“We've moved on as a team. This is a good umpiring crew ? even the umpire that's gone through all of this. He's done a great job. I just hope all this doesn't become nasty today.”
Mickey Hatcher
“He did not ask for the third umpire to be consulted, but when he made that move and spoke to the officials I believe his involvement played a part in prompting the referral.”
Jeff Crowe
“The suggestions that umpires award free kicks without regard to the merits [of a free kick], that umpiring is not a worthwhile pursuit for kids and that umpires should put their egos in a locker are offensive and damaging.”
Adrian Anderson
“The system is in place whereby if an umpire cries off, or both as was the case here, those umpires are to be replaced,”
Mark Webber
“I think this the umpire who decide any one out or not out rather the umpires are in better position to answer.”
Rahul Dravid
“I look at the grand final last year: the three umpires that umpired that game were outstanding. I think on that particular day, it was a case of, 'we know what the rules are, we know what the fans want to see, we know how we want to umpire it, let's just stick to those three principles'.”
Paul Roos
“I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.”
Babe Ruth
