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ross emerson

ross alexander emerson -lrb- born 26 february 1954 -rrb- is a former australian cricket umpire who is best known for calling sri lankan off-spinner muttiah muralitharan for throwing .
he also played grade cricket for petersham-marrickville in the sydney grade cricket competition .
he is the brother-in-law of former australian swing bowler terry alderman .
after making his first-class umpiring debut in the 1982-83 season , emerson was promoted to the national umpires panel in 1993-94 .
he made his odi debut in a match between sri lanka and the west indies in brisbane in january , 1996 .
he immediately became controversial , no-balling muralitharan seven times , and continuing to do so even when he switched to bowling legbreaks , which are regarded as being impossible to throw .
this led to muralitharan being dropped by sri lanka for the rest of the tour , as he was unable to bowl without being called .
emerson continued to officiate in odis for the next three years , standing in nine more games , all in australia , but it was his last game which overshadowed even the first .
on 23 january 1999 in adelaide , standing at square leg , emerson once again called muralitharan , leading to sri lankan captain arjuna ranatunga to lead his team off the field in protest and consult team management and the match referee .
the match later continued after emerson threatened to award the match to england , with muralitharan confined to bowling legbreaks ; emerson claimed that cricket was controlled by asian countries .
mahela jayawardene went on to score a century and the sri lankans won in the last over .
emerson was subsequently stood down , and then was not reappointed to officiate again .
he subsequently retired from cricket , and as of november 2004 , is the president of swimming western australia .
however , he remained defiant , saying that muralitharan 's action was `` worse than ever '' .
however , cricket commentator peter roebuck labelled emerson a `` nincompoop '' .
as of early 2011 , emerson is working as a senior investigator in the corporate governance directorate of the department of health of western australia .
he continues to remain defiant about muralitharan 's bowling .
