10 most controversial umpiring decisions of all time

#4.BC Cooray's nightmare at Kandy in 2001, Sri Lanka vs England

In the Kandy Test in 2001, BC Coorey's errors were so enormous that the spectators made banners to ridicule him and he had to be given police protection while leaving the ground. And the Test also marked the end of his umpiring career.

Coorey turned down an LBW appeal against Mike Atherton during England's first innings and then helped Nasser Hussain in making a match-winning hundred as he refused to accept at least three appeals which could have easily sent back Hussain the pavilion. Later he also denied Murali a caught and bowled opportunity against Graeme Hick.

However, the biggest mistake he committed was to give Jayasuriya out when he was caught by Graham Thorpe on a bump ball. The decision made the Sri Lankan batsman outrageous and the crowd went berserk.