Windies umpire Joel Wilson removed from Ashes Series roster

West Indies umpire Joel Wilson as well as Chris Gaffaney will not be allowed to participate any further in the ongoing Ashes Series between hosts England and Australia. The first three tests witnessed numerous umpiring errors with Wilson getting eight of his decisions wrong at Edgbaston, while Gaffaney had seven decisions overturned at Headingley.

Veteran Marais Erasmus and rookie Ruchira Palliyaguruge will be the new umpires in the fourth test at Old Trafford, beginning on September 4. The third umpire in charge will be Kumar Dharmasena.

Erasmus has also been appointed for the fifth test at the Oval, while Dharmasena and Palliyaguruge will be swapping roles in the same. Umpiring has been a huge talking point this series due to several on-field decisions being overturned by the Decision Review System (DRS).

Wilson committed a massive error in the third test when he failed to give England hero Ben Stokes out lbw off Nathan Lyon's ball. The first three tests were marred by poor umpiring.