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The ICC has announced it will undertake an independent investigation of the application of the umpire Decision Review System, specifically the procedural issues surrounding the use of the technology, as applied in the fourth Test between England and South Africa this January. The announcement of the investigation follows the ECB’s lodging of an official complaint [...]
A second century by Graeme Smith in as many innings has put South Africa in a commanding position in Johannesburg, but England rightly feel hard done by that they didn’t have their man out for a less than quarter of that. The Proteas skipper’s 105-run knock was instrumental in guiding the home side past England’s [...]
England were making all the right noises before the first Test against South Africa, but before Graeme Swann saved the day, talk looked like it might prove as cheap as Ian Bell’s dismissal on day three at Centurion. As some questioned whether England would be able to intimidate the South Africans without the services of [...]
South Africa has taken the honours at the end of the first day’s play in the Test match against England at Centurion, but the new umpire Decision Review System provided the main talking point of day one. Ashwell Prince was first to call on the DRS, and with the help of technology the field umpires [...]
Ashwell Prince was the first man to test out the controversial umpire Decision Review System in the opening Test match between South Africa and England today. Given out lbw off the bowling of Graham Onions, Prince called for the decision to be reviewed by the off-field umpire. The technology showed the ball was heading over [...]
A statement issued by Mark Benson following his early withdrawal from his duties in the middle at the Adelaide Test match has confirmed the umpire’s premature exit was not a reaction to the new decision review system. In the statement, released through the ICC, Benson said, “I had withdrawn after the first day’s play as [...]
Opinion remains divided over the umpire decision review system, which is presently in use in Test series between Australia and West Indies, and Pakistan and New Zealand. So when umpire Mark Benson withdrew from the Adelaide Test and flew home to England the suggestion was made that the DRS was a driving factor in his [...]
England and South Africa are poised to implement the new umpire decision review system in their upcoming Test series, but the reaction to its use in the Adelaide Test match coming out of Australia at the moment is at best lukewarm. The DRS was called into play three times on the opening day of the [...]
While England may be focussed on events in South Africa – Paul Collingwood racking up an unbeaten 105 in his record 171st ODI appearance for his country on the way to an England victory at Centurion anyone? – on the other side of the world, some pretty major changes to the game are being unveiled. [...]