mikesiva wrote:sussexpob wrote:Apparently Carey had his offstump clanged without the bail coming off early into his innings, so the game could have been pretty much dead had it not been for a massive slice of luck
The bail was spinning in its grooves!
Pretty sure I mentioned this once and no one agreed, but the wickets are designed to break with any miniscule contact... Fielding teams should be allowed to appeal for a bowled dismissal in situations where it is clear the ball hit the stumps, but the bail is not removed, and the umpire should also be able to refer at decision to the third umpire to give them out where its clear the stump is hit.
It feels like these are freak incidents. Windies will probably lose a game they would have been country mile favourites to win, while the batsman is rewarded for poor play on luck. In the past its been suggested sometimes manufacturing errors can lead to deeper grooves, and little knocks wont dislodge the bails.