AUS vs IND 2nd Test | ‘I heard noise on Pujara one’: Matthew Wade requires consistency in umpiring
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Australia cricket gamers known as for consistency in using snickometer within the Decision Review System after their skipper Tim Paine was given out caught behind off the bowling of spinner Ravindra Jadeja on referral through the third day of the second Test although Cheteshwar Pujara had survived an identical name for caught behind towards Pat Cummins on the primary ball of the second day on Sunday.
In each instances, the hotspot didn’t present any spot on the 2 bats however the snicko confirmed just a little spike in each the soundwaves.
“Haven’t seen too much of it. Not a lot of it. But it (Paine’s dismissal) looked actually very similar to the one of Pujara. From what I have seen, the snicko showed a very similar thing. One was given out, one was not given out. The cookie crumbles sometimes but we need consistency,” stated Australia opening batsman Matthew Wade.
“I heard a noise on Pujara one. I was at first slip at that time. The bat was the only thing out there. We saw what you guys saw. I am assuming there was a small spike. Either way, if it is out or not out, the consistency is what you want as a player,” added Wade.
Former Australia tempo bowler Merv Hughes additionally raised questions over the umpire’s choice.
“You need two pieces of information to overturn that decision (of Paine’s dismissal) which was originally given not out by the umpire. One is the hotspot and the other is the snicko. You cannot overturn an on-field umpire’s decision on the basis of just one,” stated Hughes to ABC Sport.
