The World Cricket Committee, MCC, has suggested the ICC that the disputed low catches should be an on-field decision, because TV cameras are dubious in terms of a catch gathered cleanly. Sometimes, Cameras rarely show that the catch has been taken clearly,
so the third umpire's decision can be doubtful.
The on-field umpire calls for review if he is not sure about the catch being held cleanly, than he should take the decision himself without referring the TV umpire.
A Statement suggested, “The MCC World Cricket Committee believes that current technology used by third umpires does not provide definitive proof of low catches, and recommends that the on-field umpires must be asked to make an initial decision based on the
naked eye.
"In games utilizing the UDRS, if the batsman or fielding captain wishes to review the decision, he may do so at this point provided that he still has a review in hand.
The MCC committee met in Perth in order to discuss the umpiring decisions system. They said that if a team thinks that an unfair decision is being made against them, then they are within their rights to challenge the outcome.
A current example leads us to the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, where Alastair Cook was given a life during his epic 235-run innings. Ponting took a catch at short mid-wicket, where the Australian captain claimed it to be clean, but the replay on TV raised
doubts about it, so on the basis of evidence from the camera the catch was ruled out.
Andrew Strauss, the English captain agrees with the MCC decision. Apparently, he said that one cannot trust the technology perfectly. Adding to it, the technology has its own repercussions and there are certain flaws.
Strauss added, “I agree the technology is flawed... Where it becomes very messy is where they make the decision once, and then the next time they refer it. I'd be very supportive of them if they just made the decision consistently."
On the contrary, Ponting had other ideas as he said that fielder's word of mouth should be considered the most. In response, MCC did not back Ponting's idea.
On the whole, it will be difficult for the cricketing authorities to implement such kind of decisions. It will be difficult to reach an agreement between the cricket teams and the administrations.
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