Close but not close enough: 5 biggest umpiring blunders of 2013

4. Usman Khawaja, Caught

Usman Khawaja was beaten by a delivery from Graeme Swann, and Matt Prior safely caught the ball. Khawaja was given out, and decided to review the decision immediately. The replays were pretty inconclusive, and although there appeared to be a sound, it was before the ball passed the bat, maybe the sound of bat hitting pad. There was nothing conclusive on HotSpot as well. However, Kumar Dharmasena, the TV Umpire, decided to uphold the on-field call, maybe due to the fact that there wan’t enough evidence to overturn the on-field call.