Bucknor recalls gaffes he made against Tendulkar
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|| Desk Report ||
Steve Bucknor, one of the most respected umpires in cricket history, has talked about his two mistakes he made against Sachin Tendulkar in his umpiring career.
“Tendulkar was given out on two different occasions when those were mistakes. I don’t think any umpire would want to make a wrong decision. It lives with him and his future could be jeopardized,” said Steve Bucknor who has settled in New York since his retirement.
“To err is human…Once in Australia, I gave him out leg before wicket and the ball was going over the top. Another time, in India it was caught behind. The ball deviated after passing the bat but there was no touch,” Bucknor recalled on the Mason and Guests radio programme in Barbados earlier these week
“But the match was at Eden Gardens and when you are at Eden and India is batting, you hear nothing because 100,000 spectators are making noise. Those were the mistakes and I was unhappy. I am saying a human is going to make mistakes and accepting mistakes are part of life,” he added.
Bucknor also said Sachin’s greatness lay in the fact that he could accumulate shots because he had all the shots in his inventory.
Tendulkar’s run-ins with Bucknor have been well-chronicled. In 2019, ICC’s Twitter handle had jokingly responded to a post by Sachin Tendulkar, with a video of him bowling, with a meme featuring Steve Bucknor signaling a no-ball.
“At least this time I am bowling and not batting. Umpire’s decision is always the final decision,” Tendulkar had replied.
