Hi

An interesting discussion Gentlemen.

can I add a couple of salient points ?

1. I don't think that the Broad "catch" was straightforward at all. The wicketkeepers gloves were almost touching Broad's bat and the deviation was unusually high for that kind of snick.
The umpire who did not give him out is considered to be the best in the World at the moment.
Broad is primarily a bowler and as such has had to put up with many decisions of batsmen who refuse to walk.

2. In the second Australian innings, Clarke the Australian Captain also refused to walk. He was given out by the umpire but challenged the decision. Only after being given out by the 3rd umpire using the technology did he walk. I have not seen any vilification of him as as happened to Broad.

3 I played League Cricket at various levels in various parts of the UK. I can tell you that whether to walk or not has always been an issue. It got progressively more common NOT to walk over the years and now I believe that anyone who does so is in a very small minority.

Cheers

MikeL2