Totally agreed.
DRS was conceived to eliminate obvious glaring mistakes, like inside edges onto pad or behind, or like the LBW they couldn't review. However some teams are now using it for marginal decisions or just in blind hope, like the one Paine took before. It was ridiculous, even I could tell that it pitched outside leg on first viewing from my sofa, and even if it was a marginal call (it wasn't), umpires call was not out, so it wouldn't have stood.
When you abuse the DRS system, you leave yourself open for what happened. Abit like crying wolf one too many times. I have no sympathy for Australia on this account.
Yeah no one should have sympathy, it’s their fault. But to be fair, who’s asking for sympathy? The obvious, glaring mistake you speak of is,
arguably, the decision Wilson makes to not give Stokes out.
I don’t want to make the entire conversation about the decision, or reduce England’s performance to luck, but Wilson’s move there seems inexplicable. He must have had some doubt in his mind... it was plum from all angles. Knowing England have two reviews left, I find it odd he gave that not out so decisively. Anyone else?
Aus have no one to blame but themselves, let me be clear. I’m not at all saying they were robbed, just that the ump made an interesting decision. And yes, he wouldn’t have had to make any decision had Aus used their reviews correctly. Anyway... all a little moot now, but I think worth reflecting on.
Edit: sorry, realised we both said (partly) the same thing.