Dara Dotiwalla, 85, the former Test umpire, who passed away in Mumbai yesterday after a prolonged illness, was not just a famous name with Indian cricketers in the 1980s. The Australians, who figured in the Chennai Tied Test of 1986, will remember him as well.

As well documented, the final day of the Test was not played in the best of spirits and Dotiwalla didn't hesitate to warn the Australians of consequences. When he thought Allan Border was slowing down the game, he warned the Australian captain that he would send him off if the over-rate didn't improve. A stunned Border walked to his vice-captain David Boon to ask him whether the umpire could do that. Boon, now a match referee, didn't have an answer for his captain and according to Border, he just said, "buggered if I know."