Dav Whatmore wants DRS to be made mandatory for every series – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davenell-Frederick-Whatmore-c52571, is not happy with the standard of umpiring in the first of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka at Galle and urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to make Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory for every international encounter.
At the close of play on day three of the Test, the Green Shirts were looking down the barrel as they needed another 474 runs to win with seven wickets in hand. Considering the changing nature of the track and the time left in the match, signs are pretty ominous for the visitors.
However, since the start of the match, a number of umpiring decisions have gone against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, badly hampering their progress in the first Test. On top of that, the regular skipper, Misbah ul Haq was banned for the match, which has disturbed the team combination.
Whatmore expressed that technology was used in the series between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and England earlier this year but cannot understand why it is not available for the on-going battle between the Asian giants.
"I think the home board [Sri Lanka Cricket] had it against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013? Why aren't we having it here? It doesn't seem right to me where you have it for one series and not for the other. It's difficult to understand,” the coach said.
In the long-term benefit of Test cricket, the former Australian cricketer thinks that DRS must be made mandatory for every international match, as it minimizes umpiring errors.
He believes, "What is more important is that the DRS should be made mandatory for every series. That will go a long way into fixing a lot of things."
While talking about some of the decisions that went in favour of the home team, Whatmore revealed that the team management will complain in the official report, which will be sent to the ICC. However, he refused to comment publicly, as it would violate the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625’s code of conduct.
"There will be a bit to say, but I cannot make a public comment. We have ways of communicating with those who matter," Whatmore added.
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