...Kumble's appeal for an lbw against Samaraweera was rejected. In live time, it seemed there might have been an inside edge before the ball hit pad, but the replays clearly showed the ball hit the pad first. The impact was 40% inside the mat - as it was with Rahul Dravid when he was given out yesterday - and the ball would have gone on to hit the middle stump three-fourths of the way up. For some reason, though, the original decision was upheld, which left the Indians irate. Sachin Tendulkar, who had injured his elbow earlier, even signalled "out" from the dressing room. Samaraweera was on 5, then, and went on to score 35, and more importantly, put together a 60-run partnership with Sangakkara at a crucial juncture.
-cricinfo
They kept on showing the replay, almost every over after that. The lunch discussion was also on the reviews and Sanjay Manjrekar was pushing for the fact that third umpire did make a mistake. For that particular review, they showed the angle from the side and as you indicated from CricInfo, it touched the pad first, clearly the bat was nowhere near. This is a serious concern which technology have failed to address. The "doubts" from the naked eye should at least not remain under a doubt when the third umpire is taking 5 minutes to make a decision after watching several replays. I will not be surprised if the actual number of correct decisions (over 90% according to the ICC) goes down with the advent of all this. You cannot afford to give the batsman any benefit of the doubt where clearly the doubt is removed from the picture after the replay.
Re: India Vs Srilanka 3 rd Test (Operation Poomalai Vs.Operation Vijayasikuru)
Sri Lanka lead by 146 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
thats not a big lead actually ......
but again .... indians have to bat really well ..........
Sehwag will be key here .....
remember Lankans have to bat in 4th innings .......
