Ashes Third Umpire Admits Opposite Day Confusion

"I thought I made it very clear to field umpire Tony Hill this morning that it's opposite day today," third umpire Kumar Dharmasena said. "When I finished reviewing the footage, I said to him, 'There is a white hotspot in the review. I can clearly hear sound, too. The bat definitely hit the ball. It's 100% out'."I just couldn't believe my eyes when he gave it out."Tony Hill turned to social media platform Twitter at the end of the session to comment on the matter."Apologies for the muck-up 2day. Kumar reckons it's opposite day 2day #whatiskumarsmoking #hestillthinkshesinthatmoviewithharold".Dharmasena also revealed the confusion stemmed from a failure to communicate whether or not today is actually opposite day."The hard part is trying to tell him it's opposite day. Do you say, 'It's opposite day today' or do you say, 'It'sopposite day today'? I haven't been this confused for years, not since Shane Warne sent me a text at 4am one night saying he misses me and if I could pick him up from Revolver."The decision follows several umpiring howlers in the 2013 Ashes series, forcing the International Cricket Council to promptly release a statement."After the recent Ashes controversies, the ICC board has decided to scrap the DRS. The problem is actually with the technology itself. All it's doing is giving us clear evidence. I think it's unfair to expect a professional umpire to make the correct decision using just a few slow-motion high definition angles, directional microphones and infrared technology."Furthermore, third umpire Kumar Dharmasena was not incorrect in saying it's opposite day today. It's not opposite day today, but it is. Not."