ICC bowed to pressure and removed Steve Bucknor: Clive Lloyd
MIL/Agencies, Jan 11, 2008.
January 11, 2008 - West Indies team Manager Clive Lloyd has criticized the International Cricket Council for its decision of replacing Umpire Steve Bucknor for the third Test between Australia and India in Perth. He said that the Council has deliberately bowed to the pressure of BCCI.
Lloyd alleged that ICC has failed to hold the rules and spirit of the game.
Speaking to Brian Viner of The Independent, the former West Indies captain said, "This will come back to haunt the ICC. They [the ICC] have bowed to pressure instead of upholding the rules and spirit of the game."
The ICC axed Bucknor in favor of New Zealand’s Billy Bowden for the match in Perth after India demanded the 61-year-old West Indian was removed.
"This is not the first time umpires have made mistakes, and it is not just part and parcel of cricket, but part and parcel of sport. It happens in football too, and in boxing, and some of us were brought up to accept it.
"What if Billy Bowden [Bucknor's replacement] makes mistakes in Perth and somebody complains? Bucknor is well respected, he's stood in 120-odd Test matches, and this sends out a terrible message to all other umpires," Lloyd added.
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