Hawk-eye mandatory in Sri Lanka - Australia series, no Hot-spot - Cricket News Update
The series between Sri Lanka and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 will have Hawk-eye as mandatory aid, while the Hot Spot has been given a backseat, and will not be used, as confirmed by the agreements between the respective Cricket Boards.
The decision was influenced by the availability of both technologies, which saw the Sri Lankan board opt for the ball tracking one, which will allow players to review umpire’s lbw decision.
As for the One-Day series, match referee http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javagal-Srinath-c66513 , confirmed after a meeting with both team captains, which sees each side getting one decision referral in the ODI match, while getting two unsuccessful reviews in the five-day
format of the game.
The main concern for the host country’s board was the cost it would incur, if they use technology, which is believed to be expensive. However, after much consideration, they decided that it is in the best interest of players and
fans that haw-eye should be preferred to the hot-spot.
In the one-off test match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, the Decision Review System (DRS) was not in place, mainly due to the its high expenditure cost.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 has come under great scrutiny recently over the half hearted use of the Decision Review System in the ongoing England-India series.
Both Boards preferred the Hot-Spot over Hawk-eye, which left many English players leading to question the higher body.
It meant that LBW decisions could not be referred, which led to many contemptuous moments in the first two test matches, leaving both sides frustrated.
It was mainly BCCI, which did not approve of the Hawk-eye, as they thought the technology was not 100-percent accurate. However, the Indians were on the receiving end of a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 hatrick, which could have been avoided, had
the Hawk-eye been in place.
However, Australia's tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 has brought sanity to the proceedings by allowing the more important LBW decisions to be reviewed.
It has been a much debated issue for quite a while now, where former cricketers and analysts have had mixed views over the use of the controversial technology.
However, the Hawk-eye will be up and running in the first one-day International, which will take place on the 10th of August.
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