‘I know what I would’ve done to Kohli on the football field, and Steve Waugh was an a***hole.’

Umpires are part of cricket’s spectacle. They’re not faceless, pulseless bystanders devoid of personality. Umpires are almost as central to the game as players. 

Telford Vice / Fez

CYRIL Mitchley was about to change cricket forever. As he did so, he told Cricbuzz, he thought to himself: “I’m standing in the middle of Kingsmead. What the hell am I doing making a square in the air?” 

It was after lunch on November 14, 1992, and Sachin Tendulkar had pushed a delivery from Brian McMillan ...