The standard of umpiring in the Ashes, the biggest series in the test format has been absolutely shocking.
And while in the first test, there was a lot of talk on the umpiring, because of decisions overturned, there were similarly a lot of bad decisions in the second one.
The difference is they won't overturned since they weren't reviewed
And while Paine and Langer have been grieving over missed reviews, the umpires did get it wrong, didn't they? Again and again.
Out on Back page live, I remember Crash talking about how 9/14 umpires on the elite panel are from either Aus or Eng and aren't neutral - so aren't involved, but what we saw in tests of these magnitude wasn't elite from 2 of the remaining 5. It was piss poor.
Which brings us to more tech questions. Why can't an umpire consult with the third umpire if he isn't sure of an lbw? Give a soft signal and let them check if it's something blatant that you've missed.
And bad calls decide games. It's not always the perogative of the players to call umpires out for their wrong calls. It's the umpires job to get it right !
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