The International Cricket Council (ICC)'s provisional approval to implement the Decision Review System (DRS) for the Cricket World Cup 2011 comes as a step forward in embracing technology to ensure better umpiring decisions. The decision also assumes significance in the backdrop of the FIFA World Cup that has already seen two umpiring bloopers due to international football bosses' reluctance in embracing goal-line video technology.
Under the Decision Review System, players can challenge on-field umpiring decisions by requesting a look-in by the third umpire. The ICC move that was taken after its Singapore meeting, apart from potentially revolutionising umpiring decisions in the shorter formats of the game, is set to spice up on-pitch
proceedings and add to the drama of the World Cup.
Decision Review System And Graeme Smith
The Decision Review System in Test cricket has had its share of controversies, with concerns raised over the effectiveness of the third umpire in spotting on-field umpiring errors. Last year, a DRS decision to allow South Africa skipper Graeme Smith to continue in a game against England -- even after TV replays caught the batsman nicking Ryan Sidebottom to wicket-keeper Matt Prior -- had created a stir but the ICC has, for long, been mulling over an extension of the DRS across all formats of the game
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