. I will reiterate that the ICC should declare the result of this test match as "No result because of attrocious umpiring"!!

DO not forget to give credit to the umpires for 132 out of the 162 in the first innings and 61 out of 61 in the second innings. And of course the wicket of Dravid should be crdited to the umpires. An ordinary player was made to look like a world-beater by the umpires.

Crud

India should never have brang the second rater's Dravid and Jaffer on tour

And must drop them ASAP.