Yep, with our batsmen for not lasting <3 sessions against a bowling attack that wasn't all that special. And losing 3 wickets to ****ing Clarke when we were on the brink of saving it.
Can't really blame Dar (who I think was responsible) for not giving Hussey out.
I don't think the issue is whether there was any doubt if it hit in line, it certainly did and the replays cleared that up. The issue is that the implementors feel there is a margin of error in Hawkeye's prediction of trajectory at distances > 2.5m from the stumps. For example, if the batsman is 2.5m down the wicket, umpire gives not out and Hawkeye shows the ball hitting the top of the stumps, or outside half of legstump, there is enough margin of error that it might have gone over/wide with 2.5m to travel, hence the guideline is to stay with the umpire's decision. In this case though, it was hitting mid-way up middle. When Bowden gave not out, it was probably on suspicion of an inside edge, or the ball hitting just outside line. With the combination of the two, he judged it not out. However, the impact with the stumps in this case was so obvious that once it was clear that there was no inside edge, and the ball was hitting in line, the decision should have been overturned. That guideline should only be taken into account when the ball is just about hitting the stumps and the batsman is well down the crease.
Yes. But it adds more fuel to G. I. Joe's argument that if you aren't doing it right, people will end up dissatisfied. Without UDRS, you know the final authority rests with (fallible) umpires and you are prepared for decisions going wrong. But if UDRS is available and basic common sense is not applied, only one of the teams can end up reaping its benefits.
