The BBL has once again been marred by umpiring howlers as cricket icon Shane Warne led pleas for the competition to have the DRS system.<\/p>\n
Both players and fans were left in disbelief after two shocking decisions in the space of five deliveries in the Adelaide Strikers' innings against the Perth Scorchers.<\/p>\n
The decisions put a dampener on an otherwise bright performance from the Strikers who ran out 71-run winners after bowling the Scorchers out for 94 after posting 8-165 in the first innings.<\/p>\n
Afghanistan star Rashid Khan, who was recently crowned the ICC's Men's T20I Cricketer of the Decade, was involved in the first incident which occurred in the 18th over.<\/p>\n
Up against Scorchers paceman Jhye Richardson, Khan was rapped on the pads with a yorker that looked out for all money, before the umpire gave it not out, much to Richardson and the commentary team's disbelief.<\/p>\n
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"How could you not give that out?" ex-Aussie great Andrew Symonds said on commentary for Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n
"That's cannoning into middle and leg, there's no doubt about that," Adam Gilchrist added.<\/p>\n
Just four balls later, a decision went Richardson and the Scorchers' way as he trapped Matt Short LBW with a similar delivery, only for replays to show that Short had hit the ball.<\/p>\n
"I reckon that's just come straight off his cricket bat. Oh goodness me," Symonds said.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneWarne\/status\/1343495361298501633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343495361298501633%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fcricket%2Fdomestic-cricket%2Fbig-bash%2Fbbl-2020-bad-umpiring-decisions-howlers-adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-shane-warne-twitter%2Fnews-story%2F5a1f9c86b942643aae3c682c2c7a3130<\/a><\/p>\n "I reckon they've just got to sit down and use the technology that's there. This can't keep happening, it's not a good look for the game \u2013 and there is technology there that they can use that cuts it out."<\/p>\n The pair of umpiring howlers continued what has been a farcical display from umpires at times, with teams unable to use the DRS system that has become commonplace all over the world.<\/p>\n "I'm sorry but who is in charge of the umpires in Australia? Every game we see horrible mistakes (and) it's embarrassing for the BBL completion," Shane Warne tweeted.<\/p>\n "The Big Bash is a wonderful tournament but it's fast becoming a joke and could ruin players careers. Please can we have DRS immediately!"<\/p>\n Warne was far from the only person on social media to blow up over the latest pair of umpiring howlers.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiecox1969\/status\/1343492488149909504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343492488149909504%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fcricket%2Fdomestic-cricket%2Fbig-bash%2Fbbl-2020-bad-umpiring-decisions-howlers-adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-shane-warne-twitter%2Fnews-story%2F5a1f9c86b942643aae3c682c2c7a3130<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckBerry1969\/status\/1343492931022295042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343492931022295042%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fcricket%2Fdomestic-cricket%2Fbig-bash%2Fbbl-2020-bad-umpiring-decisions-howlers-adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-shane-warne-twitter%2Fnews-story%2F5a1f9c86b942643aae3c682c2c7a3130<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MickRandallHS\/status\/1343491804117696512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343491804117696512%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fcricket%2Fdomestic-cricket%2Fbig-bash%2Fbbl-2020-bad-umpiring-decisions-howlers-adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-shane-warne-twitter%2Fnews-story%2F5a1f9c86b942643aae3c682c2c7a3130<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/tim_michell\/status\/1343492279420383232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1343492279420383232%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxsports.com.au%2Fcricket%2Fdomestic-cricket%2Fbig-bash%2Fbbl-2020-bad-umpiring-decisions-howlers-adelaide-strikers-vs-perth-scorchers-shane-warne-twitter%2Fnews-story%2F5a1f9c86b942643aae3c682c2c7a3130<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"