Controversial Umpiring: Should Drs Have Been Used In Csa 1-day Cup Final Between Boland, Dolphins?

Cricket South Africa were very much in the headlines for all the off-field stuff in the week leading up to the CSA 1-Day Cup final. And, on the day of the final, the battle between bat and ball took another backseat after a plethora of terrible umpiring decisions.

The Dolphins managed to qualify for the showpiece match against Boland in Paarl, beating the Titans in the playoff after the Warriors were docked points for breaching CSAs transformation rules.

But the final was marred by some rather ordinary umpiring, as the Dolphins took advantage of their good fortune on and off the field to win the title on Sunday. Boland will feel hard done by after umpire Lubabalo Gcuma, especially, seemed to get a couple of LBW decisions wrong from the naked eye.

Gcuma also sent Boland opener Grant Roelofsen back to the pavilion caught behind, although replays suggest the right-handed batsmans bat was far away from the ball.

Cricket fans and pundits on social media slammed the umpiring, with former all-rounder John Kent posting on X saying: At least three poor calls versus Boland so far. Disappointing to see in a final.