It’s the end of the 21st over of England’s first innings at Edgbaston. The Australian quick James Pattinson is finishing his seventh. He’s been rapid, moved the ball through the air, threatened constantly. He bowls the England captain, Joe Root, a combination of all three. Angle in towards the stumps, a hint of swing. Straightening off the seam to beat Root’s shot as he steps across to try to cover the line. A wooden sound, and the umpire gives him out caught behind.
Root’s review reveals a spike on the waveform sound-tracking graph. But not when the ball passes bat. When it passes off stump. Another angle shows the stump moving sideways and back as the ball passes. The spigot of the bail slides in the groove of the stump but the bail does not fall. Root is bowled, but not out.
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