ICC bans world cup officials

The last-minute drama in the world cup final was a shocking one. Very soon it was clear that none of the five officials conducting the game was aware of the basic rules as they asked the teams to keep playing even after the game was over. ICC has now decided to ban the officials for the entire duration of the twenty-20 world cup as a punishment for what they did in the one-day world cup. Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar were the two field umpires, Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden were the reserve umpires and Jeff Crowe was the match referee.

I think it is fair that the umpires should be punished for that grave mistake but at the same time, is it fair to run the twenty-20 world cup without so many good umpires? It is only sad that the ICC appointed its best umpires to conduct the most important match in four years and they messed it up with some stupidity. I hope the remianing umpires do a good job in the twenty-20.

Reference: http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html