Mitchell Starc PtyImage Credit source: PTI
As the Ashes series between Australia and England is progressing, controversies are also increasing. Something similar is happening in the third match of the Test series in Adelaide. But while in the last Test match, England and Australia were calling each other dishonest as usual, in Adelaide both the teams are facing the same problem, which is a major cause of controversy at the moment and due to this, the anger of Australia's legendary fast bowler Mitchell Starc has also erupted. The root of this controversy is Snickometer.
In the third Test match of this series being played in Australia, there was a big ruckus in the first two days due to Snickometer. This technology has been included to help the umpire, so that correct decisions can be taken. But on the first and second day of this match, this snickometer only helped in maintaining wrong decisions, which infuriated first England and then Australia.
In fact, after the controversy regarding Alex Carey's catch, host Australia had to bear the brunt of it on the second day. This happened on the ball of Australian captain Pat Cummins when it hit the glove of Jamie Smith and went to the caught slip fielder. The umpire referred the decision to the third umpire to decide whether the catch was taken correctly or not. But here the story changed. Replays showed that the ball had hit Smith's gloves but the snickometer did not register any sound. Due to this the umpire rejected the appeal of catch there itself.
Just what then. Australia's legendary paceman Mitchell Starc could not hide his anger. He directly raised questions on Snico technology itself and called it the worst and demanded its removal. Starc's anger was recorded on the stump mic. "Snicko should be thrown out. He made a mistake yesterday and he made a mistake today," Stark said.
Earlier, on the first day of the match, there was a controversy regarding the catch of Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey, in which there was a sound in the snickometer but in the video that was visible, this sound came after the ball went away from the bat. Due to this, Carey could not be given out. After the end of the day's play, Carey admitted that his bat might have hit the ball. Later, BBG, the company that operates Snico, also admitted in a statement that during the match, the operator clicked on the audio of the second stump's mic, due to which this mistake occurred.
