Re: Shaun Marsh - a ton.
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The umpiring this test has been appalling...they continue to fire out LBWs despite DRS showing the bounce taking the ball over the stumps more often than not. They haven't been able to adapt their decision making to the pitch.....mind you I've never had much of an opinion of Aleem Dar as an umpire. Why can't Australian umpires umpire home series now we've got DRS ? We're missing out on some of the best umpires in the world because of this.
The DRS sows seeds of doubt, which only makes the umpires worse because they lose confidence, so they make decisions that they know DRS can fix.
You can bet that within a few years they will no longer signal decisions, they will just stand there deciding whether or not something should be referred to the DRS. Eventually a referral to DRS will become a real-time vote between the two field umpires and 3rd umpire.