Not a crack at you in particular morgieb, but this is a completely **** reason to give someone not out. It's cricket, not who's the most convincing actor FFS.Agar seems line-ball personally. Was very hard to tell whether he got back on time. If pushed, I'd say he was out, but BOTD probably made the most sense. It'd have taken a brave umpire to give it.
As for Trott, I didn't watch it, so it's hard to say. Apparently Snicko suggests there was no nick, but it was lacking certain angles of HotSpot. Given how adamant Trott seemed that he hit it, and that Snicko doesn't count, it was probably best to stick with the on-field call, but it did seem like that was out.
But England have had some luck too. Although those were consistent with UDRS.
Anyway, we've got a roughly 50/50 split of those who saw and edge and those who didn't. Given that's a decent enough sample size, it's not exactly damning that Erasmus went one way or another; no matter what decision he made he's wrong with half of us. Both sides, roughly, are seeing what they want to see.
Its a marginal decision that could have gone either way, and tbh there is nothing overly conclusive either way. Move the **** on; in extremely marginal calls there is **** all an umpire can do but make the call he feels is right. Calling Erasmus' character into question is absolutely woeful.
A 50/50 decision shouldn't matter if a side plays well. If England didn't bowl trash Agar would never have got to 98 despite the marginal stumping (haven't seen video so not passing judgement). Similarly, KP and Cook batting well should render the Trott decision relatively moot. Given there was another decision earlier on that went against Starc when it was cannoning into leg stump, I think we can pretty safely say that these things tend to even out.
I personally don't think Trott hit it, and Erasmus saw the video evidence as showing nothing. He made the call to the best of his ability in a very marginal, high-pressure situation. It isn't like Erasmus is the only one to have come to that conclusion for the footage. Its a close call that could have gone either way. Move on.
Lack of side-on hotspot is shocking though.
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