Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Umpire decisions still headache

On the stroke of lunch on the fourth day, Virender Sehwag entered the record books as the first batsman to be given out by the third umpire under the review system being trialled in the series. But the decision opened the door for more questions than answering the original one.

Sehwag had padded up to a Muttiah Muralitharan ball which was delivered from round the stumps, had just pitched on leg - half of it was inside the mat - and straightened. It hit the inside of the front pad, which was barely on leg stump, and deflected onto the back pad, which was plumb in front of middle.

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