Published: Mar 08, 2019, 06:54 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 08, 2019, 06:54 PM (IST)
Aaron Finch’s lbw dismissal in the third ODI against India at Ranchi on Friday raised many eyebrows on the authenticity and accuracy of the ball-tracking system. The Australia captain was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav after the left-arm Chinaman bowler got his stock ball to straighten which caught Finch on the backfoot in the 32nd over. (India vs Australia, 3rd ODI: SCORECARD)
The on-field umpire C Shamshuddin ruled the batsman out lbw. Finch reviewed the decision and replays showed that the ball had pitched on leg stump, when it actually bounced on middle stump.
The glaring howler triggered a debate on social media. New Zealand allrounder James Neesham pointed out an absurd fault in the Decision Review System. (ALSO READ: Don’t want to think too far ahead: Usman Khawaja after maiden ODI hundred)
“Finch LBW. Are we just gonna ignore the fact that ball tracking had it pitching in a totally different place to reality? I saw it pitching middle, maybe even middle and off. Ball tracking had it pitching on leg. Still out but pretty weird,” he wrote on Twitter.
Finch LBW. Are we just gonna ignore the fact that ball tracking had it pitching in a totally different place to reality?
I saw it pitching middle, maybe even middle and off. Ball tracking had it pitching on leg.
Still out but pretty weird. #INDvsAUS
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) March 8, 2019
Former Australia batsman Mark Waugh too questioned the accuracy of the ball-tracking system. “Ummm DRS. I’ve got no doubt Finchy’s LBW was out but I can’t see how on the earth that ball was hitting middle stump. Looked at best leg stump,” he wrote on Twitter.
Ummm DRS. I’ve got no doubt Finchy’s LBW was out but I can’t see how on the earth that ball was hitting middle stump. Looked at best leg stump.
— Mark Waugh (@juniorwaugh349) March 8, 2019
Even if the ball had gone on to hit the stumps, it was a terrible mistake on the part of the ball-tracking technology being used.
— Tom Garrick (@tomgarrick1) March 8, 2019
Meanwhile, Finch missed out on a century by seven runs, but scored his first fifty-plus score in 22 innings in white-ball cricket since his record-breaking 172 in the Harare T20I.
