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ICC ****s all over the game again - UDRS no longer mandatory
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Who cares br0.
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I don't even like DRS, let alone one which doesn't have snicko, so I can live with it.
Y'all mad?
Y'all mad?
kingpin
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That was uncalled for!!
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Racist ****. Reported.
Furball
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Pathetically predictable. They could have at least been honest and said "it's mandatory for everyone except India."
Benchy, what exactly is your beef with DRS? There was some absolutely atrocious umpiring in the Ashes. It's barely remembered because pretty much every terrible decision was corrected.
Benchy, what exactly is your beef with DRS? There was some absolutely atrocious umpiring in the Ashes. It's barely remembered because pretty much every terrible decision was corrected.
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And there was terrible umpiring that wasn't overturned by UDRS, but that's not my problem.
My 'problem' is two pronged:
A) I'm a traditionalist, I enjoy the controversies that an incorrect decision brings, the talking points it raises. I never had a problem watching cricket before Hawkeye was invented, and I still don't without UDRS.
B) The fact that they're hell bent on using technology such as Hawkeye for the purpose of getting decisions correct, but still shunning the most reliable piece of equipment, snicko. It just puts the whole credibility of the system into jeopardy.
I'm not completely against the Hawkeye element where it shows where it pitches because that is close to fact, as it has actually happened (works well in tennis). I don't like the predictive element and I never have. See Phil Hughes' joke of an LBW decision in the Sri Lanka series for reference.
I'm of the firm belief that the answer to fixing bad umpiring is not minimising their influence on the game, it's getting better umpires.
My 'problem' is two pronged:
A) I'm a traditionalist, I enjoy the controversies that an incorrect decision brings, the talking points it raises. I never had a problem watching cricket before Hawkeye was invented, and I still don't without UDRS.
B) The fact that they're hell bent on using technology such as Hawkeye for the purpose of getting decisions correct, but still shunning the most reliable piece of equipment, snicko. It just puts the whole credibility of the system into jeopardy.
I'm not completely against the Hawkeye element where it shows where it pitches because that is close to fact, as it has actually happened (works well in tennis). I don't like the predictive element and I never have. See Phil Hughes' joke of an LBW decision in the Sri Lanka series for reference.
I'm of the firm belief that the answer to fixing bad umpiring is not minimising their influence on the game, it's getting better umpires.
Furball
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See, I'd much rather have a system that reduces as far as possible the ability of an umpire to influence the outcome of the game.
The ICC has a very good panel of umpires which gets the vast majority of decisions correct. I don't see the issue with using technology to get as many decisions as possible correct - after all, no umpire wants to be making mistakes.
The ICC has a very good panel of umpires which gets the vast majority of decisions correct. I don't see the issue with using technology to get as many decisions as possible correct - after all, no umpire wants to be making mistakes.
marc71178
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So your example against the use of Hawkeye in UDRS is one where if there hadn't been UDRS the same decision would've been made.
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No batsman wants to make a mistake either, but they make up the portrait of test cricket.
May as well have perfect robots playing the game.
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