Michael Vaughan has urged the ICC to place up a digital camera and a mic within the DRS room.© X (Twitter)
Amid the controversy surrounding the Resolution Evaluate System (DRS) within the ongoing Check collection between India and England, former cricketer Michael Vaughan has provide you with a “easy resolution” to deal with the challenges of the know-how. England, who received the opening sport in Hyderabad, have expressed their disappointment relating to a few of the decions which have gone in opposition to them, pertaining to DRS and the umpire’s name. After being hammered by India within the third Check in Rajkot (434 runs), England captain Ben Stokes had urged the officers to eliminate the umpire’s name.
Stokes’ feedback got here after opener Zak Crawley discovered himself on the mistaken finish of the umpire’s name. The umpire had declared Crawley out, a choice that was upheld by the DRS.
Nonetheless, upon zooming the DRS footage, it was proven that the ball was lacking the highest of the leg stump, leaving Stokes and the guests fuming.
England discovered themselves in an identical state of affairs within the fourth Check, this time the choice had gone in opposition to Joe Root within the second innings on Day 3.
In Root’s case, the ball monitoring confirmed that greater than half of the ball was pitching exterior the road earlier than occurring to hit the leg stump.
Amid the rising issues relating to the credibility of the know-how, Vaughan has urged the ICC to place up a digital camera and a mic within the DRS room.
“It solely takes one take a look at social media to see that lots of people do not belief it. There’s a lot anger and suspicion about selections that go for or in opposition to sure groups. There’s suspicion about host broadcasters and who’s within the truck. That’s regardless of the know-how firms not truly being from the identical nation because the host broadcaster. As an illustration, Hawk-Eye is an organization from the UK however is getting used on this collection. They’re simply introduced in by the host broadcaster,” Vaughan wrote in his column for the Telegraph.
“So here is a easy resolution to assist enhance transparency and accountability: stick a digital camera and microphone within the truck in order a choice is being made, everyone knows precisely what’s going on, and the way a lot people are concerned. And in the event you stick an ICC official in there as properly we would know that the integrity – one thing we discuss a lot about within the sport – is undamaged. You possibly can argue that these working the know-how within the truck are as essential as the 2 standing umpires,” he added.
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