Agreement on DRS: Hot Spot is mandatory, Hawkeye is not

[hitman1980]

The ICC's chief executives' committee has unanimously agreed to make a modified version of the Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory in all international matches. The mandatory terms and conditions for the DRS that have now been recommended to the Executive Board for approval on Tuesday will now consist of "thermal imaging" and "sound technology" with the 'ball tracker' having been removed from the ICC's original compulsory list of DRS technologies. This means that India will, for the first time since 2008, be agreeable to using the DRS in a bilateral series when it tours England from July onwards. However the DRS used in the England-India series will be without the Hawk-Eye balltracker and therefore not include leg before decisions. Hot Spot, the 'thermal imaging' technology now available and made mandatory in the DRS, will mostly be made use of for close catches and edges. Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/520913.html

[Guest BossBhai]

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[saneindian]

How will they make hot spot mandatory when there are only 4 such cameras in the world?

[hitman1980]

Master stroke by BCCI :D

[mishra]

Sanity prevails

[Sachinism]

WTF The power of BCCI shows again

[Sachinism]

How will they make hot spot mandatory when there are only 4 such cameras in the world?

Looks like ICC will hire them all out :cantstop:

[Karan114]

:facepalm:

[mishra]

Hot Spot, the 'thermal imaging' technology now available and made mandatory in the DRS, will mostly be made use of for close catches and edges. Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/520913.html

Sorry my bad..... Deleted it

[Karan114]

Last week, BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah had said that the cost of using the DRS was as high as $60,000 per match. According to the ICC, however, that figure is close to $5000 per day, with a maximum of $25,000 being spent on DRS per Test.

[mishra]

Both BCCI and ICC seem correct there. One may be actual price. One may be after 90-95% discount which is generally available in software market. Now probably it will be free....

[kabira]

LOL at removing hawkeye completely..instead of changing the rules on its usage..

[Mystique_Myth]

wahhh !! BCCI ROCKZZ :hysterical:

[Sidhoni]

:WTF: no LBW's ? :facepalm:

[NareshK]

Great decision. Never been convinced by Hawk eye. Hot Spot is okay.

[Sachinism]

A decision about how the cost of using the DRS technology would be divided will be taken later. Last week, BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah had said that the cost of using the DRS was as high as $60,000 per match. According to the ICC, however, that figure is close to $5000 per day, with a maximum of $25,000 being spent on DRS per Test.

[saneindian]

I think hawkeye is now optional like earlier we had hotspot. For our matches we won't have LBW reviews but for the rest of the matches, think Hawkeye will be used as no other board had a problem with it.

[Ramzz]

Well its back to square one. How can you have different tech for the same game? For gods sake, every result is counted towards rankings and even 1 decision which could have been corrected by Hawk eye now won't be. Example: SRT LBW review against Pak during the semi finals. Under the new system, SRT would be out.

[BERGKAMP]

Will they still be able to use hotspot and video for inside edges on lbws or will it be umpires on field decision is final?

[mishra]

Well its back to square one. How can you have different tech for the same game? For gods sake, every result is counted towards rankings and even 1 decision which could have been corrected by Hawk eye now won't be. Example: SRT LBW review against Pak during the semi finals. Under the new system, SRT would be out.

Under another older system, For a bowler bowling over the wicket,Ball had to pitch on the stump and hit the stump....So many batsmen got scot free, why rue on one decision