David Warner had reviewed the on-filed name by umpire Joel Wilson, who had given him out LBW against Sri Lanka. However, the DRS dominated umpire’s name on hitting the wickets and the southpaw needed to depart.
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Veteran Australia opener David Warner is “annoyed” and “frustrated” at the DRS name which went against him in his facet’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka and has referred to as for extra “accountability” in the system, in line with a report.
In the match, which Australia gained by 5 wickets in Lucknow on Monday, Warner fell LBW to Sri Lanka pacer Dilshan Madushanka. The left-hander went for evaluation however the DRS name went in favour of the on-field umpire, who had initially given him out.
The prolific southpaw, who was batting on 11, left the bottom fuming. He was seen smashing his bat against his pad and turned again to yell in the direction of the wicket as he walked off.
Warner stated he wished larger transparency on how DRS selections had been adjudicated.
“I’ve never had Hawk-Eye come in and explain to us how the technology actually works, it’s just for the TV,” the 36-year-old was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au after Australia’s five-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday.
“If they could come in and explain to us how it works, then sometimes we might (choose) not to refer or to refer.” According to the report, Warner recommended that the ball-tracking didn’t match what he noticed on the bottom’s replay display after he referred to as for the evaluation.
“I asked Joel (field umpire) when I was out there just what happened, why did he give it out. He said the ball was swinging back so to his credit, if he thinks that then that’s why he’s given a decision.
“(The ball) saved low and usually when one thing hits me on the leg on the skin, I do know it is just about taking place leg. So he (Wilson) stated it was swinging again, (however) from my perspective on the replay, it wasn’t,” he said.
“When you see the replay of the way it unfolded you get slightly bit irritated, (however) that is out of our management.”
Warner also felt, according to the report, that ball-tracking verdicts were “taking rather a lot longer than what it could be in Australia”.
The Decision Review System was introduced in 2008, ahead of Warner’s international debut in 2009.
“At the second, we appear to be ready for (ball-tracking),” said Warner.
“And as a participant you get extra annoyed since you assume: ‘did they line it up, what is the influence factors, what number of influence factors are there earlier than it goes on’.
“In England, the ball bounces and it actually moves once it’s bounced, not just off the seam but in the air it can move, so there’s just little things that as a player you get frustrated because there’s no explanation … but there has to be some accountability.”
The ICC has not introduced any sanction for Warner’s outburst however he insisted his livid response was as a result of his frustration with the know-how.
“I just sprayed out loud in frustration pretty much just (to) myself,” stated Warner.
