That's right, I can stay silent no longer. After watching the first 4 and a half days of the 1st Ashes Test I've got to make this as plain as I can. Billy Droctrove, one of the umpires of the game, has no business being out on the field in any capacity.
This poor excuse for a cricket umpire has made one woeful decision after another. LBW decisions are a lottery with this bloke. He gives the ones that are not out, out and the decisions that should be given out are turned down. He's called leg byes on shots that have obviously come off the bat and runs for balls that have obviously come off the pads.
There is virtually nothing that umpire Billy Doctrove can get right. It's basically a stuff up-a-thon and the ICC appears quite happy to put up with this mediocrity because this is certainly not the first time that Billy has proven that he is not fit for Test duties.
We're watching the highest class of cricket, surely it's not too much to expect that we get umpires of a similar quality officiating.
The only positive I can think of about Doctrove's substandard performance is that it was equally poor for both sides.
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