Cricket Umpires- the butt of jokes

I wondered what these popular umpires would be called, for the respective actions. The result?

1. Dicky Bird correctly picked up a nick off Viv Richard's bat -  Bird's eye view is obviously better than Hawk eye view.

2. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena turned down a clear LBW - is he Adharmasena?

3. If Umpire Jai Prakash gets involved in match fixing scandals, then he may have to be called JaipraCASH.

4. What do you call David Shepherd when he ends up reversing an earlier erroneous decision of his, suo moto? - The Good Shepherd.


5.What do you call Umpire Steve Bucknor, who turns down a clear caught-behind appeal ?    -   Buck"NO"r.

6. What do you call Darrell Hair he has consistenly gives controversial decisions against the Indians ii the Border-Gavaskar series ? -  "HAIR IMPLANT"

7. Daryl Harper continues to warn Zaheer Khan on running into the pitch on his follow-through - No surprise at all. After all, he is Daryl "HARP" er.

8. Umpire Mark Benson blatantly gave a reprieve to The Punter, when he did not catch his fine nick off the gloves. - Well this series is aptly named "Benson & Edges" series.

9. Umpire Aleem Dar was not intimidated by the vociferous appeals of Andrew Flintoff - Aleem Dar tha nahin ( "Aleem does not fear", in Hindi)

10. Umpire Rudi Koertzen reports Saqlain Mushtaq for excessive appealing - RUDE Koertzen.


P.S: Last heard. Umpire Billy Bowden has been denied a visa to enter India to umpire in the World Cup. Apparently Lord Nataraja was upset that Billy has been consistently stealing His copyrighted postures, and the good Lord came in the dreams of the External affairs minister.

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