My thoughts are based around one simple, but much forgotten phrase

"The benefit of the doubt goes to the batsman"

If the Umpire is unsure about any aspect of an appeal, then he must give the benefit to the batter. The problem toay is that our TV guys can slow things down, look at a snickometer, track the path of the ball and in many decision they can have a certainty that the naked eye would never have.

I have no problems at all with an umpire getting the close one wrong (if they give the benefit the right way) my problem is the umpire that gets things so wrong.

The Botha decision is a case in point, the ball and bat where nowhere near each other, and yet, he was given out. Look at the reaction of Niall O'Brien, he was in total disbelief, he is the only other player that gets a similar view to the standing umpire, and if he can see it, why couldn't Jerling?