Umpire Decision Review System in ICC World Cup 2011 under fire
The incomplete Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2011 came under fire.
During Sri-Lanka’s thumping victory against Canada at Habantota, where Mahela Jayawardene made his hundred, there was a controversial umpire decision.
When Jayawardene was batting on 11 in the 23rd over, he survived a caught behind appeal, which was given not out by the on-field umpire but the Canadian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Bagai-c46284, and wicketkeeper, Jimmy Hansra, disagreed and called for the UDRS.
According to the Canadians, the Lankan player had edged the ball. The decision was reviewed and given ‘Not out’ by the TV umpire.
The same thing happened in another over by Hansra, when Jayawardene attempted a drive. It was again sent to the third umpire but TV replays failed to capture a clear picture of the attempt. This happened due to a lack of complete UDRS availability.
Hot spot was missing, which is the most important part of the review system, along with replays and trackers. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had assured the installation of thermal cameras before the start of the 2011 World Cup, but has failed to
live up to their promise.
The ICC spokesman justified their failure saying that the suppliers of Hot Spot cameras were not ready to provide them with any thermal technology that is why no Hot Spot technology will be used in the ongoing tournament.
Jayawerdene was of the view that though the absence of Hot Spot proved beneficial for him, he himself supports and defends the UDRS system.
Jayawardene stated, "I think you need to make sure that fair decisions are being made and we need to help the umpires especially because in the conditions it's not easy for them to make correct decisions all the time. There's more technology possible so
we should use that".
On the other hand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Canada-c748 did benefit from the system while they were batting. Bagai successfully referred an LBW appeal against Muralitharan when the on-field umpire had given him out.
The Canadian coach, Pubudu Dassanayake, has quoted as saying, “For us, this was the first time we were playing under that rule and our guys were not experienced with it. Definitely without Hot Spot you can't take proper decisions for
caught behinds”.
UDRS has minimised its use to basic requirements which includes; a ball tracker also known as Hawk Eye, a super slow motion camera and a clear stump mic, but surprisingly none of these proved helpful with edges.
This new technology was launched by ICC in 2009 during the Test match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in Dunedin. The concept of UDRS evolved mainly for Test cricket to review the controversial decisions made by the on-field umpires,
regarding dismissal of a batsman (an out or a not out).
It was recently used for the first time in a One Day International (ODI) played between England and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
The ICC needs to implement the system completely, with all the features all around the world, or else, stop using it until it gets those facilities everywhere.
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