A snooker referee has sparked controversy after she gave a foul for an incident she did not see.
The second in query occurred throughout Stuart Bingham’s World Open qualifying match with Ishpreet Singh Chadha on Wednesday (January 24). They had been locked at three frames apiece on the Barnsley Metrodome.
Chadha was lining up the black when he brushed the cue ball by chance. Watching on from his seat on the aspect, Bingham alerted the match referee to the foul.
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While she wasn’t in view, cameras picked up her communications with the gamers. She requested Chadha: “Did you?” She then turned to Bingham and stated: “If you’re sure, I didn’t see it.”
Then she reiterated that, including: “I didn’t see it, but if you’re sure he touched it, I’ll call foul.” Bingham caught to his weapons and a sheepish Chadha sat again down.
A clip was quickly circulating on social media, with some followers criticising the official. “Poor reffing intimidated by players’,” wrote one, albeit additionally admitting: “Ispreet could have made job easier all round sadly.”
Would you blame Chadha or the referee? Let us know within the feedback part.
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A second argued: “That’s really poor from the ref most of all, 100% she should’ve seen it. Chadha should really have felt it too but yeah, can’t be missing that ref!”
And a 3rd commented: “Regardless of whether it’s a foul or not the referee can’t call a foul they did not see. They undermine their own authority doing this.”
Others felts the entire scenario might’ve been prevented had Chadha simply owned as much as his mistake within the first place, and due to this fact positioned the blame on him.
“He can’t not know he’s touched that imo,” claimed a fourth, whereas a fifth reacted: “That’s sad to see that Proletina missed that. He felt it though, surely.”
A sixth added: “All players know when they accidentally feather the cueball – poor show to not call the foul on himself straight away.”
Chadha, ranked 96th on the planet standings, went on to defeat twenty sixth seed Bingham 5-3 to guide his place within the match finals in March.