"The England and Wales Cricket Board has held talks with Cricket Australia about the possibility of replacing the decision review system (DRS) technology Snicko with an alternative UltraEdge for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne after controversy on the opening two days of the Adelaide Test. In bilateral series, DRS technology is the responsibility of the home board, which in practice is passed on to the main domestic broadcast rights holder, in this case Fox Sports. However, the Guardian has learned that Cricket Australia's free-to-air rights holder, Channel 7, has a DRS contract with Hawk-Eye Innovations,"
"Mitchell Starc was overheard on the stump mic calling for Snicko to be sacked in the afternoon session on day two at Adelaide, with Australia's players convinced Jamie Smith had gloved a catch to Usman Khawaja at slip, though replays showed the ball had not carried. The England wicketkeeper was then given out on review for an edge on another Pat Cummins short ball, even though the audio spike shown by Snicko did not match up with the pictures shown to the third umpire."
England and Wales Cricket Board held talks with Cricket Australia about replacing the DRS technology Snicko with UltraEdge for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne after controversial calls in Adelaide. In bilateral series the home board supplies DRS technology, typically via the main domestic broadcast rights holder, which in Australia is Fox Sports. Fox appointed BBG Sports to operate Snicko. Channel 7 holds a DRS contract with Hawk-Eye Innovations, the maker of UltraEdge, providing an available alternative. Controversial incidents included Mitchell Starc calling for Snicko to be sacked, an England wicketkeeper given out despite mismatched audio and picture, and an admitted operator error involving Alex Carey.
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