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title: "In Cricket, What Makes an Umpire’s Call Decision Different From an Out Decision?"  
description: "In Cricket, What Makes an Umpire’s Call Decision Different From an Out Decision?"  
author: "Sneha Basheer"  
published: 2026-10-17  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117773/in-cricket-what-makes-an-umpire-s-call-decision-different-from-an-out-decision  
category: "Mix Category"  
tags: ["cricket", "DRS", "Sports rules"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# In Cricket, What Makes an Umpire’s Call Decision Different From an Out Decision?

I understand that an umpire’s call can leave the on-field decision unchanged after a DRS review, but I’m not clear on why that outcome is treated differently from a straightforward “out” or “not out” result.

How do the ball-tracking margins affect the decision, and what happens to a team’s review when the result is umpire’s call? A plain-language explanation would help, especially for close lbw decisions.


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