ICC chickens out on reviews system for Ashes
The ICC Cricket Committee, in its wisdom, yesterday decided that the reviews system would have a phased roll-out from October.
Now, you could debate about whether the reviews system is needed and if just empowering the third umpire more would solve most problems. You could also debate on whether 2 reviews per innings are sufficient.
If the ICC believes that the system is here to stay, surely it makes sense to start early rather than later. Given the high profile nature of the Ashes series, and the obvious importance associated with ensuring that wrong on-field umpiring bloopers don't have a significant impact on the result of a game, it is baffling that the reviews system won't be in place for the Ashes.
Could it be related to England having a torrid time with the referrals system in the West Indies? Why wasn't the referral system used for the India-New Zealand series where Sky actually had Hawk Eye, HotSpot and a whole lot of other gizmos?
Labels: ashes, australia, england, icc, reviews
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Sanath (24 May 2009, 12:15:00 pm)
ya two review sufficient for match.live cricket score commentary
By cricketguru (26 May 2009, 3:40:00 pm)
It is nothing other then Money.. Well IPL is past now lets look forward to T20 world cup. Lets bang our heads for T20 world cup at http://hitwickett20.blogspot.com/.
Good review system.... here is the TV channels broadcasting ICC World T20 Live Streaming
* India — ESPN (Live) - English
* India — STAR Cricket (Live) - Hindi
* Canada — Asian Television Network -ATN (Live)
* South Africa — Supersport (Live)
* United States — DirecTV (Live)
* Australia — Fox Sports (Live)
* Australia — Nine Network
* Europe — Eurosport2 (Live)
* Middle East —Arab Digital Distribution (Live)
* New Zealand — SKY Network Television (Live)
* Pacific Islands — Fiji TV
* Pakistan — Pakistan Television Corporation - PTV (Live)
* Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Live)
* United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live)
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John (4 Jun 2009, 6:58:00 pm)
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