Bowden demonstrates redundancy of UDRS

[Guest prince]

Umpire Billy Bowden used some initiative and involved the third umpire in a decision about a doubtful no ball, in a situation where Michael Clarke was dismissed first ball. The players were not involved, but the right decision was made. This underlines the sheer stupidity of the UDRS, which involves players and sets up an economy of the correct decision by controlling the player's incentive to appeal a decision against him by limiting a team to 2 unsuccessful reviews per innings. All it will require is for the Umpire at the bowling end to avail of the TV Umpire's assistance if he has a doubt, or for the TV Umpire to advice the umpire on the field that something is wrong. It will not involve a massive waste of time, because Test Umpires don't make obvious errors that often. It will lead to very limited numbers of referrals, because Umpires don't have to consider the match situation or the tactical aspects of asking for a referral. Most importantly, it will eliminate the use of Hawkeye for the LBW decision, because between the on field umpire and the TV Umpire armed with a replay, there will be enough expertise to make a reasonable LBW decision whenever there is a doubt.