‌BBL | Twitter reacts to third umpire’s spruce as DRS mayhem stir ‘irrational’ No Ball decision in Big Bash League 

Opting to bat first, things didn't pan out well for Brisbane Heat as openers Usman Khwaja and Colin Munro departed in the powerplay with the scoreboard reading 38/2. After a steady partnership of 34 runs between Marnus Labuschange and Matt Renshaw, Heat looked likely to put up a decent total on the board.

Things went a bit haywire on the third ball of the 11th over bowled by Scorchers spinner Hamish Mckenzie. He produced the perfect straight length creaming into the pads of Paul Walter who was a long way forward on a defensive push. As a result there was a huge appeal for LBW only for umpire Greg Davidson to side with the batter. After a quick consultation, skipper Aaron Hardie decided to opt for a review not realizing it would do his side more harm than good. Since Walter had come down the track the major question was whether the impact was in-line with the stumps. 

However, much to everyone’s surprise, the review never got that far as it took the third umpire a couple of minutes to just confirm the legitimacy of the delivery. While the decision should have been pretty straight forward, the lack of camera angles meant that the TV umpire had to make a judgement call. On the angle that covers the line, Sam Billings had completely blocked off the view while the stump cam showed the bowler’s feet landing past the crease establishing that there is nothing behind the line and was called a no ball by the 3rd umpire. The Scorchers would have anticipated an ‘Out’ on the big screen, but what they were served was a double whammy as Walter got a free hit along with an extra to the team’s score. 

The Twitterati were all up in arms with the passage of play and made their feelings known as well. 

Good call

— Virat Sharma (@ViratSharm39743) 

Big ask

Heat looking all over the Scorchers right now. 191 at the Gabba is a big ask, even with Perth's line-up 

— Davis Harrigan (Digi) (@DeadlineDavis) 

Some trouble 

Scorchers are in a bit of trouble I think might be beyond them 😕

— @robbo61 (@Allan1175464) 

Brutal

Michael Neser's explosive display in the final over, smashing his THIRD six, sets the Scorchers a challenging target of 192 runs. 🚀💥 Tune in on Ch. 501 or stream via  to witness the action!   

— Hemant ( Sports Active ) (@hemantbhavsar86) 

Maybe

Had Australia not had Cummins at 8, or starc, Michael Neser would be playing every game for Australia.



White+red ball.

What an asset to have.



64*(30) against the mighty bowling lineup of the scorchers

Jhye Richardson

Behrendorrf

Ashton agar

Aaron hardie



That's good bowling 👍🏼

— 𝔸ℝℕ𝔸𝕍 (@TheDrArnav) 

What an innings!

Michael Neser smashed 64* (30) with 7 fours and 3 Sixes after Heat were 91-5 in 13th over



Sam Billings and Neser shared 80 run partnership to post 191-6 (20) vs Scorchers 

— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) 

LOL

Scorchers flat out did this batting almost two years to the day, and Laurie Evans hit the first ball of the 11th for six.



Someone did it against them and they got the wicket of Marnus 😂 

— Daniel Beswick (@DGBeswick1) 

Win it guys!

If Perth Scorchers win by 10 or 9 wickets I'll follow 3 accounts on X! Always frightened, lol! Coz nothing is in my hand, lol! 

— Saurav Yadav (@Sauravgood) 

Why?

Why didn't Lance Morris bowl his 4 overs? Richardson had an off night, should never have bowled his 4 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️  

— Jono Whitney (@bigbono85) 

Absolutely poor

Scorchers Poor bowling Poor Fielding🤦‍♂️ 🏏

— 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓔𝓭🐴 (@SaintEd61)