| The problem with this particular referral, or review, or whatever it is known as, is that there was clear daylight between bat and ball. Daryl Harper, the third umpire upstairs, doesn't have the benefit of Hawkeye or Hotspot ... but he didn't need them, so conclusive the evidence appeared to be. Oh well - nothing like a bit of drama to spice things up. And West Indies, for all this latest technological confusion, have a seriously tasty lead of 74. | |
| 157.4 | Harmison to Powell, OUT, a bouncer down the leg side which Powell tries to hook, and Prior gathers it smartly to his left. Up goes the finger of Tony Hill but, predictably, Powell's called for a referral! Replays suggest he didn't make contact, quite conclusive from our eyes - but the third umpire has adjudicated that he did hit the ball, and Hill's finger goes up for a second time. Well, I'm afraid this is a bit of a farcical way to end the innings |
DBL Powell c  Prior b Harmison 9 (23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 39.13 | |
Elite Panel? 98% decisions right? Really?
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Which begs the question: so what now, a referral for the incorrectly adjudicated referrals?
I haven't seen play from the second day onwards thanks to the brilliant decision of my cable provider to remove the only channel that shows this match without prior warning, but when Cricinfo prints with as damning conviction as they have on that dismissal you've got to wonder what the ICC is hoping to achieve with these poorly thought out and badly executed systems working on the sorry framework that restricts the third umpire.
I believe that 98% includes all the ludicrous LBW appeals, such as the ball pitching 2 feet outside legstump and spinning into the batsman's pads, that inflate the numbers. Doesn't that make 2% sounds large though? :)
I don't think I have seen a more obvious mistake from a third umpire.
Technology-shmechnology.
Achettup,
It does.. And I saw the Harper decision on TV and was appalled - it is one thing for the umpire to make the call in real time, whole different thing for the third umpire to make the same call with the help of slow motion replays. And the fact that there was daylight between bat and ball doesnt seem to have registered anywhere with the third umpire.
And absolute travesty!
BTW, The Harper decision was the last thing I saw today and now I am miserable!
Cheers,
Me neither UJ
Cheers,
lol Samir :)
Cheers,
"I don't think I have seen a more obvious mistake from a third umpire."
Homer, Jrod:
Have you forgotten the 2 stumpings that were not given by the third umpire against Symonds in Jan 2008? That not only cost India a series win in Australia but also started off an Indo-Aussie blogger war which persists to day. Surely, that was the most obvious?
Brings back memories of Eddie 'Cant find his backside with his hands' Nichols.
98% does seem a bloated figure. May be it also includes decisions to signal the boundaries as well.
I think the ICC should clarify the reasond Harper's decision.
Also the ICC should be more clear about the process to be followed and can the third umpire adjudicate on edges when no other part of the batsman is involved.
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