Ashes 2017-18: 6 Controversies from the marquee series Down Under

#2 Usman Khawaja catch of Stuart Broad at Melbourne

While one angle showed Usman Khawaja to have tumbled the ball to the ground, the third umpire stood with the on-field decision of "out"

The series was decided and Australia had posted 327 batting first in the fourth Test at Melbourne. In response, the entire English batting revolved around veteran opener, Alastair Cook. In a total of 491, Cook carried his bat with 244 as the next highest score remained Joe Root's 61. For a change, Stuart Broad stepped up with the bat and contributed a quick fifty to the total.

In a knock featuring 8 fours and a six, Broad slashed hard at a fairly wide delivery pitched just outside off stump from Pat Cummins. Usman Khawaja sprinted from the third man to grab at a low chance but seemed unsure himself if the catch was clear or not. The soft signal from the on-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena was out, thus meaning that his TV colleague required substantial conclusive evidence to overturn the decision.

But despite replaying the catch from various angles – one of them even indicated the ball might have touched the ground – the third umpire stuck with “out”, igniting a debate post the verdict.