Umpi🎃res Joel Wilson and Chris Gaffanꦐey will not be allowed to participate any further in the Ashes.
The first three Tests witness🥂ed numerous umpiring errors. Wilson got eight of his decisions wrong at Edgbaston, while Gaffaney had seven dec🦄isions overturned at Headingley.
Veteran Marai🥀s Erasmus and rookie Ruchira Palliyaguruge will be the new umpires in the fourth Test at🔜 Old Trafford, beginning on September 4, Wednesday. The third umpire in charge will be Kumar Dharmasena.
W🌜hile Erasmus has also been appointed for the fifth Test at the Oval, Dharmasena and Palliyaguruge will be swapping rღoles in the same.
Umpiring has been a huge talking point this series due to several on-field decisions beinꦯ𓆏g overturned by the Decision Review System (DRS).
Wilson committed a massive error in the third Test when he failed to give Eꦫngland hero Ben Stokes out𝕴 LBW off Nathan Lyon’s ball.
Lyon let out a loud appeal but in vain. Australia had used up all their reviews and hence, couldn’t♏ challenge the decision. DRS later displayed that the batsman would have been out as the ball was hitting middle and leg.
Australia could have won the match and retained the Ashes, but that was not to be. Instead, Stokes guided England to an unbelievable win.
The first three Tests were marred by poor umpiring. According to The Australian, out of the 50 decisions that went on to be reviewed, 38% of them were overturned. To be precise, 19 decisi🍌ons proved to be incorrect.
England will take on Australia in the fourℱth Test that gets u🥀nderway from September 4 to 8 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
