Sri Lanka and Pakistan make case for DRS
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June 27, 2012, Wednesday
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RIVALS Pakistan and Sri Lanka united yesterday to demand mandatory video technology after several umpiring howlers in their first Test, placing themselves in opposition to India's powerful board.
The Decision Review System, which uses ball tracking and thermal imaging to verify umpires' decisions, was recommended for mandatory use by cricket chiefs on Monday, subject to member nations financing the technology. But Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said he wanted the International Cricket Council to pay for the technology if individual boards, such as his own, cannot afford to fund it when they host touring teams.
"The ICC 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," said Jayawardene. "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," he said.
Contentious decisions
The Galle test, which Sri Lanka won by 209 runs on Monday, was marred by at least 12 contentious decisions by umpires Steve Davis of Australia and Ian Gould of England, with Pakistan suffering the most. DRS is not being used in the three-test series, reportedly due to cost factors.
The ICC's Executive Board will consider a recommendation by its chief executives' committee to make DRS mandatory at meetings in Kuala Lumpur over the next two days.
The ICC had previously made DRS mandatory for all series, but changed its stance last year following objections from India, which has been suspicious of DRS since making a number of unsuccessful referrals during the 2008 Test series with Sri Lanka, when the technology was on trial. India's cricket board said in a statement on Monday that its stance on the system remained "unchanged".
The Decision Review System, which uses ball tracking and thermal imaging to verify umpires' decisions, was recommended for mandatory use by cricket chiefs on Monday, subject to member nations financing the technology. But Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene said he wanted the International Cricket Council to pay for the technology if individual boards, such as his own, cannot afford to fund it when they host touring teams.
"The ICC 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," said Jayawardene. "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," he said.
Contentious decisions
The Galle test, which Sri Lanka won by 209 runs on Monday, was marred by at least 12 contentious decisions by umpires Steve Davis of Australia and Ian Gould of England, with Pakistan suffering the most. DRS is not being used in the three-test series, reportedly due to cost factors.
The ICC's Executive Board will consider a recommendation by its chief executives' committee to make DRS mandatory at meetings in Kuala Lumpur over the next two days.
The ICC had previously made DRS mandatory for all series, but changed its stance last year following objections from India, which has been suspicious of DRS since making a number of unsuccessful referrals during the 2008 Test series with Sri Lanka, when the technology was on trial. India's cricket board said in a statement on Monday that its stance on the system remained "unchanged".
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