The controversial referee Joel Wilson sacked by the Eicc referees panel
The fifth day in Melbourne, with the game on the line, Wilson knocked down the Australia captured behind the appeal when Yashares Jaiswal seemed to have the club on the ball along the side of the leg. The replay showed it was out.
In the test following the Scg, Wilson, as a third referee, gave Virat Kohli not out of the first ball he faced after Steve Smith dived forward in the slides and collected a blow to Marnus Labbuschagne in the canal.
Wilson thought that the ball had touched the ground, but a number of ex -greats of the tests did not agree.
“You can see his fingers clearly under the ball,” said former Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the comment for Channel Seven.
Wilson was also involved in the recent Australian test series against Sri Lanka in Galle as one of the officials of the match that reported by Kuhnemann for a suspected illegal action.
Kuhnemann, who took 16 wickets in an average of 17.18 in the two tests, has been eliminated from any offense and is free to continue bowling.
Kuhnemann’s mentor, John Davison, He told this masthead last month The best Orthodox spinner of the left arm of Australia had been made a “scapegoat” by officials.
Joel Wilson chatted with Pat Cummins during the 2023 Ashes series. Credit: Reuters
“I would encourage Joel Wilson to make his right decisions, rather than being too involved in other parts of the game,” said Davison.
During the Santo Stefano test between Australia and Pakistan in 2023, Wilson had two decisions overturned in two balls, pushing the former Pakistan Wasim Akram Fast Bocce player to declare that Wilson was having a “shocking”.
Wilson was involved in 67 tests, 140 internationally and 71 international T20 internationals.
The president of ECT Jay Shah thanked Wilson and congratulated the referees arriving Allahudien Paleker (South Africa) and Alex Wharf (England) for being added to the panel.
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“We would like … to record our sincere thanks both to Joel and Michael for their services to the world game, for a certain number of years,” Shah said in a note.
Australia has two referees on international panel; Rod Tucker and Paul Reiffel.
Elite panel ICC of referees (2025-26)
Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Christopher Gaffaney (New Zealand), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Richard Illingworth (English), Richard Kettleborough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Allahudien Paleker (South Africa), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Paul Reffel, (Australia), Sharfudula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Alex Wharf (England).
