The Perth stadium was filled with English boos when Smith left the field.
The relevant section of the International Cricket Council’s playing conditions, which implements the structures for the review system for Test cricket, is as follows:
“If despite available technology, the third umpire cannot decide with a high degree of confidence whether the original on-field decision should be changed, then he will report that the replays are ‘inconclusive’ and that the on-field decision will stand. The third umpire will not give answers that convey possibilities or probabilities.”
Sharfuddoula clearly considered otherwise.
BBC Sport explained that the technology used in Australia has a two-frame gap between the images and the sound wave.
On 7 Cricket, former international umpire Simon Taufel said: “Conclusive testing protocols with RTS [Real Time Snickometer] – if you get a spike up to one frame past the bat, that’s conclusive. And in this particular case, that’s exactly what there was.
“Unfortunately, he [Sharfuddoula] I didn’t want to pull the trigger as quickly as maybe I could or should have.
“The guys in the truck were doing everything they could to show him, slow down and try to rock and roll that frame.
“For me, the right decision was made. An RTS shot after a frame past the bat, the batter has to go.”
Vaughan said: “When Jamie Smith saw him, he left.
“His reaction was not that of someone upset with that decision.
“He’s a quiet guy, but there wasn’t much discontent with that couple from England.”
