DRS will be used in South Africa-England series 25/11/2009 |
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The International Cricket Council has announced that the new decision review system will be used in the upcoming Test series between England and South Africa.
The new system, which includes a maximum of two unsuccessful challenges per side in an innings, made its international debut in the New Zealand-Pakistan Test series.
The ICC hopes the new decision review system (DRS) will encourage batsmen to walk and bowlers not to appeal speculatively.
The system involves a batsman or the fielding side’s captain asking for a review of an umpire’s decision if they are not satisfied, with each side allowed two unsuccessful challenges per innings.
The ICC’s general manager of cricket David Richardson said: “People say this is challenging the authority of the umpire, that it’s contrary to the spirit of the game.
“I’m saying, what’s worse for the game - a Steve Bucknor effigy getting burnt in India from a bad decision or the opportunity to rectify his mistake and hopefully improve the spirit by saying to the players, ‘It’s your game, your responsibility?’
“You hit it, you walk, if you don’t think it’s out, don’t appeal. We’re not going to get 100% of decisions right because there are going to be some decisions that aren’t conclusive from a technology point of view.
“But as long as we avoid those clear mistakes, the obvious ones we’ll hopefully eradicate.”
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