What if the UDRS were in use at Capetown?

After Durban there was much brow-beating from UDRS apologists about "how bad India was to not use the UDRS".  Lets assume for a moment that the UDRS was in use at the Newlands  Lets see what impact it may / would have had (assuming the sides called for a review at the 3 close calls)


1. Sreesanth lbw appeal against Kallis (not given). Over 59.5

That would have been overturned as the ball was smacking fully into leg stump as per HawkEye, and Kallis would have been sent packing
Kallis lbw Sreesanth 54
Prince (batting) 0* 
South Africa 169/5 (52.5 overs)
UDRS Scorecard Impact: Huge.  107 fewer runs for Kallis.  Quite possibly 120-150 runs fewer for RSA, who may have been bowled out on D1 itself (there were still 21 overs left to be bowled on D1)

2. Harris lbw appeal against Tendulkar (not given)  Over 25.4

That would NOT have been overturned as the ball was just clipping leg stump -- more than half the ball was outside the stumps -- and as I understand the UDRS conditions that is not enough to overturn a "Not out"

Tendulkar (batting) 24*
Gambhir (batting) 44*
India 88/2 (25.4 overs)

No UDRS impact to the scorecard


3. Steyn caught behind appeal against Tendulkar (not given)

That too would not have been overturned as the replay would have indicated enough doubt about whether the ball bounced before Boucher caught it.

Tendulkar (batting) 49*
Gambhir (batting) 65*
India 142/2 (50.2 overs)
No UDRS impact to the scorecard


UDRS-fans please note -- it is irrelevant whether Tendulkar was "out" or Kallis was "not out" -- this is precisely how the UDRS would have been adjudicated. So the summary of the non-use of UDRS in Newlands, to date is that the only team to benefit is South Africa  who has scored 120-150 runs more
than it likely would have...


Bharat