The third match of the Ashes experienced a bizarre event as the owner of a real-time snicko meter admitted that an error in the system helped Alex Carey to stay in the crease. Alex Carey was batting at number 72 when a delivery by Josh Tongue went to the keeper. The England team appealed for a wicket and took DRS after that, but the umpire ruled out the review because no spike appeared in the snicko meter.
Carey continued his innings after that, making a fighting 106 and giving hope to the Australian team. Australia reached 326 runs losing 8 wickets on the day.
The snicko meter drama
After the day Alex Carey opened up about the controversy, and said, "I thought there was a bit of a feather or some sort of noise when it passed the bat. It looked a bit funny on the replay, didn't it, with the noise coming early. If I was given out, I think I would have reviewed it, probably not confidently though.”
He also added that, "It was a nice sound as it passed the bat. Snicko obviously didn't line up, did it? That's just the way cricket goes sometimes. You have a bit of luck, and maybe it went my way today."
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BBG sports the company that operates the technology admitted that a technical failure happened from their side and clarified that the operator selected the wrong mic output for the audio processing.
BBG accepted their mistake and said, “Given that Alex Carey admitted he had hit the ball in question, the only conclusion that can be drawn from this, is that the Snicko operator at the time must have selected the incorrect stump mic for audio processing, In light of this, BBG Sports takes full responsibility for the error."
England had lost their first two matches in the Ashes, and bowling coach David Saker showed his frustration as the visiting side was convinced that it was a clear out.
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After getting help from the luck the Australian wicket keeper smashed a hundred in the innings. Khawaja also scored 82 runs in his comeback match, and Mitchel Starc also continued to show his form scoring 54 runs.
Australia ended their innings with 371 runs on board.
