Ashes 2025 Controversy: Alex Carey Survives Despite Snicko Error in Adelaide Test

England were very frustrated at the end of Day 1 of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide because Australia’s Alex Carey was not given out, even though it looked like the ball hit his bat. The “Snicko” technology, which is supposed to detect such edges, did not show anything. Carey went on to score a century before falling on 106 off 143 balls. Notably, Carey himself admitted that there may have been an edge and the technology should’ve picked it up while England bowling coach David Saker indicated that the visitors may raise the matter with the match officials.

The boys are pretty confident he hit it. I think the calibration of the ‘Snicko’ is out,” the Australian told reporters after England toiled through a sweltering day in the field. Australia were 326/8 at Stumps. “It was a pretty important decision. Those things hurt. You’d think in this day and age the technology’s good enough to pick things up like that.

Meanwhile, Snicko operator BBG Sports has said that it takes “full responsibility” for the error considering Carey admitted to have got a nick. “Given that Alex Carey admitted he had hit the ball in question, the only conclusion that can be drawn from this, is that the Snicko operator at the time must have selected the incorrect stump mic for audio processing,” BBG told BBC Sport. “In light of this, BBG Sports takes full responsibility for the error.”

Carey talked about the incident after the day’s play. He said, “I thought I heard a small nick or noise when the ball passed the bat. The replay looked a bit strange with the sound coming early. If I had been given out, I might have reviewed it, but probably not with full confidence. It did make a nice sound when it went past the bat.”