5 Dumbest DRS calls in cricket history
It is quite difficult for a player to discuss it with their teammates properly within 15 seconds and then go for the review.
2. Misbah-ul-Haq
Well, we have no clue what transpired between the Pakistan players before they went in for this review. Pakistan was up against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the boxing day Test in late 2016. The visitors batted first and scored 443 runs. Australia sent in David Warner and Matt Renshaw to open the innings while Mohammad Amir was bowling at some serious pace.
In the fifth over, one ball from Amir swung past Warner and landed on Sarfaraz Ahmed’s glove. There was an appeal from behind. The commentator without the replay said that Warner might not hit that ball at all. However, Sarfaraz and a couple of slip fielders convinced captain Misbah-ul-Haq that they had heard something. Thinking that Warner might have edged the ball, Misbah went ahead and called for a review.
However, the replay showed that the ball had missed by fair amount distance. In fact, the bat was no way near in the path of the ball. Pakistan lost a review and the commentator on air jokingly said, “Someone clearly lost Misbah’s faith.”
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