Australia's Tour of India: UDRS technology will be used despite BCCI’s hard stance
During Australia’s tour of India this October, the technology required for the controversial Umpire Decision Review System would be available at every venue despite BCCI’s stand against the technology. Due to India’s reluctance, the beneficiaries of this technology would in the end be television audiences and not the players or umpires in the field.
As per recent regulations set by the International Cricket Council, the obligatory requirements for the UDRS include the ball tracking technology (Hawk-Eye), super slow motion cameras and a clear audio feed from the stump mike. All these technologies are currently available and the production team of India’s official broadcaster for home matches, Neo Sports would use it in every game during the tour. The tour includes three one-day and two test matches. The tour will be crucial for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 from the Ashes perspective as it would provide a practicing platform for the Aussies to gear up for a tough series against Ashes rivals England who are fighting these days for bragging rights in all formats of cricket after winning the World T20 Championship in Caribbean earlier this year.
An executive of Neo Sports claimed that if the BCCI plans to change its strict stance at any time before or within the series, Neo Sports can put the technology in place even at a short notice. However, the chances of using the UDRS technology in the tour are extremely willowy, although Cricket Australia is quite enthusiastic for the UDRS and has been supporting the technology from day one.
Despite a steady resistance from the Board of Control of Cricket in India to the new UDRS practice, CA will push the decision review system as one of its top most suggestions in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Board for the upcoming series. The spokesperson of Cricket Australia, Peter Young revealed that Michael Brown, the head of CA is optimistic that the Indian counterparts would be interested in CA’s viewpoint. Michael Brown will head the MoU discussions between CA and BCCI.
CA spokesman admitted that the UDRS does have problems such as the high cost of buying this technology along with its consistency of use. The interest of Australia behind the decision review system during its tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 would not only depend upon the strength of their case. The BCCI has already made it clear that “the decision of the host country is important”. Such statements from BCCI officials have significantly reduced the chances of CA to drum any eagerness from the hosts over the decision review system.
India’s allergy towards the referral system started some two years ago when they were the part of the system alongside Sri Lanka during the 2008 tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richardson-c85395, revealed at the beginning of 2010 that in the 13 Test matches that had featured the review system, 97% umpire decisions were estimated to be accurate as compared to 92% without the system.
BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan on the other hand declined to comment on Cricket Australia’s move for the UDRS saying that the discussion between the BCCI and CA was about privacy of process.
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