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Usually debatable decisions work out fairly evenly over a Test rubber,but weight of evidence suggests that the umpires were mistaken in giving Bradman not out caught for 28 in the First Test,Edrich out leg-before-wicket for 89 in the Third Test,and Washbrook out caught behind the wicket for 39 in the Fourth Test. These decisions came at such points in England's bids to gain an advantage that they could almost be termed turning-points of the three games.
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