Review System given green light
Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 6:33 PM
Cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC) are anxiously anticipating a successful roll out of the umpires’ decision review system, which will be used in the opening Test between West Indies and Australia starting Thursday.
ICC general manager, David Richardson, says the system will help to alleviate the problems created with mistakes.
He says the system will allow television technology to be used in a way that will not result in too many delays, will not de-skill the umpires and will take some pressure off the umpires.
The system has been used on a trial basis for over a year as the ICC has tried to work out kinks in its application.
While there has been mixed reaction to its implementation, nine of the 10 Full ICC members have come on board, giving the governing body the green light for the use of the system.