5 controversial decisions taken by the third umpire 

#3 Technology surprises Usman Khawaja (2013)

During the 2013 Ashes in England, it had been 6 years since Australia last won the Ashes and 12 years since they won in England. After losing a thriller in the first Test, Australia lost comprehensively in the second Test to go 2-0 down.

In a must-win third Test, Australia elected to bat first after winning the toss and got off to a good start with Shane Watson and Chris Rogers putting on a solid 76-run opening stand. Usman Khawaja walked into bat at No. 3 and looked a bit tentative.

Swann had got into his groove early. In his second over, Swann was spot on with his first five deliveries. The sixth delivery was again right on the money as it pitched around the fourth stump line and Swann also got it to turn. It beat Khawaja and there was a strong appeal to which umpire Tony Hill responded by giving it out.

Khawaja reviewed it almost instantly. Third umpire Kumar Dharmasena went through the process of the DRS. And it looked like there was a little bit of daylight between bat and ball. The Hotspot didn’t show any mark either. And with Snicko (or UltraEdge) not a part of DRS, the third umpire couldn’t make a conclusive decision. Hence, he ruled it in favour of the on-field call and said that there was inconclusive evidence to overturn the decision and hence stuck with out.

Usman Khawaja was clearly not happy with the decision and he was proved right when Snicko confirmed that there was no edge.