DRS no longer mandatory

[sifter132]

I don't think so, Australia and their fans have generally supported the use of technology. I think it's just a more positive attitude, if a mistake is made against us with DRS we want some tweaks to the system, when a mistake is made against India with DRS they want to scrap it completely.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Agree to the part where if Australians face a problem you try to tweak it, but Indian part IMO is not true. Why face even a problem once which could ruin the whole experience? Implement DRS in domestic where it wont matter and tweak how much ever you want.

Basically what I am trying to say is, you all try to sacrifice as much as possible and try to hold onto things that way but BCCI's stance is not good then not using.

I have read a lot of post where people say BCCI are making their own system for DRS to earn money. FINE!! If that is so it is good for all DRS accepters. Even if BCCI is doing it for money it is in benefit of cricket as cricket without DRS these days is ???? aint it?

 

[Themer]

I have read a lot of post where people say BCCI are making their own system for DRS to earn money.

The BCCI aren't "making their own system to earn money". They are using their money to influence/force the other boards into doing as they wish.

 

[aussie1st]

According to my research I see three occasions of controversy for Dravid in the England series.

3rd Test, 2nd innings

Anderson is near unplayable this morning! Again this angles in towards off, then leaves Dravid after having made him play at it. The edge is taken, and England are ever so closer to the No. 1 ranking. These outswingers bowled from wide of the crease at Anderson's pace are always going to trouble the batsmen no matter how good they are. Interesting replays. Nothing on the HotSpot. But Dravid didn't review it, which means he must have thought he hit it. Good on him that he didn't go for the review, just in case. Even the Snicko shows no edge. Dravid seemed to have asked Tendulkar something on the way back. So was Dravid not sure either way?

Dravid didn't review it, no fault of technology.

4th Test, 2nd innings

England think they have Dravid out caught bat and pad. Given not out but England review straight away. Dravid doesn't look all that confident. It spun back from outside off stump, and passed very, very close to the bat before going onto pad and looping to Cook who palmed it with one hand and collected the catch. Given! The Wall has fallen! Must have grazed that inside edge after all

Dravid's initial reaction indicated he knew he was out, he later admitted a feather edge, correct decision made in the end. This was given out through replays and sounds, nothing to do with hotspot as it showed nothing.

I also have no idea what this article is going on about as Dravid was not caught behind in this innings....

1st ODI

Broad to Dravid, OUT, 132.8 kph, Big appeal for caught behind and England review as it's given not out by Doctrove. Nothing on Hotspot by the looks of things. Broad was convinced and signalled for the DRS himself. There has been plenty of DRS controversy in recent times. Don't think they can overturn this. No clear evidence, but they have done! He's been given. I can't work that out. Oh boy, this could rumble on

Once again this was called with replays and sound not hotspot which showed nothing. Snicko later confirmed this was the correct decision.

Everyone knew hotspot doesn't pick up the faint edges and in that case it is up to the umpire to look at other evidence to find an edge. In the two cases where the decision was overturned both were proven to be correct, why are we complaining about correct decisions being made?

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

The BCCI aren't "making their own system to earn money". They are using their money to influence/force the other boards into doing as they wish.

Oh please this has become the mentality. And if this is so, good cause it just proves no other boards have the balls to say no and they too are part of this cheap money oriented political world.

Everyone needs money to survive but remember for clapping you need 2 hands so its just not BCCI

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Perfectly said "If technology is not 100% then I would rather have human errors then techno errors cause even technology is handled by human"

 

[stefan]

No system is perfect , I would rather have the system with the higher accuracy rating and that is statisticly proven to be DRS.

Ofcourse this is not just the BCCI's fault. The ICC and Local Boards leaders who lack back down are also letting down the players and fans. BCCI money is more important to them then what's good for the game.

Its a real shame a strong leader like John Howard wasn't elected to the ICC...

 

[aussie1st]

Tendulkar on 23 in the WC semi final.

Saeed Ajmal to Tendulkar, no run, 97.1 kph, lbw! Ian Gould raises the finger and Tendulkar wants a review. There's only one review left. That pitches in line, hits him in line but the replays show that it is likely to miss leg stump. And listen to that roar in Mohali. That looked close. Tendulkar bats on ...

