Legendary umpire Dickie Bird today advised Steve Bucknor to call it a day, saying the West Indian had “gone on too long”. Bucknor, 61, was replaced for the upcoming Perth Test between India and Australia after a series of mistakes in the previous Test in Sydney, which the visitors lost by 122 runs. “When you get to that age... I have said to Steve, ‘Don’t go on too long, get out while you are still respected. I think he has gone on too long,” Bird, a veteran of 66 Tests who retired in 1996, said.

“If they (India) feel that an umpire is not up to the mark I think they have the right to say so. That is my view of it,” Bird told Sky Sport News. “But I do believe if umpires are appointed to a Test match they should see it through. That has not happened in this instance