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[jimster]

Im sure majority of people on here saw the latest wicket taken by England including the review by Khawaja. Even supporting England i for some reason an shocked at the decision to dismiss Khawaja. Hot spot and slow motion clearly showed on the review that he did not hit the ball and the noise was in fact him hitting his thigh pad. Why was the decision not over turned? Its ridiculous.

[Jacky]

Someone must lose their job, they are simply not up to the task of making simple decisions and surely not good enough to be umpiring the biggest series in International cricket.

[Red Ink Cricket]

There did seem to be another noise after the bat hit the pad just as the ball passed the bat. Whilst the evidence didn't show a nick it wasn't obviously a howler or the umpire wouldn't have looked at numerous angles etc. I don't think it was out but decision stays with the onfield umpire

[thedevil]

Someone must lose their job, they are simply not up to the task of making simple decisions and surely not good enough to be umpiring the biggest series in International cricket.

There was a second noise which on the slow motion reply seened to come as the ball went past the edge however hot spot and the replay from behind showed he was not close to hitting the ball, surely that is enough to give the decision not out but obviously that's not 'conclusive' enough these days

[Jacky]

It's quite simply a laugh, the umpires have been terrible this series.

[uknsaunders]

the problem is the ICC and the rules. Umpires call is the most stupid thing I've ever seen. The technology is pretty blameless but has to prove the umpire wrong now. When they first started using DRS all it had to do was show nothing had hit the bat and the decision was overtuned. Now it has to prove beyond any doubt, so the ump get's away with a shocker. The LBW law is a farce, if the ump say's it was hitting then it only has to skim the stumps but the bowlers have to have half the ball inside the stumps.

[Jacky]

The entire system needs an overhaul I'm sure we'll all agree!

[petehosk]

I am sure that some of the poor decisions from the Umpires for both teams in this series will force a review of improvements?
Or at least we should live in hope.

[smokem]

There was a second noise which on the slow motion reply seened to come as the ball went past the edge however hot spot and the replay from behind showed he was not close to hitting the ball, surely that is enough to give the decision not out but obviously that's not 'conclusive' enough these days

There was a side-on slow-mo with sound (and snicko - I know snicko is not allowed) showing the second noise coming AFTER the ball passed the bat. Pity this was only shown after Khawaja was back in the pavilion. I can only summise that the 3rd umpire did not have access to this particular side-on replay or it would have been overturned. If that's the case, then the technology failed also...

[beaver5]

Makes DRS pointless. That is exactly what it was brought in for in the first place, to overturn the really bad mistakes. If that decision can't be overturned then there is no point having it and we should just go back to the umpires decision is final.

[BigBlueMachine]

That decision transcends Ashes rivalry and should unite all cricket fans regardless of their loyalty of the disgrace that is the DRS.

[Number4]

It's a shame we keep talking about the poor use of DRS instead of the great cricket being played

[uknsaunders]

No issues with the technology, just the idiots implementing it.

[Number4]

No issues with the technology, just the idiots implementing it.

Exactly!!!

[BigBlueMachine]

It's a shame we keep talking about the poor use of DRS instead of the great cricket being played

Unfortunately this.