It looks like the DRS (the much maligned Decision Review System) is officially here to stay. Even though the BCCI think the DRS has got all the detective prowess of Pakistan’s ISI, the ICC’s cricket committee has decided to recommend the universal use of technology in all forms of international cricket. India are the only nation that will oppose the move at the ICCs executive board meeting in June – which obviously suggests that the rest of the world thinks the DRS is A-OK. It will be really...
Contrivance to cock-up: what the TV review system tells us about cricket
. At the conclusion of this match, each side’s head-coach will select their ‘man of the series’. Andy Flower will most likely nominate the imperious Graeme Smith. Mickey Arthur will probably choose Daryl Harper. It’s rarely either wise or useful to criticise on-field umpires. But the third official is another matter. On-field, the umpires must concentrate on every single ball, and make a swift decision having viewed the...
