Wi vs aus test: In the first Test played in Barbados, Australia cricket team defeated West Indies by 159 runs. Batting first, Australia was piled up at 180, West Indies were also able to score 190 runs. He took a lead of 10 runs, but Australia scored 310 runs and gave the target of 301 runs. The West Indies was all out for 141 runs. Many decisions of the umpire should be disputed in the match, which mostly went against the host. Angered by this, coach Darren Sammy had questioned the decisions by taking the name of the umpire.

West Indies vs Australia were third umpire Adrian Holdstock in the first Test, 5 of his decisions were disputed and 4 of them went against the West Indies. Coach Darren Sammy objected to the decisions of the third umpire by taking the name in the press conference. After this, the ICC sentenced him.

What did Darren Sammy say

Sammy, in the press conference, took the name of the umpire and said that due to such wrong decisions, the match went against us. He said is there anything against this team? When you see such wrong decisions one after the other, then the questions will arise. Apart from him, captain Roston Chase also raised questions.

ICC imposed a fine

The ICC added demerit points to Darren Sammy as a fine of 15 percent of the match fee. West Indies fast bowler Jeden Seals also imposed a 15 percent fine of match fees. He made some gestures after dismissing Pat Cummins, due to which he was punished.

West Indies captain Roston Chase also objected to the decisions of the umpire, saying that the players get punishment for wrong but nothing happens to the umpire. Actually a decision also went against Chase. On the second day of the Test, Pat Cummins lbw out LBW, but he took DRS on it. Ultra Age showed that when the ball was near the bat, there is some spike, but the third umpire gave him out.

Many decisions of third umpire should be disputed

Many decisions of not one but third umpire were disputed in this test. On the first day, the ball went to wicket keeper Shai Hope with the edge of Trevis Head’s bat, when this catch was investigated, the third umpire gave it out. In the first innings of the West Indies, Alex Carrie caught Shai Hope with one hand. The umpire asked the third umpire to investigate the catch, he called it out while the replay was seen that a part of the ball touched the ground while taking the catch.

Aus vs wi test: In the ongoing first Test match between Australia and West Indies, more discussion is being done about the decisions of third umpire than the game. In the first matches, there has been a continuous disputed decisions in a two -day game into debate. West Indies head coach Darren Sammy has made serious allegations against the third umpire Adrian Holdstock. He has said that such decisions of the umpire are harming the game and are creating scope of suspicion.

Four disputed decisions of third umpire

So far, four such DRS decisions have been taken in the Australia vs. West Indies Test in Bridgetown, which have raised questions by even players, coaches and commentators.

During Australia’s first innings, when the bat of Travis Head hit a light internal edge off Shamar Joseph and wicketkeeper Shai Hope caught a catch, the matter went to the third umpire. Ultra-Edge was clearly seen hitting the ball with the bat and Hope also caught a soft catch, but the third umpire called the head not out.

After this, at the beginning of the second day, Roston Chase was given a knotout after an appeal off Josh Hazlewood. In DRS, the third umpire admitted that the ball was first bang, so he was called notout, but after that in the 50th over, Chase was again given LBW out off Pat Cummins. This time there were ‘Spikes’ on Ultra-Eudge in DRS, that is, the ball was seen touching the bat, yet the third umpire said that there was a gap between the bat and the ball and Chase was called out. On this decision, the commentator Ian Bishop said on-air, “I do not agree with this decision because the ball is first hit by the bat.”

In the 58th over of the West Indies innings, Alex Carrie lashed out by Shai Hope with one hand. The field umpire sent the verdict to the third umpire and the third umpire called it out, while the ball was seen touching the ground while Carrie fell in the replay. This decision was overshadowed by the West Indies innings and the team was reduced to 190 runs.

Coach Darren Sammy’s anger exploded

After all these decisions, West Indies coach Darren Sammy said clearly after the day’s play is over, “You don’t want the decision to go to the umpires during the match, but when such decisions are made one after the other, it becomes necessary to raise the question.” He also added that these mistakes have an impact not only on the scoreboard, but also on the defeat and victory of the match.

Match condition

Australia scored 180 runs in the first innings, in response to which the West Indies team has been able to lead only 10 runs by scoring 190 runs. By the end of the second day’s play, Australia have scored 92 runs in the second innings at the loss of 4 wickets and so far have gained 82 runs.