Umpire's Call: The DRS Rule Fans Love to Hate

An LBW review checks three things in order: where the ball pitched, where it struck the pad, and whether it was going on to hit the stumps.

Umpire's call exists because ball-tracking is a prediction with a small margin of error, so a marginal clip keeps the on-field decision.

You do NOT lose a review when the result is umpire's call — your two reviews per innings survive.

Three red zones do not always mean out; the wickets zone has a margin where the on-field call stands.

The 'soft signal' was scrapped in 2023, so the third umpire now starts fresh on catches near the ground.