Alex Carey has admitted that he thought he got an edge on a caught behind that was given not out on review on day one of the third Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval.
On his way to a maiden Ashes century, Carey was given not out by the on-field umpire on 72 after a waft at a delivery outside off stump off the bowling of Josh Tongue.
England were up and arms that it was initially given not out and reviewed immediately – only to be left baffled again when ‘Snicko’ showed a noise occurring before the ball passed the bat.
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The noise was clear to hear and left everyone scratching their heads with Carey saying he believes it was like an error by the technology.
“I thought there was a bit of a feather or some sort of noise when it passed the bat,” Carey told reporters after the day’s play at the Adelaide Oval.
“It looked a bit funny on the replay, didn’t it? With the noise coming early.
“If I was given out, I think I would have reviewed it. Probably not confidently though. It was a nice sound as it when past the bat, yeah.”
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Australia were 6/245 at the time, and losing Carey would have caused a big momentum swing the visitors’ way.
England bowling coach David Saker said that his team were, more or less, left outraged by the decision.
“The boys were pretty confident he hit it,” the Poms’ bowling coach said immediately after Carey’s press conference.
“I think the snicko’s (been) out quite a bit, and it’s probably been the case for the series. I can’t remember the exact score, but it was a pretty important decision.
“Those things hurt … you’d think in this day-and-age, you’d hope the technology’s good enough to pick things up like that.
When asked by English media as to whether or not the national side had flagged their qualms with the review software so far this series, Saker was under the impression they hadn’t — yet.
“I don’t think we’ve done anything about it so far, but after today, maybe that might go a bit further. There’s been concerns about it all series.
“We shouldn’t be talking about that after a day’s play, and it should just be better than that. It is what it is.”
Australia will resume on 8/326 on Thursday morning, with Mitchell Starc (33 not out) at the crease with Nathan Lyon who is yet to score.
