England captain Ben Stokes has once again called for the 'soft signal' rule to be scrapped after Marnus Labuschagne was controversially given not out by the third umpire during the final Test between Australia and South Africa.
South Africa were convinced Simon Harmer had taken a clean catch at first slip after Labuschagne edged a delivery from Marco Jansen and on-field umpire Paul Reiffel gave a 'soft signal' of out before sending the decision upstairs to third umpire Richard Kettlebrough.
After much deliberation, Kettleborough decided Harmer had not caught it cleanly and gave Labuschagne not out. In response to the controversial decision, Stokes renewed his calls for the 'soft signal' to be scrapped entirely.
