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New Delhi: Cricket Australia has sought answers from operator of the Snicko technology after a decision review system (DRS) error cost England on the opening day of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.
The governing body’s boss Todd Greenberg said clarification was asked of BBG Sports after Alex Carey was not given out on a caught-behind appeal despite an apparent nick.
Keeper-batter Carey was on 72 when he inside-edged Josh Tongue to Jamie Smith but England's appeal was turned down after a DRS call as Snicko picked up a sound but it did not align with the ball's flight past the bat in the video review.
Carey went on to score 106, to become Australia’s top scorers in their first innings score of 371.
"It certainly caused me some heartburn because the whole idea of technology is to take away the clanger or the howler,” Greenberg told local radio station SEN.
“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 fail-safe with the technology and it didn’t happen.
“In my view it’s not good enough. We’re asking a lot of questions of the provider through the broadcasters and we’re hoping to get some answers so we can be assured it won’t happen again.”
Snicko provider BBG Sports accepted responsibility but blamed human error for selection of "the wrong stump (microphone) for audio processing".
England were docked a review for wrongful challenge of decision but the match official reinstated it.
Australia were all out for 371 early on the second day on Thursday, having won the toss and opting to bat.
