Hyderabad: Umpire Joel Wilson and Aleem Dar was the centre of attraction after Australia's win in the first Test match at Edgbaston as more than 15 wrong decisions were given in the five days of the cricket match. To take out the frustration a cricket fan changed the Wikipedia page of the umpire.
While Aleem Dar's page was seemingly intact, Joel Wilson's introduction had been altered through the course of Day 5.
"Joel Sheldon Wilson (born 30 December 1966) is a blind international cricket umpire from Trinidad and Tobago. Wilson is currently a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, representing the West Indies. He stands in matches of all the three formats of international cricket - Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)," the description on Wilson's Wikipedia page read.
The term 'blind' was removed soon after but that was not the end of it for Wilson as after that his description started with a line that said: "Joel Sheldon Wilson (born 30 December 1966) is not an international cricket umpire from Trinidad and Tobago." The page has since been rectified.
Both umpires came in for significant criticism from fans and commentators for their howlers that affected significant parts of the match. Australia went on to win the Test by 284 runs and thus took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
