India denies chances of using UDRS during its England tour
The inconsistent use of the controversial Umpires’ Decision Review System (UDRS) has once again become the subject of debate after it was used in the Ashes series between England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 while a parallel Test series between India and South Africa was
played without the referral system.
India had a disappointing experience of the challenge system when it was first applied in a Test series featuring two sub-continent Test cricketing giants, Sri Lanka and India and has been reluctant in using the review system in its matches since then.
The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, N Srinivasan said recently that they do not accept the technology and are not going to use it in any of their bilateral series.
"We don't accept this technology. We are not going to use it in any bilateral series," said Srinivasan.
On the other hand, the ICC chief executive, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719 said that it was observed in the recent series that the system was very beneficial for the umpires. Looking at its positives, Lorgat revealed that the apex body is now keen to use it in the one-day
cricket and will implement the idea in next month’s Cricket World Cup, which India will co-host with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The UDRS becomes a contentious issue whenever a Test series featuring India comes close to its start, as they are not open to the idea; however their opposition always demands for the referral system. But since the ICC has left it up to the individual board
to decide whether to use it or not, BCCI’s subsequent objection leads to absence of UDRS in the series.
The recently concluded three-match Test series between India and South Africa did not feature the review system just because Cricket South Africa failed to convince BCCI for the use of technology in the series.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s next five-day series will be against England later this year and it is expected that the issue would once again make the headlines since England and Wales Cricket Board favours UDRS. James Avery, the media manager of ECB, indicated
that it would be part of ECB’s agenda in the pre-series meetings ahead of the tour which starts in July.
But Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary has declined any chances of UDRS being part of any of their bilateral series saying that it needs both boards to agree to use the technology.
"Both teams have to agree to it. It wasn't used in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 as we didn't agree to it," said Srinivasan. "We don't trust it and I don't want to go into further details."
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