That have cost NZ teams
Result: degree of karma when Vettori ran him out for 67 by a deflection at the non-striker’s end. Waugh and Adam Gilchrist put on 95 for the sixth wicket before they pulled back in their bid for a world record run chase.
Result: Draw (Australia ended
381-7 chasing 440 to win)
We can’t pin this one on home town umpiring. Darrell Hair was at square leg when Ian Robinson of Zimbabwe stood like a statue with Vettori and wicketkeeper Adam Parore celebrating the edge from Waugh’s bat.
The photos tell the story after Waugh launched into a drive then did his own statue impersonation as the New Zealanders realised what was happening and looked utterly stunned.
It was a crucial moment, soon after brother Mark had been removed with Vettori (the eventual man of the match) bowling superbly. At 0-0 in the series, this was New Zealand’s big chance to win their first series in Australia since 1985.
Team-mate Craig McMillan told Stuff in 2015: ‘‘It’s fair to say if that test match was played today [with the decision review system], it’s a good chance there would be a different result.
‘‘There was a big nick off Dan and we were in the middle of the pitch celebrating. You could hear it three rows back and it was given not out. It would have been a good review today.’’
Robinson made another poor call off Jason Gillespie who gloved one off Cairns at 366-7 to rub salt into widening New Zealand wounds. Injustice rating: 8
2015: Third test at Adelaide Oval, day two:
Mitchell Santner v Nathan Lyon (on 0), caught at gully at
118-8
The villain: Nigel Llong (England) The damage: Lyon gleefully accepted his let-off to score 34 before Trent Boult dismissed him, and with Peter Nevill added another 72 for the ninth wicket. Instead of trailing significantly on the first innings, the hosts had a lead of 22.
Result: Australia won by three wickets, chasing 187 to win
Another neutral decision which launched the innocuous phrase ‘‘It could have come from anywhere’’ into New Zealand sporting lexicon.
In the world’s first pink ball test, at 1-0 down in the series, Brendon McCullum and his Black Caps had one final chance to level it. And they were doing a good job, too, with Australia eight down and trailing by 84 on the first innings.
Catcher Kane Williamson and teammates looked so adamant they barely appealed as they awaited the formality of the catch being confirmed by Llong in the third umpire’s box.
And waited. And waited.
Lyon even wandered off, as far as the Adelaide Oval boundary, as Llong deliberated. There was no spike on Snicko which confused him. But that Hot Spot on the edge could be seen in every shot.
‘‘There’s a mark on the bat and I’m not sure where it’s coming from . . . I can’t definitely say he’s hit this,’’ Llong said, before advising umpire Sundaram Ravi to say ‘not out’.
Privately the New Zealanders were apoplectic. Ross Taylor said at stumps: ‘‘The players were pretty confident it was out, with the hot spot that showed up and Lyon walking off and nearly getting to the boundary. It’s had a big bearing on the match.’’
The International Cricket Council’s post-match umpire review just made it worse, after the Black Caps came up three wickets short of victory.
‘‘ICC confirms the umpire followed the correct protocol, but made an incorrect judgment,’’ it tweeted.
Injustice rating: 9