Stuart Broad was again at the centre of a caught-behind controversy in the Ashes, this time in Australia, with DRS technology at the heart of the debate.
Stuart Broad found himself in another Ashes caught-behind controversy during the 2017-18 series in Australia. At the Gabba, Broad was struck on the pad and there was a question of whether the ball had also hit the bat.
Australia appealed and opted for a DRS review. The technology showed an inconclusive result — there was a faint noise on UltraEdge as the ball passed the bat, but no clear deviation. The third umpire retained the on-field not-out decision.
For Australian fans, it was a galling echo of the 2013 Trent Bridge incident where Broad had refused to walk after a clear edge. While this decision was far more marginal, the name "Stuart Broad" combined with "not out" and "Ashes" was enough to trigger Australian frustration.
The incident highlighted how DRS technology, while vastly improving decision-making, can still produce ambiguous results. The UltraEdge system is highly sensitive but cannot always distinguish between bat contact and pad contact when both occur simultaneously.
Not out upheld by the third umpire. The technology was inconclusive, and the on-field decision stood.
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1864-06-01
The legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864 created an immediate grey zone: how high could the arm go, and at what point did a fast delivery become an illegal throw? Through the 1860s English cricket struggled with this question as a succession of fast bowlers developed actions that umpires suspected but rarely no-balled, creating a climate of suspicion that would recur in every generation of cricket thereafter.