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*Official* Third Test at Old Trafford

Cabinet96

Global Moderator
Have to remember that without DRS it would've been out anyway. DRS hasn't actually changed the match with a bad decision. It's just sad that it hasn't overturned one that should've been.
 

AlanJLegend

U19 Vice-Captain
I am willing to accept that that the DRS is not perfect, and that sometimes decisions do not always go our way. But that was ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. I hope some kind of action is taken against somebody, because that is an absolute garbage decision.
 

Adders

Cricketer Of The Year
Anyone agree now that DRS needs to go until they can instill some common sense in the ****wit 3rd umpires???

Absolute ****ing travesty........no joy in getting that wicket at all.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
That truely is one of the worst decisions of all-time. There've been some shockers in the history of the game, but given all the technology (other than snicko), and they still can't see something as obvious as Khawaja missing that. Pathetic. This is just fuelling BCCI's decision not to accept UDRS. If done correctly it'd help the game, but been some real weird decisions in this series.
No it isn't. The issue here is bad umpiring.
 

Swingpanzee

International Regular
Why the **** are people bitching about the DRS? When you've got a dickhead 3rd umpire, you can't do anything about it.

Tbh Bell should ha been not out against India in CT as well. I hate 3rd umpires. **** them all.
 

Uppercut

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That's such a joke. This series really needs third umpires that aren't ****ing idiots.
 

Burgey

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See, what ****s me is the poor **** could lose his international career over a decision like that.

Khawaja I mean, not the third umpire who should lose his career over it.
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
That's up there with the Andy Bichel (?) to Kallis decision back in around 2002 as completely ridiculous caught behinds.

Specialist third umpires needed; these on-field ****s clearly can't use technology at all.
 

Stapel

International Regular
It's nothing to with DRS, just amazingly bad umpiring.
Indeed. DRS did its job perfectly. It's just the severly mentally handicapped sorry excuse of a 3rd umpire called Kumar Dharmasena

Somebody punch him in the face please! Warner is back, right?
 

Expressway76

U19 Vice-Captain
All the other over ruled snicks so far in this series have actually been shown to be good decisions. That on the other hand was probably the worst umpiring decision ever given the technology and time available to the 3rd ****wi...I mean umpire..
 

Spikey

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I mean, the most basic form of technology (a replay) showed that was clearly not-out i dont think snicko would have changed the 3rd umps mind
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Nah it is. Those of us who support it used to accuse detractors of flatearthism. We can't deny reality and say this is working.
It depends what you decide the argument is though. That decision just now isn't an advertisement for not having DRS at all because the standing umpire gave it out originally anyway, but it's another one for the "it could be working a lot better and needs some significant changes" camp.
 

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