South African Skipper Graeme Smith not pleased by the absence of UDRS in India
Proteas captain Graeme Smith, while talking to the media, expressed his utter disappointment over the absence of the UDRS (Umpire’s Decision Review System) in the ongoing Test series against India. The UDRS is not being used in
the series because of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s refusal.
Talking to the press, Smith said, “The ICC needs to take responsibility for that. They can't leave it to the boards. If the technology is available and they want us to use it, then we must use it.”
Smith was speaking regarding two controversial leg before wicket (LBW) decisions, which were given against South African batsman AB de Villiers and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, in the second innings of the second Test, at Kingsmead,
Durban.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 was adjudged lbw on a delivery by Harbhajan Singh when he was on 33, while Boucher, after scoring just one run, was given lbw on Zaheer Khan’s delivery.
Smith felt that had the UDRS been enforced in the series, those two decisions might not have gone in India’s favour. The hosts lost the Test by 87 runs.
The South Africans have been supporting the UDRS since its introduction in International cricket and want it to become permanent in cricket events all over the globe. Speaking on this Smith said, “It's regular use could give a
proper idea whether it works or not. Using it once every seven series is not going to benefit anybody."
The UDRS was introduced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on November 24th, 2009 in a Test match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in Dunedin. The system is currently being used on experimental basis only in
the five-day version of the game.
The basic purpose behind the introduction of the new technology is to give teams the option of reviewing any controversial decision given by the on field umpires in the event of a dismissal.
According to the system, each team is allotted two chances to challenge the umpire’s decision in both the innings. If, and when, a team chooses to challenge a decision, the on field umpire then refers the decision to the third
umpire, who reviews it via video replay and gives the final decision. The players cannot challenge the decision made after the video review.
However, there is a glitch in the system and that is that both the teams have to agree to the use of the system in the series. If a side rejects the technology’s use then the system is scrapped for the series. According to many
cricket experts, the use of the system should be made compulsory and the need for both the sides to agree on its use should be discarded.
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