The West Indies are getting absolutely SCREWED by the third umpire. I have NEVER seen two hideous, atrocious decisions in my life. And this by a guy who has time to look at the replays. The commentators (TV and Cricinfo) are in shock by the decisions made by the third umpire. Two obvious not outs given out.
Looks like two West Indies officials will going to have a chat with Daryl Harper.
Here's the two decisions as told by the Cricinfo commentators:
Anderson to Chanderpaul,
OUT, Anderson's got him! The inswinger darts back into Chanderpaul who shoulders arms, and up goes the finger. As you'd expect, it's been referred by Chanderpaul and the problem now is height. Now, the third umpire doesn't have the benefit of predictive hawkeye so they can't tell whether it would've gone over the stumps, but they don't even need hawkeye. It is that obvious. Up goes the finger for a second time. Well, for all England's celebrations, that decision really does sum up the sham of a system that this referral experiment is
"Swann to Nash,
OUT, that's close - he's rapped him on the pads and up goes the appeal. Oh lord. Here we go again - Strauss has called for a referral. Now the umpire turned that down. So, can Daryl Harper be 100% certain the ball is going to hit the stumps? Perhaps a little high, so it won't be a surprise if it's given not-out. I don't know why it's taking so long - it seems perfectly straightforward: there is enough doubt to vindicate the original not-out decision. We're coming up to two minutes of wasted time, and - well, I am flabbergasted. He has been given out. Again, it was fairly clear the ball was going over the top yet Harper has told the onfield umpire to change his decision. I'm afraid I'm speechless"
http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/engine/current/match/352663.html
And to top it off, 4 wickets out of 5 in this inning have been referred to the third umpire ...
