Cricket: DRS to be reviewed in May

ICC hopes that a Cambridge University study will help persuade India that its use can be beneficial.

DUBAI: The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) will undergo a review in May with the International Cricket Council hoping that a Cambridge University study will help persuade India that its use can be beneficial rather than detrimental. At the moment, India refuse to use the technology owing to doubts concerning the predictive element of the Hawkeye tracking system and Hot Spot heat-monitoring technology. Meanwhile, ICC General Manager Dave Richardson felt that majority of umpires found the UDRS beneficial. “I think the general view is supportive,” said Richardson. “Any mistake can be rectified while still giving umpires margin for error.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 5^th, 2012.