In a tense moment on the cricket field today, England’s Ben Stokes had to intervene to calm teammate Brydon Carse after an umpiring decision left the fast bowler visibly upset. The incident unfolded following a controversial call by Umpire Ahsan Raza during the final day of play.

The drama began when Raza ruled Jake Weatherald not out, despite an apparent edge to a delivery from Carse that was caught behind by England wicketkeeper Jamie Smith. England opted for a review, with Snicko technology revealing a spike as the ball seemingly brushed the bat. However, the umpires upheld the on-field decision, declaring Weatherald not out.

Frustrated by the outcome, Carse approached Weatherald with some heated words, creating an uncomfortable scene on the pitch. Recognizing the need to defuse the situation, Stokes quickly intervened, steering Carse away from further confrontation. The tension prompted additional England players, including Harry Brook, to approach and ensure the incident did not escalate further.

Carse was furious. He walked down the wicket and gave some choice words to Weatherald in what was an unsavoury moment during the final day.

Stokes arrived and pulled his bowler out of the situation, but more England players arrived, including Harry Brook.

Even though the match had escaped the tourists by this point, Stokes vented his frustrations during his post-match press conference, claiming that there needed to be greater consistency with DRS, noting England were also subjected to a poor decision in Adelaide.

Yeah, consistent is the word I think there. I don’t know really. Apparently, the rule is that it was a murmor a frame after the bat. It’s ruling towards how a third umpire and particularly how a third umpire when it is reviewed is to go off.

Especially after the carry on in Adelaide when I went up and had a good chat with Jeff Crowe about what happened there. I thought that a decision was correct based on how an umpire has to make a decision when it’s referred if that makes sense. The murmor was nowhere near where the guidelines are given for overturning a decision. Even though we all knew it was wrong. But the umpire could not have given Alex Carey as out because of the process that is in place for that.

But this one here, I just thought that was out. There was a noise. A frame after the ball passes the bat which looks like it… it should have been given out. That’s where the consistency… like where has the consistency gone? I just don’t get it.

Why do we not use the same technology all around the world? This type of stuff shouldn’t be spoken about because that’s not the reason why we’ve lost 4-1. But the fact that it keeps on coming up and being spoken about for a long period of time now, something should be done about it, just use the same technology everywhere so we don’t have to sit up here and have these conversations.