WNC Tournament : NCS Clash - II

This time...we had done our Paper-work much before hand.
And our Results gave such surprising results of what probably even happened in the first game.
This is Match 2 Analysis.

May 26 2005
NCS v/s KV-III

It all starts with the umpire blaming us for starting the match 15 minutes late. We all felt like reminding him about his record-breaking 4 hours "LATE" in the previous match...but we gave him some respect and decided to move on.

The Game Starts. NCS Wins the Toss and Elect to Bowl First.

I bowl the first over. On the 2nd ball The Opening Batsman of KV3 hits the ball right on my foot causing it to swell severly. I was cursing the batsman because I could not play the entire match but later on I thanked him. (Oh yea...I still completed my over and then left the field)
I thanked him because, I was sitting with the score-keepers and was constantly interacting with the umpires and I learnt their tricks and trades of the game. Here's an excerpt:

• Umpires didnt allow celebration after a wicket was taken.
• They said that we were denied to speak to our team members on field during the course of the game.
• A KV batsman was plum LBW...Decision given...None.
• It seemed that they were siding KV while making it too obvious...while KV played their natural and fair game. [ So dont blame KV ]

KV's Score 69 out of 90 balls...Easily Chasable. But here's the twist in the tale.

NCS Batting Innings
TARGET : 70

First Over. Sourabh Jugal goes down the track to hit the ball. Ball instead hits his pad and the Umpire gives him out L.B.W.
Here's how the rest of the Wickets fell:

• Prem : Ball Hits the bat, then the thigh. UMPIRE : "L.B.W : Out."
• Pawan : Goes front-foot for a straight-drive, ball hits the pads (pawan was way away from the wicket). UMPIRE : "LBW : Out."
• Prateek Thapa: Ball hits Shoulder and goes to Fielder. UMPIRE : "Caught. Out". (Check the Cricket Rules my dear Friend...)
• Siddharth : Comes down the track, ball gets an edge of the bat and just falls to the ground. UMPIRE : "LBW : Out"

A total of 6 NCS Batsmen got out like this...Is this a Coincidence or is it intentional? Do the umpires think that LBW stands for "Leg Before Wicket" and not "Leg Before WicketKeeper"?

One over lasts 4 balls. We alert the Umpire. Reply:"Theek hai...agle over 8 ball ke kara lenge...koi baat nahi." This repeats thrice.

When prateek is taking his stance before batting the umpire interrupts:" Kya kar raha hai too. Vaise bhi too sift do minute ka mehmaan hai."

Umpire during the game on being asked whether the current over was Over 7: "To Aur Kya??"

Umpire's reply to NCS players when our School teachers brought to his notice about the incorrect decisions:"Apne teachers ko bolo ki yahaan aake umpiring karo."
Excuse me, it's not their job. Their job is to teach, and they do it the way it's supposed to be done.

The Umpires were so stubborn that they made our Teachers keep score in both the matches when they are actually supposed to spend time motivating the team.

Even after all this, we reach 64. Then once again the LBW story repeats and NCS is all-out for 64.

Trust me, I seriously don't know how I controlled my anger on field. The Teachers and I decided to file a written complaint against the Umpires for their harsh behaviour and incorrect decisions and they asked me to find out their names.

After the match I go and shake hands with them.
Me : "Nice Game Sir..."
Umpire : "Hmm...Pehle Cricket Seekho, Phir Comment Maro."
Me : "Sir, may I know your name please?"
Umpire : "Why do you want to know?"
Me : "Why not?"
Umpire : "..."
Me : "Isn't it my right to know?"
Umpire : [gives me a dirty look]
Me : [I cant take it longer...I take off my glares in a way how my friends called it the "Tom Cruise Style" and said]
Me : Excuse Me...Are you doubting my intentions??? Because if you are then the tournament is seriously in a very sad condition. Is that what you are trying to convey? Be frank. I hate being blamed when I'm not wrong and I...
Umpire : Sachin and Ajay....[They depart as fast as they can.]

The teachers vow to file a written Complaint against these umpires and I hope they do so. Obviously the Principal will be furious after knowing about our loss...and I sincerely hope that she reads this post. Nevertheless, I shall tell her anyway the next time I meet her.

And this one for WNC

How can you let them get away with it? Is it right to be rude to the players and teachers, give wrong decisions intentionally, call all of us illeterate and just walk off the field?
Respected Officers of Western Naval Command, Mumbai, for you all this is just a Game. But little do you realise that such people are spoiling the image of the elite Western Naval Command. And it seems as if they're getting away with it. And we're the one paying the price for doing something right.

I REST MY CASE.


*Sanchit*