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Umpire Tony Hill explains the decision to a clearly annoyed Alastair Cook. Source:AP
THE umpire decision review system has descended into high farce.
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Just when it appeared cricket was going to take over from the DRS as the game's major talking point, another poor umpiring decision opened Pandora's Box ever wider.
Umpire Tony Hill gave Chris Rogers out caught behind when the left-hander appeared to miss the ball.
Rogers walked down to batting partner Michael Clarke and then called for a review, with replays and the Hot Spot showing the ball had missed the bat and flicked the top of the opener's back pad.
What appeared to be a simply case of the TV umpire overturning yet another blooper from Hill was then complicated by the replay then going on to show Hawkeye's leg before wicket prediction.
It came up as umpire's call. Having already been given out it means the decision should stand, except that Hill had upheld England's appeal for caught behind off Stuart Broad.
Hill's umpiring partner Aleem Dar came walking down the pitch waving his hands back and forth suggesting the leg before wicket did not count.
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Hill indicated he had given Rogers out caught behind and reversed his decision, prompting England's usually measured captain Alastair Cook to march up to the umpire, hands on hips, and deliver a stern protest.
Wicket-keeper Matt Prior then arrived to continue expressing England's displeasure and Clarke became involved in the conversation.
Confusion reigned on and off the field about whether or not Rogers should have been given out lbw when the original appeal and decision was for caught behind.
It appears that Hill gave Rogers not out when asked about the lbw so the umpire's call stood, but if it had been clearly lbw then the batsman would have been sent on his way.
Remarkably it was the second review of the over, with England challenging a rejected down lbw appeal that had clearly pitched outside leg stump.
The latest fuss over technology's place in the game could not disguise another dreadful Australian top order collapse.
Given the way this series has gone, outside the strong performance at Old Trafford in the last Test, it was no surprise to see three early wickets fall.
The most disappointment aspect was the feeble nature of the dismissals.
David Warner remained at the top of the order after being promoted for the second innings in Manchester but clearly he is still getting his head around facing the new ball again.
The ball swung and seamed around in the overcast conditions, leaving Warner in two minds when a ball from Broad cut back into him. The late jab was too late and Warner lost his off stump.
Usman Khawaja did more harm to his stuttering Test career nicking a ball he tried to leave before scoring and Clarke played an inexplicable slash to Cook at first slip just 181 runs away from the 187 he made during the Old Trafford Test.
With the pitch hard on top but soft underneath it is likely to become increasingly uneven, making batting last difficult, as if batting second wasn't.
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