The Big Bash League’s DRS debate has reignited following another umpiring “howler” during the Sydney Thunder’s clash with the Perth Scorchers at Manuka Oval on Tuesday evening.
For several years, players and spectators have pleaded for DRS technology to be utilised in the T20 tournament, allowing for on-field umpiring errors to be rectified.
Cricket Australia has resisted introducing the DRS because of the hefty financial repercussions, but those pleas grew in volume after Scorchers bowler Andrew Tye was robbed of a certain wicket in the nation’s capital on Tuesday.
Tye immediately confronted Lightbody, who explained: “I thought the bat hit the ground mate.”
Tye fumed: “How did the bat hit the ground? It was that far off the ground!”
Lightbody replied: “That’s what I thought.”
The Fox Cricket commentary could barely comprehend what they had witnessed, because the edge was easily audible on the stump mics and Khawaja’s bat was nowhere near the ground.
Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh muttered: “Oh my goodness … wow.
“That is regulation … he’s just had a shocker there, unfortunately. That’s just a huge nick. That’s a big nick.”
New Zealand international Colin Munro claimed he heard the edge from the boundary rope.
“I’ve got to really have my ears open at home to hear the Mrs talk to me, but I actually heard that from the boundary at backward square-leg,” Munro cheekily said on Fox Cricket.
The decision sparked fierce backlash on social media, fuelling the argument for the DRS to be brought into the Big Bash.
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