Billy Bowden is no longer an elite umpire. Aleem Dar barring the odd strange decision is probably the best umpire out there along with Marais Erasmus - although the latter clearly missed the seminar on how DRS works.
The best umpires might be the 4 English ones (I've no idea) but of course we'll never see them! Add in the 4 Aussie umpires, and there aren't many to choose from for 10 Ashes Tests!
After that though, I thought I heard a second noise... maybe I'm going crazy.
Could have been the batsman dragging his back foot, definitely not out though.
it was a click, which snicko showed was made after the ball had passed. But i can totally see how the 3rd umpire came to that decision. Think the commentators are being unnecessarily harsh.
After that though, I thought I heard a second noise... maybe I'm going crazy.
Wrong decision in the end, but without the benefit of snicko, there was definitely a click at about the time the ball passed the bat and that was clearly why the 3rd ump gave it out. It was only snicko that showed the noise to be after the ball had passed.
typical Ian Botham ignoring it for his own opinion. Bad commentating, of course Warne is going to be ticked off about it.
This, absolutely. Botham's going on about how you can 'see a gap' which is inconclusive at best, but ignoring the second noise. The guys an arrogant git who thinks everyone else's opinion is worthless. Like I say though, after all that, it was a wrong decision that snicko would've corrected.
After that though, I thought I heard a second noise... maybe I'm going crazy.
Could have been the batsman dragging his back foot, definitely not out though.
it was a click, which snicko showed was made after the ball had passed. But i can totally see how the 3rd umpire came to that decision. Think the commentators are being unnecessarily harsh.
Snicko is not part of DRS (it takes too long to get the results) but they do use ambient sound - so I presume Dhamasena confirmed the on-field umpire's decision based on that rather than hot-spot and the human eye which suggested that it was close, but not out.
The question I have about snicko though is whether it is perfectly synchronised with the pictures. Sound and light travel at different speeds.
these 3rd umpire calls get worse and worse .. at least the original decision was 'out' so the Aussies are no worse off than if there was no technology to check the decision .. but the whole idea is that referrals eliminate gross errors .. so far in this series this is just not happening
Did the guy in the TMO chair make the error though. As David Lloyd said, he can only give a positive or negative answer to a question posed by the on-field umpire. If the question is something like "Is there a definitive reason to overturn the decision" then the TMO can only say, no. He's not allowed to say that he's 90% sure the batsman didn't hit it, he can't only say he definitely did hit it or he definitely didn't. So in this case with the second "click" noise, the TMO can't say with 100% certainty that the batsman didn't hit the ball, so the on-field decision stands.
It's harsh on the batsman, and doubly harsh as they lose the referral, but it's hard to argue that the TMO got it wrong without knowing how the question was posed. What is clear is that the TMO isn't allowed to speculate, to overturn the decision he must be 100% certain the on-field decision was wrong.
The second noise is key. Without snicko it introduces doubt into the third umpire's mind. As it turn out it's probably the bat catching the floor or the boot/front-pad. But in real time and even the slow-mos there's a very woody/clicky noise apparently as the ball passes the bat. With that in mind how can the third umpire be certain enough there was no contact to overturn the on-field decision.
If the on-field umpire has given not out then the decision would never have been reversed.
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Eng no change are the rumours.
Reckon it could be a straight swap though. Which is great for England.
Smith (Test average 29) will bat at five.
Rumoured changes for Australia are confirmed. Clarke says Warner will bat at six.
England unchanged.
Rogers 52*
Watson 18*
76-1. Watson caught in the slips for 19.
Looked a dodgy decision on DRS to me, great take by Prior though.
Like I say though, after all that, it was a wrong decision that snicko would've corrected.
The question I have about snicko though is whether it is perfectly synchronised with the pictures. Sound and light travel at different speeds.
DRS tech isn't the problem, it works, it's the umpire in the TMO chair who has made the mistakes
It's harsh on the batsman, and doubly harsh as they lose the referral, but it's hard to argue that the TMO got it wrong without knowing how the question was posed. What is clear is that the TMO isn't allowed to speculate, to overturn the decision he must be 100% certain the on-field decision was wrong.
Anyway 146/3, Swann got Rogers LBW for 84 and there was no doubt about that decision.
If the on-field umpire has given not out then the decision would never have been reversed.