Greatbatch questions quality of referral technology

Skittled for 157 in reply to Australia's 459-5dec, they were made to follow on by Australia captain Ricky Ponting and were 187-5 at stumps, still 115 runs behind with two days remaining.

Resuming on 108-4 at the Basin Reserve, New Zealand lost 11 wickets in the day as Doug Bollinger returned Test-best figures of 5-28 in the first innings and added 2-30 in the second to leave his side totally in control.

While the New Zealanders were largely the instigators of their own downfall, it was the contentious dismissals of Tim Southee in the first innings and BJ Watling – lbw in the second – via the review system that caused them most concern.

Captain Daniel Vettori sought out match referee Javagal Srinath in the break between innings regarding Southee's departure.

Greatbatch was evasive when asked if his captain had spoken to Srinath but the match referee said via a New Zealand Cricket spokesman it had been simply a "casual chat".

"It's fair to say the system at the moment, it's a little inconsistent," said Greatbatch.

"We just asked the question whether the system in place at the moment is consistent. The match referee said yes, so we'll get on with it."

Southee slashed wildly at a delivery from Mitchell Johnson and was given out caught behind by umpire Ian Gould. The tail-ender called for a review and replays suggested he had not got bat on ball but the decision was upheld.

"I'm not sure whether the technology they've got there is good enough as far as frames per second," added the New Zealand coach.

At the start of the second innings, Watling was trapped lbw by Bollinger, and again signalled for a review.

Questions were raised about whether the ball had pitched in line with the leg stump and replays were not conclusive but again the decision stood.

Andrew Symonds starred with bat and ball as the Deccan Chargers defeated the Delhi Daredevils by 10 runs in the Indian Premier League in Cuttack.

Symonds made 35 in the Chargers' total of 171-6 and then claimed 3-21 as the Daredevils lost their nerve in a close finish, eventually falling short.

Yuvraj Singh helped the Kings XI Punjab register their first win, scoring the decisive runs as they defeated the Chennai Super Kings via the super over.