On Jan 19, 1:56 pm, mohan Singh <
singhmohan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw the footage.
> There is a woody sound as the ball passes the bat, hot spot shows no
> edge on the bat and also no hot spot on the pants.
In other words, the evidence is inconclusive as some points towards
"out" and some to "not out", hence under the regulations in which DRS
is used, the decision remains with the on-field umpires.
> The give away is
> Strauss body language with face down trying to walk off and then
> asking Cook before reviewing it, if it was the pant he would not have
> asked Cook.
The body language of the players is not something considered by DRS,
and in my opinion something that should not be considered by the
umpire either. If the umpire is not sufficiently sure that the ball
hit the bat buy seeing the edge/deflection and hearing or not hearing
the snick, then he should give it not out.
> This was a hot spot failure as the (woody) sound cannot be
> explained by hot spot on the bat pant or anywhere else (along with bat
> not hitting the pad).
That is not a failure of DRS. DRS is more sensitive to these things
than the umpires are, but that doesn't mean they have infinite
sensitivity.
> Ajmal case: The evidence via slow motion replay showed clearly that
> the ball came of the pad. 3rd umpire screwed up saying there is no
> conclusive evidence. Whole world except the umpires knew it was not
> out.
Again, you appear to be ignoring the regulations under which DRS is
used. DRS can only over-rule the umpire if and only if there is
conclusive evidence that the on-field umpires had made an error. If
the evidence is not conclusive, the umpires decision stands. So in
this case, the third umpires actions were correct.
> Both were DRS screw ups, one upheld because the ground umpire's
> original decision was correct.
> The way DRS is being used by the officials, it is getting weierder by
> the day.
No, on this occasion, based on your own account of what happened, the
DRS was used exactly as the regulation say that it should.