DRS blunders haunt Smith

The poor decision making of Steve Smith has continued after the Australian skipper wasted two DRS reviews during the third Test against England at the WACA Ground.

Smith got his first DRS review right — in somewhat controversial circumstances — when Mark Stoneman was given out caught behind on review despite inconclusive replays of whether the ball hit his glove.

But Smith wasted his next two reviews on risky lbw shouts. The first came on day one when Dawid Malan was struck high on the pad by Pat Cummins when he was on 64.

The WACA deck had produced plenty of bounce all day, and replays showed the ball was travelling well over the stumps.

Then early on Friday, with Malan yet to add to his overnight score of 110, he was struck low on his pad by a full Mitchell Starc delivery.

Height wasn’t the issue this time around, but to the naked eye it looked like the ball was sliding down the leg side.

Smith rolled the dice and decided to review it, only for replays to confirm the ball was missing leg stump.

The result meant Australia were left with no more reviews, with England still boasting wickets in hand and looking to build a huge first-innings total.

‘‘It wasn’t one of them that looked out ... I don’t think your supposed to use your reviews on guessing and hoping,’’ former England Test star Geoff Boycott told BT Sport.

Former Australia Test spinner Shane Warne said it didn’t look out to him either.