The Ashes 2019

<p ="msonormal"="">Australian captain Tim Paine’s failed gamble on a decision
review cost his team a certain victory in the most dramatic finish to a Test
match in recent memory.Paine reviewed a half-hearted shout from Pat Cummins that pitched outside
legside and then, with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>
out of reviews, Nathan Lyon had a plumb shout turned down in yet another Joel
Wilson umpire error. The Lyon shout should’ve removed Stokes for 131, delivering <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region> a
one-run Test victory. Paine said pre-game he had faith in <st1:city w:st="on">Wilson</st1:city> to bounce back, but he didn’t<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span>

<p ="msonormal"=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; -: initial; -: initial; -size: initial; -repeat: initial; -attachment: initial; -origin: initial; -clip: initial;">re the lbw and the umpire - this is exactly what is wrong
with sporting organisations world wide in relation to officials, total lack of
accountability.  this umpire makes 8 wrong decisions in the first test, he
should not have been sighted for the rest of the series.  Instead he is
third umpire for the 2nd and gives a catch that most people would agree
bounced.  the warning signs surely by now must be blaring, but no he still
gets to umpire the 3rd, makes a number more wrong calls and completely misses a
plumb lbw to decide the series.  easy to be critical of the reviews used,
but no-one who is playing in these tests could have any faith in any of the
umpires, and that is when reviews are burnt unnecessarily.  to have
umpires set in stone for the three first tests as they have had is a mistake,
and gives no flexibility to drop an under performing official,</span><o:p></o:p>

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<p ="msonormal"=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; -: initial; -: initial; -size: initial; -repeat: initial; -attachment: initial; -origin: initial; -clip: initial;">DRS was brought in to avoid clangers. Yet because of the
review system, around five this got through this match. Take reviews out of
players hands. If the umpire thinks there is a chance of a wicket, he reviews
it. Removes all doubts. And for those who say the DRS isn’t perfect, its far
closer than Joel Wilson will ever be. Better to go with a technology system
that may go wrong, rather than a human system that is clearly wrong on too many
occasions.</span>