{"id":356032,"date":"2025-12-18T12:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/356032\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:25:10","slug":"sack-snicko-england-and-australia-frustrated-by-drs-drama-again-in-third-ashes-test-ashes-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/356032\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sack\u2019 Snicko: England and Australia frustrated by DRS drama again in third Ashes Test | Ashes 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

England\u2019s batting coach, Marcus Trescothick, described the use of the decision review system in the third Ashes Test as \u201cnot ideal\u201d, at the end of another day of questionable spikes, dubious frame-alignment and a dismissal of Jamie Smith that echoed the confusion of the opening day.<\/p>\n

The DRS technology in use in Australia was widely criticised on day one<\/a> after Alex Carey had been wrongly reprieved by the third umpire after feathering a catch to Jamie Smith on 72. The culprit in that case appears to have been operator error involving a mismatch of sound-wave and picture frame selection.<\/p>\n

On Thursday Smith himself was also given not out in mid-afternoon despite Australia being convinced he had gloved a bouncer from Pat Cummins. Mitchell Starc could be heard through the stump mic calling for Snicko to be \u201csacked\u201d, while Marnus Labuschagne scoffed at the idea Smith needed a concussion check, doubting he had been struck on the helmet at all.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards Smith was given out on review after toe-ending another Cummins short ball, despite another audio spike that may or may not have matched up with the pictures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not an ideal scenario,\u201d Trescothick said at close of play. \u201cOf course, we\u2019ve been on the back end of some poor ones yesterday, and a few ones that you sort of question over the course of today. So it\u2019s up for the powers that be behind the scenes to try and work that out, but as players, we\u2019ve just got to trust in the process of what the ICC [International Cricket<\/a> Council], the match referees, the umpires and everybody officiating on this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trescothick was equally nonplussed over Smith\u2019s dismissal, maintaining that he hadn\u2019t asked England\u2019s wicketkeeper if he had actually nicked the ball. \u201cThere was some debate about the timing of Snicko, but I think there was enough chat out on the field [about that].\u201d<\/p>\n

Either side it was a day of toil for England\u2019s batters as they moved to 213 for eight in pursuit of Australia\u2019s 371, with the prospect of a series-saving victory increasingly distant. \u201cI think we\u2019re still fighting, we\u2019re still scrapping away in terms of what we\u2019re trying to do. Australia bowled well, and didn\u2019t make it easy for us. and credit to them for that, but you\u2019ve just got to keep digging in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith speak to umpires Ahsan Raza and Nitin Menon after an appeal for Smith\u2019s wicket is sent to the third umpire during day two of the third Test. Photograph: Gareth Copley\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trescothick revealed Stokes had been suffering from cramp throughout the afternoon as he batted out the day in 37C heat. \u201cHe found it hard getting the volume of sort of carbohydrate drink into him, I think more than anything else because he was sweating so quickly. He couldn\u2019t drink as much as he wanted so he\u2019s feeling a bit ill. He was cramping for probably most of that last session. But it\u2019s kind of what he does, and it almost sort of focuses him at his best.\u201d<\/p>\n

England\u2019s batting coach denied the top order had let their captain down by failing to replicate his doggedness at the crease. \u201cI think everybody\u2019s trying 100% and working as hard as they can do and doing everything you need to be working. Success comes and goes. It\u2019s not a given that you\u2019re going to succeed in every series. It\u2019s just maybe we haven\u2019t had the success that they wanted to have at this stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has the opportunity when they go out there to read the situation and judge what they\u2019re going to try and do. Ben has chosen to play in that fashion today and he\u2019s gone about it in a way that he thought was right. I thought Australia made it tricky for the guys to get in and dominate or control the situation just when we were trying to get going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England\u2019s batting coach, Marcus Trescothick, described the use of the decision review system in the third Ashes Test…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-356032","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\/356032","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=356032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}