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[oblongballs]

I thought the problem wasn't that Dar was wrong (people seem happy that it was out) but that the process he used to arrive at his decision was flawed and could have resulted in an incorrect decision being made. I agree with your first and last sentences, though I would suggest that even if the third umpire doesn't need to directly operate the technology, having specialist 3rd umpires still wouldn't be a bad idea, as they'd just rack up so much more experience using the system that whilst mistakes would still inevitably happen, they should be much fewer and further between. I think they should be (relatively) easy to train, since I guess they'd only need to know a limited part of the laws?

That said, does Dar's (an experienced umpire) seeming to struggle with the process of 3rd umpiring suggest that the standards to which existing umpires are trained with the system are basically inadequate?

I don't think most people are happy it was given out. The angels available cold not differentiate if the ball hit either glove or something else, plus there was not hotspot from the other angle. I remember reading somewhere that in the DRS process, snicko is given almost absolute authority so even without a hotspot showing, it c an be given out. The problem is, it is difficult to ascertain from the pics if the ball hit the first hand or the back hand, which was off the bat.

Now considering the on field decision was not out (right?) the 3rd ump must have "conclusive" evidence to overturn the decision and no one believes the evidence was conclusive other than Dar himself. It's odd because he is one of the best umpires going but why he could not figure this one out is strange and likely a result of him not being called into action as 3rd ump that often.