 They were back on the Sportsmax home ground to talk some cricket now Australia took an unassailable tuna lead in their three match test series against Pakistan after they won the second test by 79 runs at the MCG on Friday. After resuming day 4 on 187 for 6 with an overall lead of 241, Australia were eventually dismissed for 262, setting Pakistan a target of 317. After the Pakistanis fought valent, Libert were eventually dismissed for 237 with Captain Shan Masood top scoring with 60 against the captain Pat Cummins 5 for 49 and a 10-week-it-match hole. Speaking after the match, Pakistan's team director Mohamed Hafeez blamed inconsistent umpiring for his team's defeat. He said, we made some mistakes as a team, we will take that, we will address those things but at the same time I believe inconsistent umpiring and technology curse has really given us the result which should have been different, I feel like these are the areas that need to be addressed. I spoke to Rizwan and he's a very honest person, he said he did not even feel that it touched anywhere near the gloves and what we saw there should be conclusive evidence to reverse the decision of the umpire, that's what I know, the umpire gave it not out and there was no conclusive kind of evidence where the decision has to be turned over Mohamed Hafeez, they're disappointed about some of the umpiring cause and the DRS treatment of some of those incidents that we saw in this test match. Ricardo, you've been following this series closely, what did you make of the contest overall and Mohamed Hafeez comments? Yeah, I want to start Lance by having a look specifically at the Rizwan dismissal that Mohamed Hafeez spoke about because in my opinion the right decision was made but we can have a look at that to come to that determination for ourselves to see if we're all on the same page on this one, there is a bigger point to be made about the issue of umpire's call but I'll get to that shortly and the match itself, by the way this was a magnificent test match in my opinion it was quality cricket from both teams, high quality bowling from both teams Pakistan as well, I think again Pakistan let themselves down and it's a large part of why they ended up on the losing end, Abdullah Shafiq put down two opportunities in the match, one David Warner in the first innings, he went on to score 38 and then the more important one as far as I'm concerned Mitch Marsh when he was on 20 Australia struggling in their second innings at 4 for 46 and a very simple catch, there were 16 for 4 at one stage and then 4 for 46 when the catchers put down and for me that that probably changed the test match because it took a lot of the sting out of the Pakistan bowlers and it gave Mitch Marsh and Steve Smith who were at the crease at the time a lot of confidence and they, Marsh actually made 96 there you go and the partnership with 153, there you go and and you could look at that partnership as a much changing partnership, now to the Rizwan dismissal which of course Muhammad Afee says he was extremely disappointed with, he's right it was given not out by the umpire on field Pat Cummins went upstairs and let's have a let's have a close look so he is saying there is no conclusive evidence that the ball touched the glove now from the replay I just saw it seems to me to be relatively clear that the ball did touch the glove yeah catch the glove on its way through to the to the keeper yeah um what about the spike that we just saw where would that have come from in in the DRS review well let's have another look at it and we can try and make a determination just so I can understand specifically what you're referring to yeah so let's see if we can if we can get that again and maybe if we can slow down that aspect of it so it's given not out on field Pat Cummins goes upstairs here we go there is this this nico spike I was talking about but at the point we are unable to see exactly where the ball is so it could have been the elbow um so I think I understand a feces position that it was inconclusive yeah I think when you look at unfortunately we we don't have more of those replays but when you have a close look at the replays I think well as far as I am concerned you thought it touched glove yeah um I thought that was pretty clear to be honest so on on that point I don't agree with Mohammed Afis um he is also right when he says that Pakistan let themselves down as I pointed out because of the opportunities that they put down having said all of that Lance I have a massive issue with the idea of umpire's call just because the same scenario that keeps Lance Whitaker at the crease is the same scenario that could lead to my dismissal as we we have another look there at it and I have a major issue with that because let's look at a football scenario Lance let us say in football that the offside rule came down to um the the referee's call so you are a centimeter offside but because the referee said didn't make a call yeah it gets deemed onside but if the referee said it was offside that same situation is given as such I can't accept that because I think ultimately what you find in these matches is that it becomes unfair to one team