Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg called an error in the Snicko technology being used during the Ashes series “not good enough” and said he was seeking answers as the issue flared again on Thursday. The operators of the technology admitted that a fault on day one of the third Test in Adelaide had denied the tourists’ Alex Carey’s wicket. Carey slammed 106 in Australia’s first innings, but had a lucky escape on 72.
England called for a review after their appeal for caught behind off Josh Tongue’s pace bowling was turned down by the umpire Ahsan Raza The stump microphones picked up a clear sound, but the replay showed the noise before the ball passed Carey’s bat and TV umpire Chris Gaffaney upheld the on-field decision. Carey suggested afterwards that he hit the ball and BBG Sports, the company that owns Snicko, used to help match officials review decisions made by on-field umpires, accepted responsibility for the mistake. “It certainly caused me some heartburn because the whole idea of technology is to take away the clanger or the howler,” Greenberg said on SEN radio.
“From what I can understand having dug into it last night and this morning is human error. “There’s two human errors there — one is the actual decision from the umpire, and then there’s supposed to be a failsafe with the technology and it didn’t happen.
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