Cricket Australia boss slams technology 'howler' in Ashes Test
Todd Greenberg critique une erreur technologique lors du Test Ashes en Australie.
SUMMARY
Todd Greenberg, patron de Cricket Australia, critique une erreur humaine dans la technologie Snicko utilisée lors du troisième Test Ashes à Adelaide, qui a conduit à une décision controversée en faveur de l'Angleterre. La société BBG Sports a reconnu la faute, et le match referee a rétabli une revue pour l'Angleterre. L'ancien capitaine anglais Mike Atherton appelle à la sérénité face aux erreurs humaines dans le sport.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Erreur humaine dans la technologie Snicko lors du troisième Test Ashes.
- BBG Sports reconnaît la faute ayant affecté la décision sur Alex Carey.
- Jeff Crowe rétablit une revue pour l'Angleterre, augmentant leurs revues restantes.
- Mike Atherton appelle à la compréhension des erreurs humaines dans le cricket.
CORE SUBJECT
Erreur technologique Snicko dans le Test Ashes
Adelaide (Australia) (AFP) - Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg on Thursday called an error in the Snicko technology being used during the Ashes "not good enough" as England had a review reinstated over the row.
The operators of the technology admitted that a fault on day one of the third Test in Adelaide had denied the tourists' Alex Carey's wicket.
Carey slammed 106 in Australia's first innings, but had a lucky escape on 72.
England called for a review after their appeal for caught behind off Josh Tongue's pace bowling was turned down by the umpire Ahsan Raza
The stump microphones picked up a clear sound, but the replay showed the noise before the ball passed Carey's bat and TV umpire Chris Gaffaney upheld the on-field decision.
Carey suggested afterwards that he hit the ball and BBG Sports, the company that owns Snicko, used to help match officials review decisions made by on-field umpires, accepted responsibility for the mistake.
"It certainly caused me some heartburn because the whole idea of technology is to take away the clanger or the howler," Greenberg said on SEN radio.
"From what I can understand having dug into it last night and this morning is human error.
"There's two human errors there -- one is the actual decision from the umpire, and then there's supposed to be a failsafe with the technology and it didn't happen.
"In my view it's not good enough," he added.
"We're asking a lot of questions of the provider through the broadcasters and we're hoping to get some answers so we can be assured it won't happen again."
The furore saw match referee Jeff Crowe reinstate a review decision for England, meaning they started day two with two reviews left, rather than one.
Former England captain Mike Atherton called for calm.
"Forgive me for not getting incandescent about it," he wrote in The London Times.
"If you come from a generation where human error was accepted as part of the game -- and on any Test match day, there would have been so many mistakes made by umpires - -- then it is hard to get too worked up.
"Mistakes happen, and probably always will in a system relying, to any degree, on human input, whether in the middle or in the television trucks."
KEYWORDS
MENTIONED ENTITIES 8
Todd Greenberg
👤 Person_MalePatron de Cricket Australia
Alex Carey
👤 Person_MaleJoueur australien de cricket
BBG Sports
🏛️ OrganizationEntreprise propriétaire de la technologie Snicko
Jeff Crowe
👤 Person_MaleArbitre de match
Mike Atherton
👤 Person_MaleAncien capitaine de l'équipe d'Angleterre de cricket
Adelaide
📍 Location_CityVille australienne où se déroule le Test
England
📍 Location_CountryÉquipe nationale de cricket d'Angleterre
Australia
📍 Location_CountryÉquipe nationale de cricket d'Australie
NOTABLE QUOTES 4
""It certainly caused me some heartburn because the whole idea of technology is to take away the clanger or the howler.""
Context: Critique de l'erreur technologique Snicko
""From what I can understand having dug into it last night and this morning is human error.""
Context: Explication de la cause de l'erreur
""We're asking a lot of questions of the provider through the broadcasters and we're hoping to get some answers so we can be assured it won't happen again.""
Context: Demande de garanties pour éviter la répétition de l'erreur
""Forgive me for not getting incandescent about it.""
Context: Appel au calme face à l'erreur humaine