Players must respect the umpire says Stuart MacGill – Cricket News Update
Former Australian leg-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stuart-Charles-Glyndwr-MacGill-c91433 says that despite having the luxury of technology these days, players must be respectful of the standing umpires.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 caught in war of words over the use of the Decision Review System, the spinner takes a calm approach to the whole saga and admits that while the technology has its pros and cons, the final decision remains with the on-field umpires so players must respect the umpire’s decision no matter what.
The first Test at the MCG between the two cricketing heavy weights, witnessed this debate of whether http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 should make the use of DRS mandatory or not. While the hosts have been calling on the technology to be made available, their counterparts namely BCCI have been against the use of the system as they deem it flawed and controversial.
It led to wide spread criticism following some decisions going against the home team where most notably, veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 when replays clearly showed that there was no contact with the ball.
While MacGill opted to see both sides, he claimed that the umpires decision must be the final one.
“The DRS, or its absence, is going to prove controversial …. And there are two sides to my own opinion," MacGill said in the Age."I have always been told that the umpire's decision is final. If we're going to use the DRS it has to be the umpire's decision to refer it upstairs or we shouldn't use it at all."
"It's often said that sportsmen can be incredibly selfish, and maybe a player's response to an unwanted umpiring decision is further evidence of this."That being the case, it still doesn't give players an excuse for questioning an umpire's decision,” added the leg-spinner.
Aussie skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 earlier said that he wants ICC to be more proactive in their approach and must be firm on their stance of whether to use the technology or simply astray from it.
Meanwhile, Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, who is not a big fan of the technology, said that he wants umpires to be a little more consistent. For now, this debate seems never ending.
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