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It cannot be OUT/NOT OUT depending...

 
doosra 2019-07-11 12:57:05 

on who is calling it

fix that problem ICC

 
Courtesy 2019-07-11 13:02:30 

In reply to doosra

Indeed. It leaves a gaping hole for a tiefing umpire to tief.

 
Discourse 2019-07-11 13:09:59 

In reply to Courtesy

It leaves a gaping hole for a tiefing umpire to tief.

Precisely! Couldn't have said it better

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2019-07-11 13:27:52 

In reply to doosra

Is Hawkeye 100% accurate?

 
doosra 2019-07-11 13:31:43 

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy

you are missing the point, i think

 
brians_da_best 2019-07-11 13:34:21 

In reply to doosra

The trouble is, if hawk eye isn't 100 per cent accurate, how can you overturn a marginal decision?

Human eye vs hawk eye, neither is 100 per cent accurate

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2019-07-11 13:41:04 

In reply to brians_da_best

Preach! Doors does play the ass

 
Khaga 2019-07-11 13:46:06 

India stonewalled DRs for years for the very same reason..

 
brians_da_best 2019-07-11 13:49:59 

In reply to Khaga

I don't think stonewalling DRS was a good idea either.

Drs, in its present form, is merely a way to get rid of howlers. Marginal decisions will continue to stand, unless hawk eye becomes 100 per cent accurate

 
Chrissy 2019-07-11 13:53:33 

In reply to doosra

Agree

 
RonaldM 2019-07-11 14:27:24 

In reply to doosra

Any suggestions in how to fix it Doosie?

 
doosra 2019-07-11 14:30:32 

In reply to RonaldM

i have stated over and over

let it be one, or the other

not both, depending on who

if marginal is out, it is out, if it is not out, it is not out

 
brians_da_best 2019-07-11 14:34:54 

In reply to doosra

That's what happens, doesn't it?

If it's marginal, the on field decision stays. If marginal is out, it's out. If it's not out, it's not out

 
RonaldM 2019-07-11 14:37:10 

In reply to doosra

Alright, I could live with that, though it takes away some leverage from the umps.

 
doosra 2019-07-11 14:43:57 

In reply to brians_da_best

no, that is not what happens

what happens is if the umpire calls it, and it is marginal, it is umpires call

if umpire doesn't call it, it stays

that to me is inconsistent

make a decision, one way or the other, and stick with it

 
brians_da_best 2019-07-11 14:47:46 

In reply to doosra

Yes, so they do that.

The umpire makes a decision, and they stick to it if it's marginal.

Neither human eye nor hawk eye are 100 per cent accurate