Atrocious umpiring by Billy Bowden - 2005 Ashes

[99ariyaratnamj]

indian prats dont want to use it because Sachin's average will go down and he cant get away with poor umpiring anymore.

[99ariyaratnamj]

The worst umpires are Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen and for some stupid reason they always insisted on using them in important matches. This is why England won the 05 ashes, there were terrible umpiring decisions throughout the series in England's favour. Remember Simon Katich's lbw that pitched miles outside leg and was going way over the top anyway. That changed the momentum of that test match. This is exactly the reason DRS is the best thing ever to have happened to umpiring but indian prats

[Jagsm29]

this test was australia vs. best of world 11 + billy bowden, and still we only lost by 2 runs.

[jazzam08]

indians shud stfu? youve put two decisions are which went wrong, andrew symonds edge was much more obvious than andersons snick down legside; which was about as obvious as ricky pointings edge, not to mention 2 stumping decisions; one which wasnt even ent to the 3rd umpire

[CoolStoryBrosauce]

@jazzam08 These were just TWO of about TWENTY bad umpiring decisions that went England's way during this series. I picked these two because this match was lost by TWO RUNS.

So yeah, Indians should STFU.

[krikbestplayer34]

@CoolStoryBrosauce dude dont worrry india is shitty today lost 8 strait games... and then fuckin up in ODI's wll...

[Moppy1988]

cheating pommy cunts

[majesticmaniac]

They wernt at easy as they seem....definitly not easy to give at lee's pace..

[mahlstadt]

The Hawkeye software is rigged - no-one knows this yet though

[ClassyTricks]

@mahlstadt Yeah except for you... 

[arehman2000]

no way in hell that's hitting middle.

[RoheeeeCricket]

Hahahahaah Boycott's commentary for the LBW.

"It's missing leg, it's missing off and it's knocking middle out about half-way up."

Classic

[TheWwf4ever]

that lbw was plumb

[bulltiger18]

@TheWwf4ever definitely wasn't hitting off or leg stump

[Zpmawd]

Oh the butthurt tears.;)

[mahlstadt]

where's the video of billy bowden's good decisions?

[bulltiger18]

the LBW was a terrible decision, as was the catch behind, but the LBW was a worse decision, any umpire would give that

[noffty1209]

Hasn't someone somewhere worked out the wrong decisions, reversed them and then given the reprieved batsmen their test average and recalculated that whole series? Still, should've batted first Ricky.

[aayush111112]

So happy to see this video, awesome work billy.These Aussies just deserve this.

[pinkheart91]

@aayush111112 Then Indians deserved what they got? Go and fucking die arsehole!

[aayush111112]

@pinkheart91 Why don't you.Fail aussies Hahahaha 47 all out!

[aayush111112]

@pinkheart91 Ohhh you're not an aussie, 5-0 up in yo ass then.

[bulltiger18]

@aayush111112 you're not Aussie, 5-0 only insults the Pommies if it is an Aussie that says it otherwise it just sounds stupid

[aayush111112]

@bulltiger18 yes i'm not an aussie, but i am living in townsville since last 4 years

[bulltiger18]

@aayush111112 OK fair call, I wasn't having a go, I was just saying it has no effect on them

[damo24now]

the second one was the worst decision ever

[Crkt4Eva]

0:40 Wait a minute, look at hawk-eye, the ball is clearly hitting leg or middle/leg stump, yet, hawk-eye still insists it's hitting nothing more than middle of middle?!

[CoolStoryBrosauce]

@Crkt4Eva It pitched and held its line, got some deviation of the pitch.

[cabinet96vids]

Waiting for the Martyn one. :p

[simonashari]

While these decisions were very annoying... Warne was going to retire at the end of this series had we won it. This saw him stick around for another year and a half (to thrash England 5-0).

Bowden would made his decisions based on whether his decision would put him at the center of attention (e.g. giving Kaspa out). Dud of an umpire.

[hansoloaf]

Look at the drag queens at 0:39

[U2one100]

@gypoinc, You know who Bumble is? The commentators there(2nd decision) are Mark Nicholas and Geoffrey Boycott!

[U2one100]

With his infectious happy tone "Oh missing? Its missing leg, its missing off and its knocking middle about half-way up" Boycott rules..

I love how Boycott enjoys when Australia are being thrashed around or given wrong decisions etc..same can't be said about other commentators.

[CoolStoryBrosauce]

@gypoinc It's Boycott... there's a huge difference in their accents. Lloyd is from Lancashire, Boycott from Yorkshire.

[gypoinc]

@CoolStoryBrosauce Apologies.

[vindaisatossermini2]

what a fucking jerkoff is billy..sticking his crooked finger up his dog arse obviously had an impact on his eyesight

[robelinda2]

At the time- again- i was punching my couch so hard. So many fucked up plumb lbw's not given. Cost us the whole series.

[gypoinc]

@robelinda2 Was a fkn joke that series. Katich and Martyn copped it hard, as did Warne with the ball. Do you think you could upload a compilation of bad decision just to show how much England deserved NOT to win the Ashes in 05?

[robelinda2]

@gypoinc Yeah poor Martyn, it just wasn't funny how many times he was sawn off by bad decisions in ONE series, then the selectors dropped him!!!! Would be some good upload material, how about it CSB?

[CoolStoryBrosauce]

@robelinda2 I only have access to the ~1 hour match reviews, so I couldn't find ALL the bad decisions. That's your job!

[robelinda2]

@CoolStoryBrosauce Its always my job!

[gypoinc]

@robelinda2 Definitely make some sort of compilation! Martyn was scapegoated! Apparently Australians are the cheats - pretty sure the only 2 series we lost at the time period - India 2001 and England 2005 were due to bad decisions, and nothing more.