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[mr_wickets]

The idea of DRS is great. Should stop the poor decisions and stop teams getting shocking decisions. As with everything though, sides work out how to use it to their advantage and Anallise where things can be exploited. I think Khawaja was unlucky, however England must have known with the technology there it was unlikely to go against the umpires call.

Ultimately I think that is where the system fails by giving too much credit to the on field umpire. 

[joeylough]

It was out!

well given out anyways...

[sgcricket]

Dharmasena could have overturned the decision. The second noise was definitely not when the ball passed the edge as shown from the square cameras.
And why can't snicko be used as part of the DRS? It can be an aid for the umpire surely.

[Nickauger]

Dharmasena could have overturned the decision. The second noise was definitely not when the ball passed the edge as shown from the square cameras.
And why can't snicko be used as part of the DRS? It can be an aid for the umpire surely.

Takes too much time to set it up. The instant one on tele isn't accurate enough although gives a fair indication

[sgcricket]

Thanks for that. Learnt something new. Didn't know that.
But surely in this case, there was a gap and the 3rd umpire could have overturned. What do you think? Or is there some ambiguity with the rules regarding overturning??

[Manormanic]

I think there were two decisions today which highlight the ridiculousness of the review system, and a third that confirms it.

Khawaja's was a turkey.  You could tell watching live that he was nowhere near the ball and nothing on the TV replays offered any convincing reason to believe that he was.

The England review against Smith was almost as bad - no hotspot (which makes you wonder whether something is being applied to bats), but a clear noise that could only have been bat on ball and a deviation.  Should have been gone.

Then, having lost a review that they should have got, Smith is given not out to one of the plumbest LBWs but England couldn't review it!

Might as well do away with the system!

[shoab68]

Poor DRS system !! BCCI laughing ---

[sgcricket]

Manormanic has actually raised an important point: about substances applied to bats to fool hotspot.

[Vic Nicholas]

Manormanic has actually raised an important point: about substances applied to bats to fool hotspot.

I don't buy to be honest.

If you applied vaseline or something similar to somehow fool hotspot, the edge of your bat would look darker, not to mention be damp.

Surely an umpire and camera's would pick that up?

[Giraffe208]

You'd hope so, but you never know. Some strange goings on today but that's cricket I guess.

[alexhilly1492]

khawaja not out, steve smith out twice caught behind and lbw!!

[Buzz]

I have just seen the replay, there is a hotspot mark on usman's back pad.
the replay also shows what looks like a deflection.
I can see why it was given.

[Dhiraj]

If DRS can be so uncertain with all this technology...why cant we accept normal umpiring decisions( with some % of human error) and let the game be the way it was...BCCI will be laughing their (No Swearing Please) off!!!

[Gerry SA]

DRS is pretty much ok, about 98%.

The terrible standard of umpiring is beyond a joke.

Tony Hill, Kumar Dharmasena  and Marais Erasmus(pains me to bag my own countryman) aren't 'Elite" level.

[LEACHY48]

bring back billy bowden