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Stokes calls for ‘umpires call’ element of DRS system to be abolished
BEN STOKES wants umpire’s call in the decision review system to be abolished after being left “bemused” by Zak Crawley’s dismissal in England’s thumping defeat to India in Rajkot.
Crawley was given lbw after being rapped on the pads by Jasprit Bumrah just before tea on day four of the third Test and a review stayed with the umpire’s decision, leaving England 18 for two chasing 557.
But Stokes argued the ball-tracking image — which predicts what Bumrah’s delivery would have done had it not struck Crawley — was shown to be missing, not clipping, leg stump.
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