Originally Posted by
barry
Cant agree. Tim Paine is an outstanding captain.
He, and we all thought that the Yorker review was a long shot, but very unlikely to get another opportunity to review in the match. Better not lose with a DRS up your sleive. Its like leaving survivor with an immunity necklace.
Upside: Win the ashes. Downside: almost nil*.
What happened was the umpires basically "put away the whistle" when it got really close. They do not want to give an incorrect call of out, and so would be very conservative with LBW's.
It was just unfortunate that the LBW chance came up, Ump wasnt 100% sure, not out. Changes of that at the point of the yorker review is about 100:1. (see * above)
Pain played the odds, and lost.
Just remember we dropped Stokes 2 or 3 times, and missed a sitter run-out. Thats where the blame lies. The wicket was doing absolutely nothing on day 4. Batsmen paradise.
Played a sensational innings though.
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