"He would have known he'd hit it"

I'm sorry, but he's mid way through putting a lot of force through the bat and to expect to be able to feel such a tiny, tiny nick during that process is pretty slim, and in no way is it a justification of the third umpire's misinterpretation of what happened.

That said, we're had the rub of the green more that Australia have, so I suppose we move on.

Posted By: Dog on August 3rd 2013 at 17:59:17

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"He would have known he'd hit it" (Other Sports) - Dog, Aug 3, 17:59:17
- They already made up for the Khawaja fuck up though. Smith was out at least 3/4 times! (Other Sports) - Old Man, Aug 3, 18:04:02
- The Third umpire is, for the most part, to help remove doubt (Other Sports) - phrankin, Aug 3, 18:03:15
  - Agreed. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Dog, Aug 3, 18:03:56
    - Seems to not grasp no white mark (Other Sports) - JimmyHoldem, Aug 3, 18:05:45
      - Standard of umpiring shoddy (Other Sports) - Pragmatist, Aug 3, 18:14:43
      - The umpire doubted the system because he 'didn't think' it hit... (Other Sports) - phrankin, Aug 3, 18:09:24
      - WIth football as with tennis you'll get a 100% decision from the kit (Other Sports) - Old Man, Aug 3, 18:07:21
        
        but the LBW path of the ball decisions are the ones with doubt involved (Other Sports) - phrankin, Aug 3, 18:10:44
        
        In theory you're bang on. (Other Sports) - Old Man, Aug 3, 18:11:31
        
        But that is not the system itself, but a useless umpire. (n/m) (Other Sports) - phrankin, Aug 3, 18:13:11
        
        Indeed so (Other Sports) - Old Man, Aug 3, 18:16:20

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