Friday, December 25, 2009

Cricket Will Be Improved By Referral


The Review system, which allows teams to challenge the on-field officials' decision by seeking to have it overturned by the third, television umpire, is designed to ensure obvious mistakes are corrected. World cricket's leading administrator has said the controversial Umpire Review System will ultimately lead to better decision-making and may even improve the spirit in which the game is played. But in the ongoing Australia-West Indies there have been a number of occasions where the system has appeared unable to provide sufficient certainty, with the third umpire sometimes over-ruling the men in the middle on the basis of questionable evidence. ICC must do some measure to improve the decisions. High quality camera work and videos could also help to improve the decisions.

The Decision Review System is complex at first, but I believe it will improve the number of good decisions and also improve the level of the spirit of play.

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