DRS - LBW without offering a shot.

David Dillon | April 17, 2024

I was never much of a bowler, but I believe that if a batsman is hit on the pads without offering a shot ALL the benefit should go to the bowler.

If the umpire says not out and DRS shows it clipping the stumps by 1 mm, to me that's out, fair and square.

It happened a few times in 22/23 to Nathan Lyon, where the batsman got the benefit of DRS because less than 50% of the ball was hitting.

For 'not offer a shot' LBW decisions, surely DRS is there to protect that batsman from the umpires howlers, not to protect the umpires from their own howlers.

As it currently stands when not offering a shot, a batsman is afforded the same protection as one that actually took a risk and played a shot but missed.

Fair enough to send it upstairs if you've been robbed... but otherwise use your bat, that's what it's there for.