or could potentially become unfair to one team in my opinion I think we have to get to a stage where we trust the technology and I understand that part of the reason why they have decided to go with umpire's call is because they feel that the technology is not 100 percent but I think we have to trust it if that is what we have even if it is 99 percent make that 99 percent fear for everyone involved yeah and I think what what it does in the same way that Vaar is employed is I think it seeks to reverse glaringly erroneous calls by the officiating umpire so if it's marginal the umpire's call would stand but if it is obvi- if in the LBW decisions when they go to the ball tracker if it completely misses the stumps and the umpire had given it out they would reverse it because it was obvious they have a very bad decision but I take your point if the ball is hitting stumps it means that the ball is is hitting stumps and the LBW call should be the call but if if the umpire's call had said not out and the the ball is just barely edging the edge of hitting the edge of the stumps the umpire's call remains so I take your point that it is it is one of the gray areas of of the DRS that will continue to be problematic because if you see we're a decision based on the technology is clearly saying one thing but because umpire's call had said the other thing before um it remains with the umpire it is a little hard to digest especially in a match like this where it was so critical and the Pakistan is needed to win the match to keep the series alive and I remember post-match after the first test Mohamed Hafeez had spoken very confidently that his team would rebound and win the second test I remember him saying very clearly that they saw where they went wrong he was a little hard on his players for not doing some of the things they should have done in the first test and he spoke very boldly that they would have won the second test so I know there was a lot hanging on on Pakistan's winning the second test and to lose in the way that they have here I understand his frustration by the way Lance I'm not even suggesting here right that the reason they lost the test match was because of umpire's call or the well the decisions made by the umpires as Mohamed Hafeez would want to suggest I've already pointed out I didn't agree the risk one discussion that we just had though was critical it was a critical point in the game but again I think the right decision was made there but but as a in general I don't agree with umpire's call yes I think we should get to a stage where we trust the technology and if you're using the technology just go with it yes even if it is 99.5 percent safe yes then what it means that you will have a fair process at 99.5 percent yeah as it is no as far as I'm concerned the process is not fair or could potentially end up not being fair to one team or the other and I don't know I just can't agree with that remember the the fall start rule the previous fall start rule were in track and field where you had if you had one fall start it was charged to the entire field yeah I thought that was ridiculous and it's the same way I feel about the umpire's call in cricket okay well the the third test starts Tuesday on Sportsmax at 730 Eastern Caribbean time 630 Jamaica time and although the Aussies have already won the series I think this series has been so gripping and um yeah that's that's a hard call may have touched love for real I am still excited to see this third test yeah I mean world test championship points are an offer and yeah that that's where I think it's pretty clear that it it it touched glove yes tough on Rizwan tough on Pakistan because they had they lost five wickets for 18 runs and this was the start of the capitulation so disappointing for them because they were really making a good run at the 317 run target yeah world test championship points and offer in the third test and I know both teams will be going all out well hopefully um to to make it another spectacle because this second test was really good um if I were Muhammad Afiz though lands my focus would be on cleaning up those areas where they let Australia off the hook in the second test and to be fair he did accept that a lot of the bad moments of the game they had to take responsibility for but I think he was so incensed by the what he called the inconsistent umpiring calls that he he used the opportunity to focus more on those but he did suggest that they were they had themselves to blame in a lot of the instances yeah with Pakistan I think it's more about cleaning up the areas um that they fell down in um more than it is about the umpire's call and yes I don't agree with umpire's call but having said that Pakistan really let themselves down like they have done so often yeah um in the world of cricket there's so much talent in that Pakistan team lands they should not be struggling in the world of cricket the way they are with the type of talent and quality they have yeah batting and bowling but consistently they let themselves down in the field especially yeah I agree with you Ricardo 100 percent let's go to break we have a lot more to come on the sports mat zone