No DRS, no Tendulkar 85, maybe no WC for India . Still willing to accept human error?

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

No system is perfect , I would rather have the system with the higher accuracy rating and that is statisticly proven to be DRS.

Ofcourse this is not just the BCCI's fault. The ICC and Local Boards leaders who lack back down are also letting down the players and fans. BCCI money is more important to them then what's good for the game.

Its a real shame a strong leader like John Howard wasn't elected to the ICC...

A sensible post in this section finally. Exactly what I was saying

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BTW

"They briefly showed Hotspot image of Siddle's wicket and I could not locate any spot on his bat. I'm sure they are not gonna show that image again." Or, Sushamma, as Ravi Shaz would say, "HotSpot has gone Cold Spot."

Now I hope there is no more controversies regarding his wicket as he was clearly out but HotSpot did not show. Shows how good the technology is

 

[aussie1st]

Now I hope there is no more controversies regarding his wicket as he was clearly out but HotSpot did not show. Shows how good the technology is

Wouldn't be taking his word for it. C9 didn't show it but others that saw the brief replay have said there was a spot.

 

[aayush93]

just wakedup but there is something new about ball tracking.
apparently no ball tracking on the haddin lbw appeal because the shadows interfered with technology. (Bhogle Tweeted)

Thats why in Star Cricket or Channel 9 only replays were shown not ball tracking of haddin LBW appeal, if i am not wrong.

 

[AngryPixel]

Even if we allow DRS it is not acceptable in its current form. What happens when a teams uses its chances on wrong appeals and then Umpire makes a blunder? The DRS wont make the game fair then. It has been restricted to 3 appeals only coz ball tracking takes some time and allowing DRS on every appeal would slow down the game.
Well Ball tracking and Hotspot both are prone to error and Human intervention. So just remove all this technological bullshit and use two High Def Ultra Slow-Mo Cams at each end. Now the Slow-Mo replays wont take any time and allow the on field Umpire to consult 3rd Umpires for close decisions. As simple as that.

 

[Sedition]

It's irrelevant whether the umpires square things up by making poor decisions against the other team. I'd rather see a game with as few mistakes as possible, which is a DRS game.

At this point I'd like to see India get screwed over massively however, because of their braindead stance on the issue. It won't affect the result in the current series however, we're clearly the better team even with umpires against us.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

the thing with DRS is it is another element of the game still weighed heavily in favour of the batsman.

I was in favour with it, but to be honest, in the long run it's far more likely batsmen will get off with nicking the ball and being caught plum than they will get out from it. a batsman knows when he's nicked it, (which in lbws can be in his favour) whereas a bowlers is still relying on guess work. with only two challenges is it not more likely we'll see situations like in hobart againt new zealand, where hughes was out, but got to hang around to make 20 because so early the fielders didn't want to challenge, but the tail enders where given out but still got stay on because the drs said they weren't.

ok, the right decisions were made on those occassions but do we really need another rule that's going make batting even easier? to be honest, i'm beginning to side with the bcci.

 

[mrtwisties]

I agree with you, Rahulkush. Umpiring decisions all even out in the end, except in 2008 when it was a travesty. We should just respect the umpire's decision and keep cricket pure, albeit only if we reserve the right to fire umpires whose decisions we don't like. DRS certainly shouldn't be used in international matches, unless it means that Sachin gets a life allowing India to win the WC.

Good analysis, mate. Australians and CA are definitely hypocrites for consistently arguing in favour of the DRS since its inception.

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Also, I don't think we should feel any twinges of unease at the similarity between "Bullied people are the ones at fault for not standing up for themselves" and the ever popular "She makes me hit her" defense favoured by defendants in domestic violence cases. No twinges at all. Not even just a little bit creepy.

 

[Bevab]

Exactly, the issue is not the batsman should walk or stay, it is increase umpiring standards! What next? In 10 years if technology is so sure and precise will you all guys say fried chicken off Umpires?

This may occur in the future, but your quotation is sure to prevent that.

@stefan: How did Howard not get elected? By all Asians and South Africa and West Indies. South Africa are just real followers of BCCI in all aspects, and the WICB is also a joke. So in truth, the Asians were the one who rejected Howard.