Ben Stokes furious at Jamie Smith’s dismissal in Ashes match

New Delhi: A major controversy erupted in Adelaide on the second day of the third Test match of the Ashes series. England wicketkeeper-batsman jamie smith Was controversially declared out with the help of a snickometer.

This decision spread resentment among the England team and the captain ben stokes Looked angry. This incident occurred a day after Australia’s first alex carey Was declared not out due to this technical mistake.

What happened to Jamie Smith?

third umpire chris gaffney On the basis of this spike, Smith was declared out. Smith was shocked and returned to the pavilion with his head bowed. Ben Stokes also looked disappointed and seemed to disagree with the decision. Commentators said that the timing of the spike was not correct and that the technique did not match the picture and sound.

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The incident of the first day increased the controversy

This controversy is not a new thing. On the first day of the match, Alex Carey was not out on appeal for being caught out, despite a spike on the scoreometer. It later became clear that it was an operator’s error and the spike had occurred before the ball passed the bat. Because of this, England had to suffer a big loss as Carey later scored a century.

Australian players are also angry

Even Australian players are expressing their disagreement with the Snickometer. on stump mic michelle stark was heard saying that “Snicko should be fired” and calling it “the worst technology.” Two mistakes in two days have increased the dissatisfaction between the two teams.

Questions raised on Snickometer

In this series, questions are being raised again and again on the reliability of the Snickometer. This technology used in the Decision Review System (DRS) is designed to remove doubt, but this time it is creating doubt itself.



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