The DRS is not the solution, it's part of the problem - Adam Gilchrist

[vvvslaxman]

Chappell makes a good point. Take it away from players and let 3rd umpire use it to prevent howlers.

For some reason if third umpire misses a howler what then? :winky: How many times he has to pause the game you know?

[SLICKR392]

ICC brought up DRS to make the decisions in the game more accurate and they hand it over to the players rather than the Umpires. Logic?

[G_B_]

ICC brought up DRS to make the decisions in the game more accurate and they hand it over to the players rather than the Umpires. Logic?

the same logic as australia losing the first test. You have been trolled.

[Mahaa Raavana]

Gilly talking nonsense.. :facepalm: or may be he felt its his duty to support BCCI's stance on DRS after all the moolah he earned during the IPL for doing nothing... :hmmm:

[putrevus]

I dont think technology had much to do with what happened in the test. It is how is used is flawed. I will be happy if umpires and third umpires used it than the players With players using' date=' it becomes tactical and come down to how well and accurately they can use it.[/quote'] See the one of main reason why DRS was introduced is put umpires on notice or else you will have Sydney 2008 all over again where Mr Bucknor once was too lazy to even refer a clear stumping chance to third umpire.

[cowboysfan]

I think india will agree with DRS if they take the predictive part out,let the 3rd umpire intervene for everything except the hawkeye.

[BleedBlue]

After seeing all these incidents for the first time i argee with the BCCI

[Cricashfaq]

DRS can be improved. correcting 5.5% of human error is already a positive sign of using this system

[gattaca]

BS India had no good reason to not use it. You all just jockeyed BCCI's decision without any proper explanation and now lapping it up because of the uproar. Mob mentality at it's best.

Lol. I dont know what india's reasons are. But I pretty much dont like hawk eye. The prediction of the path ball is BS. How can you predict the when there are lot of external factors to consider. After seeing hot spot in india vs england I have pretty much doubt about it as well. Even the latest is clarke where I see nothing on the hotspot in the second innings.

[gattaca]

DRS can be improved. correcting 5.5% of human error is already a positive sign of using this system

5.5 % at the cost 15000 or was it 20000. We need more accuracy than that.

[Sajid_Rana]

DRS is great for removing howlers like Broad dismissal in 1st test. It was never meant for 50/50 decisions which everybody uses it for now. Gilchrist doesnt know what he is talking about.

[The Outsider]

According to the ICC report on the test, some 70 decisions were made by the umpires and on average 50 decisions are made in a test. Can you imagine the number of interruptions caused by having to refer 50 decisions in a test. It will even more of a nightmare in an ODI. Granted most of these decisions are fairly straightforward and don't really need to technology to be made, but given the option umpires will always want to double check in order to save their skin later.

[Ram]

The umpire referral thing is a bad idea. Then you are just reducing the on-field umpire to a meaningless, symbolic figure. We still want the man in the middle to be able to make substantive calls that matter. Here’s another workaround – How about give additional referrals to the team as the innings progresses? Just like how you get a new ball every 80 overs, you get 2 additional referrals after 80 overs. This way, even if the team had used up all of its referrals within the first 80, they get two new ones that use from that point onwards. This may almost completely solve the issue of teams running out of referrals. The probability of teams making 2 incorrect referrals within in the 80 overs is not entirely non-existent, but quite low.

[Vilander]

According to the ICC report on the test, some 70 decisions were made by the umpires and on average 50 decisions are made in a test. Can you imagine the number of interruptions caused by having to refer 50 decisions in a test. It will even more of a nightmare in an ODI. Granted most of these decisions are fairly straightforward and don't really need to technology to be made, but given the option umpires will always want to double check in order to save their skin later.

yup, i was imagining it as more a behind the scene routine happening with every appeal, and the onfield umpire takes a call whether or not to use the decision support, but the third umpire reserves a right to interrupt and provide a suggestion if there is a erroneous wrong call..

[Desi Cartman]

3rd umpire should be able to reverse a horrible decision on his own. It takes batsman 2 mins to walk out of the ground anyway. If its terrible like a clear edge not given or lbw with a clear inside edge then 3rd umpire can intervene. The use of hot spot etc is useless. If its clear and visible in a normal replay and is not close then the 3rd umpire can reverse it.

[akshayxyz]

Allow the wrongly out batsman to come back for '2nd innings. At least, that will stop Sanga, Jaya type of fakers from over appealing. Seriously, as someone already said - DRS is not written on stone, it has provided some improvement over previous state, there is no reason it cant be changed for better. And w/o keep trying it, we would not know the shortcomings to be fixed. It is not a life/death or satellite launching situation that we cant put a not-foolproof system in trial run and collect feedback.

[Raghav_12]

DRS is not bad, tendency to use it tactically is. The whole idea behind DRS was to get rid of howlers not 51-49 decisions. Captains start doing gamble with referrals where it starts going wrong. For Broad kind of episode I think Australian captain is responsible. Clarke tried to use it tactically for the judgements which were not black and white and ended up in a situation where he didn't have any review left for howler of a decision. He gambled and paid the price. Ideally is DRS should look for more conclusive evidences to overturn a decision. It should overturn only the decisions which are outrightly wrong. It is not there to overturn decision which are close call like Sachin one in WC SF. It is there to overturn decisions like Symonds (Sydney 2008 test) or Broad's recent one. Captains should be discouraged from using it when they themselves are not sure about decision being wrong.

[cowboysfan]

I think india will agree with DRS if they take the predictive part out' date='let the 3rd umpire intervene for everything except the hawkeye.[/quote'] ICC is trialing this one,just dont it a part of DRS please.