an operator putting up the sound on the stump microphone at the bowler\u2019s end<\/a>, instead of Carey\u2019s end, hence the big spike appeared.<\/p>\nWhile Carey may still have edged the delivery, the wrong graphic was shown, which was the reason why it was out of sync.<\/p>\n
Ponting and Greenberg both expressed dismay at the error, with Ponting withering in his criticism, claiming that Snicko technology is inferior to the UltraEdge product used in England.<\/p>\n
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Ricky Ponting commentates in both Australia and England, and says the DRS technology Down Under is not up to scratch.Credit: Reuters<\/p>\n
\u201cThis technology that we are using here [in Australia] is simply not as good as technology that\u2019s used in other countries,\u201d Ponting said on Seven. \u201cYou talk to the umpires, they\u2019ll tell you the same thing. They can\u2019t trust it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve got a third umpire sitting up in there that\u2019s got to make decisions based on what he\u2019s seeing that the technology is providing, and sometimes they have a gut feel that it\u2019s not right.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can\u2019t happen. You\u2019ve got to be able to trust the technology that\u2019s in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Carey\u2019s DRS reprieve followed a similar drama around English counterpart Smith\u2019s first Test dismissal in Perth, where the visiting keeper was given out caught behind despite replay frames not matching up with the Snicko audio panel.<\/p>\n
Under its most recent broadcast deal with Sky, the ECB agreed to help pay the cost of using industry-leading technology operators Hawk-Eye and UltraEdge to ensure that match officials have access to the best-available aids for decision-making.<\/p>\n
That decision followed queries from Sky about the cost of these aids. Broadcasters have increasingly looked to keep operating costs down, while governing bodies have a responsibility to help umpires be as accurate as possible in their adjudication.<\/p>\n
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Greenberg acknowledged as much before play on day two after the DRS drama \u201ccaused me some heartburn\u201d the previous evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say we\u2019re very hands-on because, ultimately, these are providers that are licensed by the ICC,\u201d Greenberg told SEN Cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe broadcasters then engage that supplier. But the short answer is: we\u2019re not happy with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t think it\u2019s good enough, and we definitely think we need to be assured that it won\u2019t happen again. So we\u2019re asking the right questions of the right people.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what I can understand, having dug into it a little bit … there\u2019s two human errors. One is the actual decision from the umpire, and then there\u2019s supposed to be a fail-safe with the technology. That didn\u2019t happen. In my view, that\u2019s not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gaffaney gave Smith out based on a Snicko spike, but with a gap between frames it was unclear…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-355795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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