Australia vs India
22-26 November 2024
The opening Test of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth produced multiple contentious DRS decisions — with ball-tracking showing multiple 'umpire's call' moments that divided players and commentators about the technology's fitness for purpose.
England vs Australia
1-5 August 2019
Multiple decisions in the 2019 Ashes were upheld as 'umpire's call' despite ball tracking showing the ball hitting the stumps, reigniting the debate about the DRS threshold.
Various
1 January 2017
The 'Umpire's Call' element of DRS, where marginal LBW decisions are upheld even when ball-tracking shows the ball hitting the stumps, has been one of cricket's most divisive ongoing controversies.
ICC vs Players and Fans
2009-11-01
The 'Umpire's Call' component of DRS — which upholds on-field decisions when the ball is clipping the stumps — was introduced to protect umpire authority but has been consistently criticised for producing outcomes that seem to contradict the purpose of technological review.