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Speed defends umpires

Sydney: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, believes it was just a bad day in the office for the umpires at Sydney. He stressed on the need for the officials to perform well to win the respect of the players.

“It’s a difficult job made more difficult by technology and improvements in technology. I think we have the best umpires available. Generally they’ve performed very well. From time to time there is a bad match,” Speed was quoted as saying by The Australian newspaper.

Speed added umpires must maintain high standards if they expected players to respect their decisions.

“They are the issues we’ve been seeking to take out of the game. We want players to respect umpires and respect the umpires’ decision.

“It’s up to the umpires though to perform at a high level to ensure that the players respect their decisions,” Speed said. — PTI

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