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Steve Bucknor, controversy seems to follow the aging ump like a bad smell. Watch the highlights of the SA Bangers series (well yes i actually did) and you’ll need no more convincing. Mohammed Rafique gets a first ball duck LBW to Morne Morkel after he smashed the cover off the ball albeit in a defensive prod. I mean you have all kinds of LBW rite buck? bat pad , pad bat, ball thudding into shoulder, but i think Buck’s outdone himself here.

But to be fair to the man , he did get a fairly tough one right at Mirpur. AB De Villiers got out caught to a ball from Bangers leggie captain Ashraful. Now while that in itself is shocking, the point here is that the ball got to AB on the second bounce. Was that out?

Buck got it rite and as per the book sent AB on his way. AB has a ‘word’ with the umps on his way back, needless to say he was dirty about the decision so was his captain Graeme Smith. AB later said ‘i knew i was out but was just hoping they would say it was not out’!! Strange.

Well just for the record , the match ref didn’t think it was worth his time to visit the SA dressing room.

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