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December 12, 2007
Will he do it again?
In April this year, Rudi Koertzen was part of the elite group of umpires who wanted Australia and Sri Lanka to come back the next day to complete the final of the 2007 World Cup.
At Bangalore, bad light has just stopped play on day five with Pakistan having 3 wickets in hand, needing to get 212 runs and win or bat out 11 overs and draw.
Will Koertzen ask the players to come back tomorrow?
Labels: bad light, bangalore, india, koertzen, pakistan, umpires
Thus spake Jagadish @ 4:26 pm | Sledge/Read 1 sledge(s)
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April 27, 2007
One nice big laugh at Rudi Koertzen please!
Neither his country, nor he will be out on the field during the final tomorrow.
Steve Bucknor's presence in his fifth consecutive final is the clearest indicator of how crappy West Indies have been, especially in one-day cricket, over the past 15 years. David Shepherd umpired three consecutive finals (1996, 1999 and 2003). That shows how poor England were at one-day cricket! Zimbabwe have never had an umpire in a World Cup final, which is an obvious indicator of how good they have been!
Labels: 2007 world cup, australia, bucknor, koertzen, sri lanka, umpires, world cup, world cup final
Thus spake Jagadish @ 1:49 pm | Sledge/Read 2 sledge(s)
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April 23, 2007
Bucknor all set to have his wish granted, Rudi moves one step closer
Over two years ago, Bucknor made it amply clear that he didn't want West Indies in the World Cup final, and that is exactly what happened.
A year ago, Rudi Koertzen had a similar wish, and South Africa are one step away from increasing the chances of his dream becoming a reality.
Try my warped logic. Now we know why the BCCI has ensured that there is no umpire on the ICC's Elite panel. Given the high profile nature of Indian cricket, it is fairly obvious that other cricket boards would be waiting in a huge queue to get India to play against them (No tests please, we're the BCCI!). This therefore means that Indian umpires will not umpire lots of games. The solution is obviously to ensure that there're no Indian umpires around, because the other one (sending the Indian team to lesser number of tournaments) is clearly unacceptable.
Labels: 2007 world cup, bucknor, koertzen, umpires, world cup, world cup final
Thus spake Jagadish @ 6:02 pm | Sledge/Read 1 sledge(s)
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