South Africa vs Australia 2018: 1st Test, day 3 - 5 things we learnt from the day

#4 The DRS is the centre of all attention!

The DRS was the centre of all attention on Day 3

The day had enough action with the Umpiring Decision Review System throwing up its share of drama on Day 3. On two occasions, Kumar Dharamasena disallowed Proteas captain Faf du Plessis to ask for the DRS as he had overshot his time limit.

In the nineteenth over of the innings, Maharaj had Quinton de Kock dismissed after du Plessis reviewed a clear nick to the keeper, that was adjudged not out by the umpire. In the 35th over, Steven Smith was given not out by the umpires, though du Plessis seemed to think otherwise. A huge stir erupted as the UltraEdge and the zoomer all failed to unanimously state whether Smith had nicked the ball onto his pads or not. The Hawk-Eye went with the umpire’s decision, though uncertainty remained.

Though Smith fell soon after, reviewing an LBW decision, de Plessis wasted one when Maharaj and de Kock convinced the captain to go for the DRS, which turned out to be a bad one as Shaun Marsh was clearly outside the line of the stumps when the ball struck the pad.