Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“surely if the onfield umpire says to the 3rd umpire right at the start that he gave it not out because he thinks it pitched outside of leg stump, that should be the first thing they check”
Hawkeye takes time to produce the track, so if you did that first you would have to wait a minute or two waiting for that, and then if given out still have to check everything else.
Originally Posted by mimik1uk:
“surely if the 3rd umpire needs to look at 30 slow motion replays of hotspot from 10 different camera angles and rock'n'roll frames to check for little marks then by definition there is no conclusive evidence”
If there is a hotspot mark it is conclusive. That it may not be a large mark has no bearing on that. Between the small contact area of a nick and the angle of the bat to the camera a small mark may not immediately be apparent as the eye scans a moving image, so it will naturally take multiple passes.
Conclusive evidence is an objective fact and remains the same no matter how long it takes to find it.
Create artificial constraints to speed up the process if you must, either a set time limit for the review or only allow a fixed number of viewings of a reply. Other sports do that. But do not confuse accuracy with expediency, it is not contingent upon it. You have to prioritize one over the other.
Originally Posted by Darren Lethem:
“Very England bias there unsurprisingly.”
Michael Atherton was fine, but Ramiz Raja and Shane Warne just could not hide their Englishness.