Technology is always going to be part and parcel of sport, but the way DRS is implemented is not right, it should not have been given to the players first, whoever did this must have been a fan of reality show drama.
It should have been ether given to the dressing room folk of each team(there is always a bunch of guys hooked to the game footage on the go)or the third umpire to point out, people in the middle should have been left to concentrate on their skills rather than this additional overhead.
THe thing is umpiring errors more than the error, imbalance the game, like when prior or rahane gets out, now adding a LAYER OF 2 CARDS over it makes the game even more imbalanced and inconsistent.
Which is the problem with DRS system, you can show statics error percentage etc, but the essence and balance of game is damaged.
This kind of 2 card system wont work in a team game without upsetting the game situations drastically.A prior or rahane card is going to be more valuable than say a ishant sharma card.
Telling the players must use it for howlers and not for everything the players must learn is just an argument to defend an incorrect system, when at the first place this kind of magic genie wish should not have been granted at the hands of the player.
Its very easy to scoff at people who oppose drs saying they don't want technology technology etc but the truth is when some one says DRS is faulty in its implementation its not just the technology part but the whole process and system on the whole that is imperfect.
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this thread has more points on this
http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...nderstanding-bcci-s-reluctance-drs-88279.html
It should have been ether given to the dressing room folk of each team(there is always a bunch of guys hooked to the game footage on the go)or the third umpire to point out, people in the middle should have been left to concentrate on their skills rather than this additional overhead.
THe thing is umpiring errors more than the error, imbalance the game, like when prior or rahane gets out, now adding a LAYER OF 2 CARDS over it makes the game even more imbalanced and inconsistent.
Which is the problem with DRS system, you can show statics error percentage etc, but the essence and balance of game is damaged.
This kind of 2 card system wont work in a team game without upsetting the game situations drastically.A prior or rahane card is going to be more valuable than say a ishant sharma card.
Telling the players must use it for howlers and not for everything the players must learn is just an argument to defend an incorrect system, when at the first place this kind of magic genie wish should not have been granted at the hands of the player.
Its very easy to scoff at people who oppose drs saying they don't want technology technology etc but the truth is when some one says DRS is faulty in its implementation its not just the technology part but the whole process and system on the whole that is imperfect.
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this thread has more points on this
http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...nderstanding-bcci-s-reluctance-drs-88279.html
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