“While blogging over the past five days I have been deluged with the outraged writings of shattered Indian fans from Mumbai to San Francisco who feel 61-year-old Bucknor’s best days — and undoubtedly they were good ones — are long gone,” wrote Craddock.

“I haven’t disagreed with a word. He should be banished forever immediately, but sadly, he will be back in the middle for the next Test, and therein lies the problem with the system: There is simply not enough accountability for umpires who perform badly.”

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh, said in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph: “Perhaps a better outcome may have been for both captains, coaches and named players to get together at the end of the day’s play and work out a solution before they went past the point of no return — which now has the potential to affect relations between both countries.”

Waugh, however, supported the home team for the way they play their cricket as it is part of Australian culture.