Smith angered by review in narrow loss

CHENNAI (Agencies) - Graeme Smith was aggrieved on Sunday after a contentious umpire decision review led to his dismissal against England and started his team's slide to defeat. TV umpire Asoka de Silva took about five minutes to decide that Smith had gloved a delivery by Graeme Swann to wicketkeeper Matt Prior, overturning the on-field umpire's call and adjudging the South Africa captain out on Sunday, the Times of India reported. The incident was the first of two in the Group B game to show what critics say are the inadequacies of the umpire decision review system, which the International Cricket Council has said should only be used to overturn obvious errors. Smith declined to elaborate upon his clear unhappiness at the dismissal, saying that it was not appropriate to discuss it publicly. His England counterpart backed the decision - if not the manner in which it was reached. "We were absolutely happy because we were absolutely certain that he gloved the ball," Andrew Strauss said. "I was fielding at slip and there was a sound. In that sense, it was the right decision."

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