Tuesday 26 January 2010

Referral System

The referral system has been created by the ICC (International Cricket Council) to help umpires make the correct decision by using technology which is available. The captains or the batsmen can ask to refer a decision if they think the standing umpire has got it wrong and the third umpire will get the right decision by using the technology. The technology available for the third umpire are hot spot, snickometer and hawk-eye to predict the results, all the information gathered by the third umpire is sent down to the standing umpires.The referral system is still not used in all matches as some countries don't have all the technology and the ICC is still testing the system.
I think that the referral system should be used but still has a few issues with the rules as it isn't clear and the third umpires are still making mistakes even with all the help they get. Some of the mistakes being made are not turning up the speakers while watching the replay, front foot no-ball not being taken into concern. and not using the hawk-eye system in the most effective way possible. The rules are confusing as every person interprets them differently therefore the ICC has to make a clear rule which is followed by everyone in the same manner.

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