Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
They'd have been stupid, indeed. My thoughts were the same when I watched the Collingwood delivery.tooextracool said:to be honest the ball never looked like hitting the stumps and even after it did at first i thought the keeper knocked the bails down. any umpire who gave an lbw to that ball were it to hit the pad would have to be a very brave one indeed.
I don't see that it proves a hell of a lot, really - any more than the fact that it couldn't interpret that Warne ball to Trescothick last summer.
No-one has ever suggested giving players out whenever the HawkEye shows the bails coming off, only when it shows it hitting pretty conclusively.