Various / ICC
1 December 2020
The ICC's decision to allow home umpires instead of neutral umpires during COVID-19, initially as a temporary measure, reignited debates about umpiring bias in international cricket.
Pakistan vs India
13 January 2006
Inzamam-ul-Haq was given not out LBW by home umpire Asad Rauf on a ball replays showed hitting middle stump. Inzamam scored 119 and Pakistan won the Test in the first bilateral series between the nations in years.
West Indies vs India
November 1994
Through the early-to-mid 1990s, before neutral umpires became mandatory, home umpires in India consistently turned down LBW appeals against Indian batsmen. Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh were repeatedly denied. The era became a key argument for neutral umpires.
India vs West Indies
October 1994
Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh were repeatedly denied plumb LBW appeals by Indian home umpires throughout West Indies' 1994 tour of India. The era of home umpire bias was at its height before neutral umpires became mandatory in 2002.