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ash their rivals England and Australia were united in their growing astonishment at the reliability of the Snickometer technology on the second day of the third Test. adelaide,
DRS technology, designed to assist umpires on the sides based on audio output from stump microphones, came under criticism on the opening day when Australia alex carey Was retrieved incorrectly.
He bowled 72, but was saved after an operator error produced an incredible sound wave that showed a clear difference between the noise and the ball passing through the bat. Australia scored 76 more runs before Carey was out on his century.
England took the matter to match referee Jeff Crowe, who duly reinstated his lost review, leading to an admission that he had been wronged, but the matter was not over.
There were further problems on Thursday as it became clear that no one involved had confidence in the ‘snicko’ system, which had also drawn criticism in the first Test in Perth.
Australia was confident they had jamie smith The catch was dropped off the glove at the score of 16, but the snicker ruled in favor of the England batsman, who indicated that the ball had only hit his helmet. There was also doubt over the slip catch, which appeared to be close to falling to the ground, but this was not the reason for the not out decision.
Fast bowler Mitchell Starc was heard offering a poor assessment on the stump microphone.
He said, “Snicko needs to be fired. This is technology at its worst.”
“They make a mistake the other day and make another mistake today.”
Marnus Labuschagne was also heard making light of the investigation into Smith’s injury, with him clearly suspecting he suffered a helmet hit.
The confusion continued when Smith was given out shortly afterwards, caught behind off the bowling of Pat Cummins. Australia were confident they had their man, it appeared that Smith thought he was innocent, but umpire Nitin Menon further increased the sense of uncertainty by signaling for a TV review when he failed to give a decision.
Smith was given out despite another sinking problem, with a spike visible a frame earlier. They threw up their weapons in surprise; former England spinner Graeme Swann was among those who expressed their anger.
He said on TNT Sport, “I don’t want to sound like a whining pom, but it seems like one rule for one and another rule for the other. Throw Snicko away – that’s nonsense.”
Alex Hartley was equally amazed on Test Match Special.
“This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. This is where Snicko needs to be fired,” he said.
“Jamie Smith is convinced he didn’t hit it. Australia have gone up and made a louder noise because everyone knows you don’t trust Snicko anymore, so you appeal everything and review it if necessary.”
BBG, who issued a statement accepting responsibility for Carey’s mistake, made no formal comment on the occasion, but is understood to have told broadcasters he believed both of Smith’s decisions were correct.