Steve Smith on South Africa's missed DRS chance against Beau Webster - 'From where I was, I was like, geez, that looks pretty good'

One of the significant turning points on the opening day of the World Test Championship final at Lord's on Wednesday came in the 29th over of Australia’s batting innings. After opting to bowl under overcast conditions, South Africa had reduced Australia to 67/4 at the stroke of lunch and early in the second session, they had a significant chance to send back allrounder Beau Webster who had just come out to bat alongside Steve Smith.

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With Kagiso Rabada getting a length ball to jag back in sharply, Webster got hit on the back leg and instantly went down in pain. There was a stifled appeal for LBW but it seemed South Africans heard a couple of noises and thought the ball had hit the bat before hitting Webster flush on the knee. But replays later showed the ball missed the bat and Webster was plumb in front on the ball-tracking system that showed up all three reds. The Tasmanian allrounder went on to severely punish South Africa, scoring 72. At the other end, Steve Smith immediately thought South Africa missed a trick. "I heard it was out, is that right? Yeah — It looked pretty good to me from the other end. I don’t know what actually happened there. I know Beau was in a little bit of pain. I don’t think it actually hit his pad, I think it just hit his leg," Smith said in the press conference after the day's play. "Someone said they saw Rabada shape to say he might