ICC decides to discuss BCCI’s concerns about UDRS next month – Cricket News Update
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to consider the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) concerns and objections regarding the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), in its Executive Board meeting that is scheduled to be held next
month.
The Chief Executive Officer of the council, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, gave this green signal today, in his words with the media. However, he claimed that the technology had increased the ratio of right decisions in International cricket to a great extent.
The CEO said, “Statistics show that the accuracy of umpiring decisions had improved considerably after the UDRS became operational.”
After the UDRS’s first successful application in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011, Lorgat also revealed that the quality of umpires’ decisions had gone up by at least 7 percent.
The influential Indian board, which has always been neglecting and opposing the innovation, has now given a negative nod to the Hot Spot technology as well, in the backdrop of its top batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid’s controversial dismissal during the just-concluded
bilateral series against England.
In the 1st ODI between India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, Dravid was given out by the third umpire despite the fact that Television footages did not show any sign of an inside edge.
This dubious decision gave a fresh excuse to the Indians to point their fingers towards the UDRS again. Before this, they had voiced their demand regarding the removal of Ball Tracking Technology from the list of the compulsory elements for DRS.
Now the BCCI pundits want to get rid of the Hot Spot, which poses to be another mainstay of the review system.
Lorgat told, “http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is entitled to its opinion. But in my view, the full system should be used. A half-way house gets you nowhere.”
The UDRS, since its full-fledged appearance at the International stage in 2007, has been a subject of severe criticism from cricketing circles, of which India is at the forefront. The World Champions claim that the technology is prone to blunders as it is
manually operated. They also staunchly opposed it during the World Cup which was held in the sub-continent.
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