http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on the same page over DRS - Cricket News Update
As the furore over the Decision Review System (DRS) taking momentum in the cricketing circles, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have joined hands and demanded a mandatory use of the technology in the game.
Pakistan was on the receiving end of several umpiring errors which cost them a heavy defeat by 209 runs at the hands of Sri Lanka in the recent Galle Test, prompting a strong reaction from the Pakistan camp.
Sri Lankans, who used DRS in the previous home series with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davenell-Frederick-Whatmore-c52571
who severely criticised the selective use of the technology.
"The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 must take it upon themselves to fund the system for the boards which cannot afford to, instead of leaving it to them to decide whether they use it or not,” Jayawardene said.
However, following the umpiring debacles in the Galle Test, the Lankan skipper came out sharing his Pakistani counterpart’s previous comments over the use of DRS.
“I have always been a fan of the DRS. It might not be 100 percent technology, but if we can use it to get the maximum number of correct decisions, it will help the umpires as well," the Lankan captain added.
Earlier Pakistani skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 had urged the authorities to look into the matter to make a final decision and highlighted the need for the technology to be made permanent for every game.
“It should be compulsory for every game," Hafeez said. "I feel as a player, not having the DRS puts a lot of pressure on you and that pressure goes to the umpires."
DRS had become a hot topic after International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive Committee’s meeting in Kuala Lumpur, which came out with the recommendation to make the technology compulsory in all international matches.
Board for Cricket Control in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 (BCCI), which has always opposed the system while calling it as inaccurate, again refused to accept ICC’s recommendations with many cricketing pundits criticizing the Indian cricketing body, which remains a financial power
house of the game.
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