Ashes umpires changed following 'disgraceful' controversy

The final two Ashes Tests will have completely new umpires in a welcome change following the dramas around the first three.

Joel Wilson and Chris Gaffeney, who controlled the controversial third Test in Leeds, are finished for the series - a decision that was made prior to the Ashes commencing.

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Marais Erasmus and rookie Sri Lankan Ruchira Palliyaguruge will come in for the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

The move to change umpires is in no way a response to the string of errors that have plagued the series.

However it will surely be welcomed by the players and fans.

West Indian Wilson, who incorrectly gave Ben Stokes not out just balls before he hit the winning runs in the third Test, set the dubious record of most overturned decisions in one Test in the first match.

Over the first three Tests there have bee 50 decisions sent to DRS, with 19 of them needing to be overturned.

Fans have labelled the umpiring dramas ‘embarrassing’ and ‘disgraceful’ throughout the series.

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Wilson shocked Australia for a third-straight Test but Tim Paine only had himself to blame after wasting a review that could have retained the Ashes.

Wilson shook his head as Australia went up in unison for a Nathan Lyon lbw shout in the penultimate over of the nerve-jangling third Test, at which point the tourists held a two-run lead.

Ball-tracking replays showed why, confirming Wilson erred and the on-field verdict could have been overturned on review.

Ben Stokes disputed that verdict, arguing "DRS has got that completely wrong ... cannot believe it was three reds", but the match-winning allrounder's opinion would have counted for zero if Paine had the power to send it upstairs.

However, Australia's skipper had already burned both referrals as his ineffectual use of the system continued to prove a talking point in the series.

Paine insisted Wilson's verdict, which comes after the Trinidadian's contentious ruling on a catch as third umpire at Lord's and some eight overturned decisions in the Edgbaston series opener, was "irrelevant".

But the keeper struggled to hide his disbelief, noting in a post-match interview with Nine that he "can't fathom why or how that wasn't given out".

"England had two referrals, so if it was given out the correct decision would have been made upstairs," Paine said.

The veteran then told reporters he "saw it live, that's all I needed to see".

"I don't want to watch that again," Paine said.

"To sit down and single out an umpire is unnecessary. He is no different to everyone else, he is allowed to make mistakes.

"I've got every review wrong, so I'm going to give up and give it to someone else."

Wilson's struggles in Birmingham led to calls for English and Australian umpires, who make up more than half of the elite panel, to adjudicate in the Ashes.

That debate will continue but Australia will review their reviews rather than focus on an umpire playing no further part in the five-Test series.

with AAP