The last two weekend games I've had have really been an embarrassment to the game given the standard we play at. First game one of our batsmen got a shocking decision and was given LBW when the ball hit his thigh and was also going down leg. He proceeded to shout, calling the umpire blind and also threw his bat. Didn't go down well and their lads who were gobby to begin with chirped in a lot. Eventually he left the field, I went in after him and was given LBW to a ball going way down leg - didn't make a fuss as I was always told to respect the umpires and I don't think anyone should react like our bat did especially given the pretty poor level we play at. A few more bad decisions followed just to show how bad the umpiring was. Our bat has been reported but due to him apologising once he'd calmed down the umpires report wasn't too harsh so we're likely to just be fined a bit.
Last weekend was even worse, one umpire was very old and wasn't fit for the job. He never moved to correct position for run outs, etc and even gave guards from in front of his stumps as I assume he couldn't see the full length of the pitch. He gave the same batsman as the first game out LBW to a shocker which was again way too high but this time our lad accepted without fuss it as he should have done the week before. He then proceeded to not give our opener, who went on to get 80 odd, LBW on a couple which looked absolutely plum from where we were sat which wound up their bowler no end. No more controversy until the opposition bat, their opener was doing ok until he was given LBW for one that looked a bit high as he was claiming it hit his thigh and he was also batting outside his crease. He proceeded to react very badly and started yelling at the umpire saying how bad a decision it was and calling our lads cheats for appealing. Took him a good few minutes to leave the field and he still carried on having a go at us from the sidelines, at one stage it did look like it would kick off as some of our lads were having a real go back about some of the appeals he'd tried when bowling. Gets even better though as one of our lads who was sorting out teas came out 10 mins later and told us someone (presumably the opener) had chucked stuff all over our dressing room. Everyone umpires included came off for a look and it turned out he'd opened up a bag of lime used to mark lines in their dressing room, put it in a bucket and chucked it all over our team kit and smashed the bucket. Luckily at the time he'd walked off somewhere and wasn't around or else there would have been a fight as our lads were really hacked off, some even wanting to take it out on his car. The guy came back later and insisted it wasn't him, his team mates also insisted they didn't know who had done it. He even had the cheek to sit there and score for the remainder of the game, if I'd have been their skipper I'd have told him to leave the ground. Final nail in the coffin was that their last wicket to fall was off one of our lads who had already bowled his maximum 11 overs but neither umpire spotted and he'd started his 12th.
Pretty crap attitude all round really and if it hadn't have been for a few of us from each side trying to act as peacekeepers I think it would have been worse. Just really disappointing how a low standard game that should be played in a friendly spirit caused so much hassle. I've played at a lot higher level when I was younger without anywhere near as many problems. Also shows how bad the umpiring is and how they really didn't take control of either situation.
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