*Official* - Road to India in England 2011

[Shri]

They will demand the umpire is sacked, have a winge and threaten to go home.

And the opposition isn't going to grow a pair and ask them to **** off either tbh.

 

[four_or_six]

Well let's hope that Tendulkar gets eight ducks, given lbw when he's hit it.

 

[Shri]

Would be embarrassing if the trend of **** Indian batsmen hitting centuries in Lords continues. Tipping Bhajji to hit a ton this time.

 

[Daemon]

Interesting stat about DRS, Graeme Swann has 29.71% of his 138 Test wickets coming via lbw decisions, the highest proportion for an offspinner in Test history.

Doesn't really say how many of those were products of the DRS

 

[quytst0rm]

BCCI blocks technology for England tour

India's forthcoming tour of England will take place without the use of the Decision Review System (DRS), after the Board for Control of Cricket in India officially informed the England & Wales Cricket Board that they would be unwilling to embrace the use of technology.

The news comes as a blow to England, who - despite some teething problems on their tours of West Indies and South Africa in recent years - have become increasingly astute in their use of the review system. Graeme Swann has been a particular beneficiary of Hawk-Eye replays, with 29.71% of his 138 Test wickets coming via lbw decisions, the highest proportion for an offspinner in Test history.

"The England team are comfortable with the use of DRS, but the BCCI have advised us that they won't be willing to sanction its use during the Test and one-day series," an ECB spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. "Both boards have to agree to the technology being in place for it to happen, so it doesn't look as though it will be used this summer."

DRS technology has been used without incident during the current Test series between England and Sri Lanka, with the addition of Hot Spot replays helping to diffuse a potentially controversial caught-behind verdict against Kumar Sangakkara in Cardiff. Despite no visible deviation through to the keeper, a thin white mark on the edge of Sangakkara's bat helped to confirm that he had touched the ball, and at the close of play, his captain Tillakaratne Dilshan conceded that the right decision had been reached.

India, by contrast, have been reluctant participants, most notably during the recent World Cup, when Ian Bell was ruled not out during the tied match against India, because the batsman had advanced more than 2.5m down the wicket, at which point the parameters for Hawk-Eye's tracking system are deemed unreliable. "The adulteration of technology with human thinking meant we didn't get that wicket," said India's captain, MS Dhoni, at the conclusion of the match.

Dhoni's outspoken opposition to DRS is backed by other senior players within the Indian squad, including Sachin Tendulkar, and as a consequence the BCCI is willing to take a stand on the issue. "Our official position on DRS remains unchanged," an Indian board official told ESPNcricinfo. "To implement UDRS you need the agreement between the two participating nations. Now with the BCCI not supporting DRS, the ECB cannot force it on us."

India's stance leaves the future of DRS in doubt, given that the ICC's cricket committee recommended in May that technology ought to be incorporated in all forms of the game. There had been moves to make DRS mandatory at the ICC's annual board meeting in June, but the BCCI's opposition will be hard to overcome.

BCCI blocks technology for England tour | Cricket News | England v India 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

I don't know why BCCI/Indian team is against this as it will give fair decisions imho.

 

[Daemon]

Sachin I love you but I wish you get wrongly given out a couple of times on 99.

 

[Cevno]

Sachin I love you but I wish you get wrongly given out a couple of times on 99.

199 more like.

 

[Furball]

Absolute horse****.

It should be at the discretion of the home board. India are wekcome to tour elsewhere if they don't support the technology.

I hope that India are plagued with abysmal umpiring this summer.

 

[vcs]

Sachin I love you but I wish you get wrongly given out a couple of times on 99.

He was wrongly given LBW to Collingwood on 90-odd on the previous tour.

 

[Cevno]

Was a incredibly bad decision by Taufel and strange coming from him.

He later apologised too.

 

[shivfan]

India opposes umpire decision review in England Tests | Cricket News - Yahoo! Cricket - Yahoo! Cricket

Hoo boy.

Not really news, when you consider that India are also opposing the use of UDRS in Tests in the West Indies too....

Disgraceful stance, IMHO.

 

[GIMH]

****ing spitting about this. Can more people email the ECB please.

Feedback@ecb.co.uk

 

[GotSpin]

I hope India get bowled out for 10. All Amir/Asif style no balls too

 

[Shri]

Became a UDRS convert after the WC semifinal and I do agree its not a good thing that the BCCI oppose the UDRS. But its ****ing stupid to not even consider their reservations about the system and be dismissive imo.

 

[NasserFan207]

I think most of us have already considered the reservations, its just we've decided that those reservations are total ****e.

The anti-UDRS stance is completely illogical.

 

[marc71178]

Previously I agreed with you 95% of the time Irish Opener, but in recent times it's gone up to 98%.

Clearly I therefore disagree with you.

 

[Daemon]

Yep. As many have pointed out it's basically objecting a 95% effective system because it isn't 100%.

 

[Shri]

I think most of us have already considered the reservations, its just we've decided that those reservations are total ****e.

The anti-UDRS stance is completely illogical.

Come on, who are we kidding? The umpires have shown that they have a tendency to throw common sense out the window and go by the rule book just for the heck of it in instances. The 2.5 meter rule for instance in the WC. In one game it wasn't out and in another game it was out. I bet the BCCI would consider using the UDRS if every test they play was umpired by smart umpires. I guess their gripe is with the standard of the umpires in the elite panel rather than the UDRS itself.

 

[GotSpin]

Come on, who are we kidding? The umpires have shown that they have a tendency to throw common sense out the window and go by the rule book just for the heck of it in instances. The 2.5 meter rule for instance in the WC. In one game it wasn't out and in another game it was out. I bet the BCCI would consider using the UDRS if every test they play was umpired by smart umpires. I guess their gripe is with the standard of the umpires in the elite panel rather than the UDRS itself.

Sooooooo the standard of umpires is bad so lets not use technology that will help them

Makes sense

 

[Daemon]

I guess their gripe is with the standard of the umpires in the elite panel rather than the UDRS itself.

A bit contradictory no? If they thought the umpires were incompetent then they would prefer to leave a bit of room for technology to play its part.

EDIT:

Sooooooo the standard of umpires is bad so lets not use technology that will help them

Makes sense

Exactly