BCCI to study Umpire Decision Review System during Ashes
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which has opposed the use of the Umpire Decision Review System in matches involving India may just be turning the corner. According to reports, the BCCI will study the use of the UDRS in the forthcoming Ashes
series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and England and have another look into its stance.
According to the International Cricket Council, a BCCI representative will be accompanied by the ICC chief executive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719 to look into the use of the UDRS during the Ashes. Based on the study, the BCCI will then decide how to go about using the system
for the cricket World Cup that will begin from February 19, 2011.
This will be used as a test run for the World Cup, and the use of the system will be based on how reliable the ball-tracking technology would be. The World Cup knock-out rounds will also see the use of the Hot Spot technology. The Hot Spot technology uses expensive
thermal imaging cameras and shows a spot wherever the ball has made contact with either the bat or the pads enroute to the wicket-keeper.
BCCI’s basic bones of contention have been two-fold. Firstly, the BCCI has categorically said that neither the board nor the official broadcaster of the cricket in India wants to bear the huge costs associated with the technology. Secondly, the BCCI has also
indicated they are not happy with the Hawk-Eye’s predictive technology.
To counter the first issue, the ICC has said that the boards could now also look to sponsor the UDRS either in conjunction with the ICC or on their own. BCCI is one of the few cricketing organisations in the world who have yet to use the UDRS for Test matches
at home. The only time that the UDRS was used in a series involving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 when most of the decisions went against the Indians and the plan was shelved by the BCCI.
The BCCI will be represented by either BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, operations in-charge Suru Nayak or the board's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty on their visit to Australia.
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