MORE than enough has been said and written recently about DRS, its abuse, misuse and untrustworthiness (especially by me) but, on a belting first day for England in Perth, the one horrible look for Joe Root’s side was Root himself, standing in the England dressing room seeming to encourage opener Mark Stoneman not to leave the field after being given out on review for a gloved catch to wicketkeeper Tim Paine.
The England captain’s argument appeared to be that the third umpire Aleem Dar was not entitled to reverse the onfield decision of ‘not out’ from Marais Erasmus ...