Third umpire referrals for Twenty20 games in NZ

[King]

I’m surprised there’s been not a statement made in the cricket media about the 3rd umpire decisions that’s been trialled in NZ domestic Twenty20. All decisions including LBWs, catches or any dismissals given by the field umpires can be contested upon by the fielding or the batting team. There is a limit of course. The team contesting if gets the contested decision right they can continue to contest as many times as they want as long as they don’t get 2 contested decisions proving otherwise. What this has done is avoid contests of marginal or fairly decent decision by both the sides. If the contesting side gets two contested decisions not going their way they will lose out their chances to contest. This now ensures there is no major loss of time but the terrible decisions are avoided. The umpires feel a lot more confident now as they know if they make terrible mistakes they will be contested. So far this referral system has worked quite well. There has been times when the fielding captain hasn’t contested a marginal decision for instance when the batsman was ruled not out to a LBW. The keeper when consulted upon seems to indicate to the captain the ball was pitching outside the line and was missing the stump. Now the keepers are the best judge apart from the umpires and if they know when to contest and when not to you start seeing way better decisions made and also avoids ridiculous appeals from behind stumps that puts so much pressure on the on field umpires. I quite like this system and am disappointed this didn’t make headlines in any of cricket related media or websites. ICC could do well to borrow this referral system and improve umpiring standards.

[Mr. Wicket]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

[MundaPakistani]

Few weeks ago(perhaps during the Sydeny tests) I read on cricinfo that they tried a similar thing in ENG but it failed(not sure why it failed).

[King]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

:D

[msb1991]

Few weeks ago(perhaps during the Sydeny tests) I read on cricinfo that they tried a similar thing in ENG but it failed(not sure why it failed).

It failed because the rule was that basically, the umpire had to have made an abomination of an error and this never happened, and so people stopped using them.

[Sachinism]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

after what happened in Sydney, i wouldnt mind if the game lost some of its charm and randomness when you're screwed out of victory in a game where nobody expected you to win, it sucks

[sm332]

after what happened in Sydney, i wouldnt mind if the game lost some of its charm and randomness when you're screwed out of victory in a game where nobody expected you to win, it sucks

I assure that Salil was being very very sarcastic

[Cricketics]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

@ the same time it can be more heart breaking..in other wordz can become bit more interesting like seeing "umpire decision pending"on the giant screen and then decision comez "out:two_thumbs_up: crowd stunned..

[Rajiv]

@ the same time it can be more heart breaking..in other wordz can become bit more interesting like seeing "umpire decision pending"on the giant screen and then decision comez "out:two_thumbs_up: crowd stunned..

..too much stunning can bore them

[Cricketics]

^offcourse going everything to third umpire can be a bit boring..

[Inside_edge]

So the guyz need to be judicious while contesting.You'll be left to rue for obvious ones not goin yr way if you let two bad challenges in a row max you out. Folks like Bucknor can wait..

[fineleg]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

:hysterical: hope this system is continued thru to Test cricket:two_thumbs_up:

[panesarv]

I think it should be given a chance in International Cricket. If it doesn't work then just take it off.

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[Mr. Wicket]

Dice rolling, for the randomness? :D

[Tapioca]

So the guyz need to be judicious while contesting.You'll be left to rue for obvious ones not goin yr way if you let two bad challenges in a row max you out. Folks like Bucknor can wait..

I am waiting for teams to game this system. The fielding team will stand around till someone in the pavilion sees the replay and signal whether to refer.

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[King]

It's been a good success the referral system in NZ domestic cricket. There has been no over referrals and the umpires seems to have been quite relieved by the new system. I think they should use this in international cricket ASAP.

[Anakin]

Silly system. It causes the game to lose some of its charm and randomness.

:hysterical::hysterical::giggle: