West Indies coach John Dyson was in philosophical mood at the close of a controversial day's play in Barbados.
Windies coach staying calm after referral drama
West Indies coach John Dyson was in philosophical mood at the close of a controversial day's play in Barbados which had two dramatic TV referral decisions.
Following TV umpire Daryl Harper's decision to not only withhold Shivnarine Chanderpaul's decision, but then reverse a not out verdict against Brendan Nash, Dyson left the Windies dressing room in fury.
Dyson went to see match referee Alan Hurst in what seemed like being a big confrontation given the decisions from Harper.
However, Dyson had calmed down by the close of play - by which time his side had made it to 398-5 thanks to Ramnaresh Sarwan's 184 not out, leaving them certain to avoid the follow-on.
TV evidence has suggested the both Harper's decisions were questionable at best, but most notably the one for Nash seemed very dodgy.
Decisions
"One of the great things about cricket is it teaches you to accept all decisions and just get on with the game," Dyson told
Sky Sports after the close of play.
"I just went down the stairs to have a chat with Alan Hurst. We just wanted to clarify a few things.
"I think we're still getting to grips with the whole concept.
"When you play your whole life with the umpires being in sole charge but now sometimes find yourself in situations where you can question the decisions it is hard to deal with."
Dyson was unsure that the system was working as it should - with the initial intention being to eradicate bad umpiring decisions.
"We were led to believe it was to eliminate the bad ones [umpiring mistakes]. But what we are seeing is all sorts of tactical decisions (to refer) are coming in," he added.
"The players are finding it challenging to get used to the system. I think the jury is still out."
Swann happy
England off-spinner Graeme Swann took 3-92 by the close, and he benefited from one of the controversial referrals, but was unaware of the drama unfolding off the pitch.
"We didn't realise it was controversial when we were out in the middle," he said.
"It's only when we've got off that everyone's talked about it. It's one of those things.
"Today they went in our favour; tomorrow they might not."
