Ashes decision-making technology company PPG Sports helped Alex Carey score a century for an ‘error’ during the first day of the third Test between England and Australia in Adelaide.
Gary was on 72 when he was caught by Jamie Smith when Josh Dungu bowled the first ball of the 63rd over. The England players immediately appealed, but umpire Ahsan Raza gave not out on the field.
Ben Stokes reviewed the result, and real-time snickometer technology showed a clear spike, but the noise jitter didn’t match the image on the screen; It appeared three or four frames before the ball crossed the bat.
TV umpire Chris Kafeni said the spike was “before the bat” and that the ball appeared to “go well” under the bat: “There’s a clear gap, no spike.”
After scoring a century, Carey later admitted that he felt a “feather” in the ball. “Snicko obviously didn’t line up, did,” he said.
“Cricket goes like this sometimes, you have a bit of luck and maybe it went my way today.”
Warren Brennan, founder of BBG Sports, told Australian newspaper The Age: “The conclusion is that the Snico operator must have selected the wrong stump mic for audio processing at the time, as Alex Carey admitted that he had hit that particular ball.
“In light of this, PPG Sports accepts full responsibility for the error.”
Alex Carey scored his first Ashes century on home soil and Usman Khawaja produced a crucial 82 to save Australia in the Adelaide Oval cauldron on Wednesday in a fiery opening day of the third Test.
The wicketkeeper’s 106 took Australia to 326 for 8 at stumps, with Mitchell Starc (33 not out) and Nathan Lyon not out in 18 balls providing stubborn tail-end resistance.