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DRS pain for captain Tim Paine

Aus skipper's attack on technology is not justified considering his poor success rate in recent Ashes series. So to suggest that his judgment is better than the technology that doesn't favour anyone is worthy of contempt it deserves

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New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner appeals for a lbw verdict against Australia's Tim Paine during the Melbourne Test last week. Pic/Getty Images

New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner appeals for a lbw verdict against Australia's Tim Paine during the Melbourne Test last week. Pic/Getty Images

MichaelIndia were widely vilified when they first resisted the use of DRS and Third Umpire referrals. The BCCI, perhaps influenced by India's cricketing royalty at the time, felt that the ball tracking and Snicko technology didn't always produce the correct decision, much to the chagrin of countries like Australia.

It is indeed ironic then that Tim Paine, Australian captain by default when Steve Smith was busted for cheating, has brought the issue into sharp focus this week when expressing his anger at being given out lbw on review and missing out on a maiden Test century.

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