On Saturday, the English all-rounder, Ben Stokes said that he fails to understand why every cricket tournament hasn’t decided to opt for Decision Review System (DRS) in order to negate the howlers. Stokes’ comment came as the Australian opener, Mitchell Marsh got a horrendous decision from the on-field umpire during the ongoing season of the Big Bash League (BBL) Qualifier match between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers.
Tweeting about the same, Stokes wrote: “DRS isn’t there to make the umpires look bad. Why on earth aren’t all competitions using it, it’s frustrating to watch something like that happen when it can so easily be fixed.”
DRS isn’t there to make the umpires look bad
Why on earth aren’t all competitions using it,it’s frustrating to watch something like that happen when it can sooooo easily be fixed.— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) January 30, 2021
During the BBL match between Sixers and Scorchers, Marsh was deemed out in the 13th over of the innings and while he was trapped down the legside by spinner Steve OKeefe and wicketkeeper Joshua Philippe took the catch. After being given out, Marsh was in complete shock and he stood his ground in disbelief. The replays indicated that there was a huge gap between the bat and ball.
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The ongoing BBL tournament has been immensely criticized by various circuiting pundits for the standard of umpiring on display. Shane Warne has also voiced his opinion that BBL should’ve been opted to get DRS on-board.
Talking about Ben Stokes, the all-rounder will be seen in action in the upcoming four-match Test series in India. The first two matches would be played in Chennai commencing on February 5, and then the next two would go ahead at Ahmedabad.
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Stokes along with Jofra Archer and Rory Burns had arrived in India earlier to their other teammates, as the trio did not play the Test series against Sri Lanka. After finishing their quarantine period, they have had started training on Saturday.
