In Nov 2015 New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor claimed that video umpire made a mistake to reprieve Nathan Lyon as the decision review system came under fire.The contentious call by Nigel Llong halted the Black Caps' charge in the third Test, allowing Australia to turn what appeared to be a sizeable first-innings deficit into a handy lead.The same Nigel Llong was under cloud again today at Perth. “ There's a big shout for caught behind down the leg-side for Paine, but it appears to have flicked his trousers instead. He has played a very gritty innings (eight off 26 balls) even if it hasn't been his prettiest knock.”~and that's stumps! Australia finish at 4-132 off 48 overs, with a lead of 175. Keep in mind Aaron Finch has not been sighted since he copped a nasty knock on the finger. India took 4-99 in the final session of the day. .. ..that is match status at Perth, 2nd Test – India Australia 2018 day 3 close of play.Nathan Lyon, the off-spinner has emerged as Australia’s best cricketer of the series thus far.The off-spinner took the key wicket of Ajinkya Rahane for 51 in the first over of the day then cleaned up the Indian tail to help Australia emerge with a 43-run first innings lead. Lyon snaffled a return catch from Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant mishit him to Mitchell Starc at long on and Jasprit Bumrah edged the offie to first slip to end India’s innings and give Lyon his fifth wicket for the innings. Lyon finished with the figures of 5/67 as his stellar series continued. He now has 13 wickets in this series thus far. While India played with 4 pacers – Ishant, Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav with Hanuma Vihari bowling parttime spin and taking 2 wickets, Aussies had one off-spinner and 3 pacers for the new ground at Perth.Kohli scored his 25th Test century on Sunday morning, becoming the first player to reach three figures in Test cricket at Perth Stadium, and celebrated in unique fashion as the swelling crowd showered him with applause. After he confidently bunted Australia spearhead Mitchell Starc down the ground to bring up his hundred, Kohli removed his helmet, put it on the ground, pointed to his bat then mimicked talking with his glove... .. and when got out – it was more of a poor Umpiring decision than anything else.
Statisticallyhis 25 - Centuries in Tests have come in 127
innings. Only Sir Don Bradman (in 68 innings) had completed 25 hundreds in
fewer innings. Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar had taken 130 and 138 innings
respectively. Kohli is the 21st batsman
to register 25 or more centuries in Test cricket, and the fourth from India.His 6 tons
in tests in Australia have come in just 19 innings. Only two visiting batsmen have
scored more: nine centuries by Jack Hobbs in 45 innings and seven by Wally
Hammond in 35 innings. Herbert Sutcliffe and Tendulkar also scored six
centuries each.A master of a different
World, is what he is becoming !
Umpire Decision
Review System (DRS) is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the
match officials with their decision-making. On-field umpires may choose to consult with
the third umpire (TV Umpire); players
may request that the third umpire consider a decision of the on-field umpires
(known as a Player Review). The main elements that have been used are
television replays, technology that tracks the path of the ball and predicts
what it would have done, microphones to detect small sounds made as the ball
hits bat or pad, and infra-red imaging to detect temperature changes as the
ball hits bat or pad.DRS was formally
used in a Test in 2008, first used in an ODI in Jan 2011, and first used in a T20I
in Oct 2017.Though it was first introduced in 2008 in a three-Test series
between Srilanka and India, India had been a vociferous critic of the system
claiming that it is not fool-proof.
Today it
was to the fore again.Peter Handscomb was
n involved in a controversial catch which dismissed Virat Kohli today.The Victorian
-fielding at second slip - was adamant he had taken a legitimate catch, having
claimed the ball in his fingertips after Kohli had edged Pat Cummins just
before lunch on day three at Optus Stadium. After several replays, video umpire
Nigel Llong gave Kohli out after not finding conclusive evidence to overturn
the on-field soft signal of out given by officiating umpire Kumar Dharmasena. Kohli
made a sterling 123 to keep India in the match. At lunch the visitors were
7/252, 74 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 326.
The things
to blame are : the soft-signal (why a signal when unsure); the adamancy of the
fielder and the TV Umpire Nigel Llong’s failure to see what was clear
otherwise. The Cricketing world was
divided. Former
Australian captain Ricky Ponting believed Handscomb had taken a fair catch. "He's
confident he got his hands underneath the ball, no conclusive evidence to
overturn the soft signal out," Ponting said on Channel Seven. Mike Hussey,
speaking on Fox Sports, was not as sure but did not believe Handscomb had been
dishonest in claiming the catch. "I think he did manage to get his fingers
underneath the ball," Hussey said. But he questioned if "some part of
the ball was probably touching the ground" due to how far apart
Handscomb's fingers were.Adam Gilchrist
slammed it - “This putting the finger up and saying ‘yep, that’s out’, it
reminds me of Ricky Ponting in Sydney some years ago in what ended up turning
into one of the uglier Test matches,” he said.
The TV
replays shown to us clearly showed that ball touched ground before and no part
of finger of Handscome was underneath it .. .. still a catch claimed,
Dharmasena referred it with a soft-signal, Llong could not see despite
technology and Kohli given out !!
Remember in Jan
2008 at Sydney, India lost the match – more than a couple of umpiring errors
and some controversies did contribute to hastenthe end result in that match.Sourav Ganguly was sore on that occasion and commented that umpire Mark
Benson should have consulted Steve Bucknor in adjudicating on the controversial
catch which led to his dismissal in the second innings of the second Test.Batting on 51, Ganguly had edged Brett Lee
low to Michael Clarke at second slip who immediately claimed the catch and the
Australians celebrated before awaiting the umpire's decision. Ganguly,
convinced that the catch hadn't carried, waited at the crease. Benson opted not
to consult Bucknor at square leg and instead took Ricky Ponting's word that the
catch was legitimate.It was among
several decisions that went against India through the Test and played a big
part in their defeat.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
16th Dec
2018.
