**Official** 3rd Test @Brisbane (Ewwwww), 14th-18th December

[OverratedSanity]

Would you be one of those English umpires from before the nineties who usually turns down anything that isn't pitching between the wickets (as if the rule change in 1935 never happened) but fired anyone who padded up, even if it looked like it was heading nowhere near the stumps?

Someone post that blewett lbw off mushtaq ahmed again please

 

[social]

Yeah, justification used to be that you’ve got a bat so plenty got fired for padding up

 

[social]

Looks out if no edge

 

[Spark]

Exactly who I was thinking of. I liked it when Fred Titmus said he thought he was a second rate umpire because he interpreted the rule incorrectly.

DRS's greatest contribution - apart from getting more decision right obviously - is how much it's exposed a lot of previously feted umpires and umpiring practices as being far more interested in shaping preferred playstyles rather than actually enforcing the laws of the game

 

[Burgey]

If there’s no edge here he’s gone for all money

 

[Spark]

How have they not reviewed that?!

EDIT: Oh that's why

 

[morgieb]

That looks plumb if no bat.

 

[morgieb]

Oh wow. Smith tends to be a bit unlucky with LBW's at time, he's definitely making up for it here lol

 

[social]

Smith is all over the place

 

[OverratedSanity]

Quality umpiring, that

 

[Spark]

Quality umpiring, that

Honestly even better decision from Rohit, you'd think that 95% of captains would have gone for it there

 

[Burgey]

Why is the bowler even touching the bails in the first place?

Why is the batsman tbf

 

[Spark]

Someone post that blewett lbw off mushtaq ahmed again please

Chappell being on commentary is very fitting for this clip as he's one of the worst offenders in "if you pad up you should be given out (even if the ball wouldn't hit the stumps)" stakes

 

[Shady Slim]

one over too many for siraj and not just because he got hurt, more to the point because he was getting stroppy and not bowling particularly threatingly to either bat when they have bumrah and jadeja available

 

[Prince EWS]

DRS's greatest contribution - apart from getting more decision right obviously - is how much it's exposed a lot of previously feted umpires and umpiring practices as being far more interested in shaping preferred playstyles rather than actually enforcing the laws of the game

The very existence of lbw laws has always been to shape preferred playstyles tbf.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Chappeli the best/worst part of this

 

[Nintendo]

Bumrah needs to bowl a bit straighter to head. Get that last ball at the shoulder and he's gonna get himself out.

Edit: Much better line next ball.

 

[Burgey]

Bad signs for Siraj there. Hopefully precautionary in the lead up to lunch. Put in a decent stint in that spell. What was it, seven on the bounce? That’s a long spell at the fetid shithole

 

[Spark]

The very existence of lbw laws has always been to shape preferred playstyles tbf.

Oh absolutely, but they should be shaped using rule changes (which I think should be considered) rather than umpires just randomly winging it

 

[Qlder]

That's it Sharma, over bowl Siraj with 7 overs in a row and now brings Bumrah back to bowl him into the ground