Proteas shrug off umpires' nightmarish display at Kingsmead: 'Everybody is human'

Proteas team management on Sunday shrugged off a mounting number of mistakes made by umpires Marais Erasmus and Adrian Holdstock in the first Test against Bangladesh at Kingsmead, simply noting that "everyone's human".

By the end of the fourth day, the local duo had no less than eight of their combined decisions overturned by the decision review system (DRS).

Erasmus in particular has been scrutinised given that he's made five of those wrong decisions and just a few months ago received the notable accolade of the ICC's Umpire of the Year for 2021.

MARAIS ERASMUS

 - Lizaad Williams tries to flick and misses. He's given out, but after ball tracking re-calibrates a strange initial decision, it's shown that the ball pitched outside leg.

- Mushfiqur Rahim is strangled down leg by Simon Harmer and given out, but Ultra Edge shows no spike.

- Mushfiqur is involved in a carbon copy incident off the same bowler. This time he's given not out, but the review shows there's an edge.

- Litton Das apparently feathers one down leg and is given out. The replay shows the ball hit his thigh pad.

- Dean Elgar is struck fairly adjacently in front, but the finger stays down. DRS overturns the decision.

ADRIAN HOLDSTOCK

- Khaled Mahmud receives a vicious short one from Duanne Olivier. There's a loud appeal, but he's adjudged to have missed it. The replay shows glove was involved.

- Sarel Erwee initially survives a confident appeal for LBW, seemingly indicating that he hit the ball. Upon review there's no spike present and he's plumb in front.

- Kyle Verreynne is given out for a full-blooded sweep, but immediately goes upstairs. Ball tracking shows the delivery is missing leg by some distance.

Those glaring mishaps even led to Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's