Pakistan will not use DRS technology for the Upcoming ‘home’ series in UAE – Cricket News Update
The Decision Review System (DRS) will not be used by the Pakistan Cricket Board for the Home series in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, as the deal with the broadcasting channel was signed before the ICC made UDRS mandatory.
The PCB had signed the broadcasting deal with the sports channel ‘Tensports’, way back in 2008, which did not include the clause regarding the DRS technology. The contract is worth 140.5 million dollars and expires in 2012. Therefore, the DRS is unlikely
to be used for the series between Pakistan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The PCB is forced to hold home series at neutral venues because of the uncertain security situation in the country.
Since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009, Pakistan has had no international cricket on home soil. This has affected national cricket and the Pakistan Cricket Board in many ways.
The PCB was desperate to revive cricketing ties with the rest of the cricketing nations and tried convincing them to visit http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Its officials were trying to conduct the home series in Pakistan, but the recent terrorist attacks on Mehran Base Karachi,
deteriorated the situation, hampering the efforts to hold International events at home.
Many options were considered to decide the neutral venue for the series, including Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 and UAE. The most feasible options in terms of finances and other administrative issues turned out to be UAE, where Pakistan has held many series earlier
as well.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hong-Kong-c2919, but there were provisions regarding the availability of the technology and other associated issues.
Since the use of this expensive technology was not part of the deal signed between Tensports and PCB, it will not be used for Pakistan’s home series scheduled to be held in UAE, next year in January.
The Decision Review System Technology would require the broadcaster to make use of infra-red cameras and audio-tracking devices, which would increase the cost to around $5000 per day.
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