England vs New Zealand: Stuart Broad calls for 'soft signal' to be abolished after Devon Conway incident in second Test
Broad thought he had Devon Conway caught low in the slips by Zak Crawley for 22 on Friday’s second day at Edgbaston. Birmingham: England great Stuart Broad has urged cricket chiefs to “do away now” with the soft signal after feeling he had been denied a wicket by the current Decision Review System in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand. You only have to look at Joe Root’s reaction at first slip and Bracey’s reaction behind the stumps— who are a yard away from it—to know that that ball has carried.” Nevertheless Broad, perhaps anxious to avoid disciplinary action from his father Chris, the ICC match referee for this Test, added he sympathised with the “really difficult situation” the umpires found themselves in with the soft signal. “Then the third umpire’s hands are tied a little bit with whatever that on-field call is.” Broad, now sixth in Test cricket’s list of all-time leading wicket-takers insisted the International Cricket Council should abolish the soft signal immediately as “the cons completely outweigh the pros”.
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