• The first stage of the forum upgrades has now been completed but they remain in a degraded state and are still being worked on. Normal posting/reading should now be possible.
    Please read this thread for more details.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.

No DRS for the series against India

Status
Not open for further replies.
chelt_mackem

chelt_mackem

Striker
Contributor
Thanks to
You must be logged on to see external links
not wanting to use the technology. Seems an odd decision, presumably they see DRS as being more of an advantage to us.
 

Mr Redknapp said:
Very strange decision that like.

Their are no advantages to anyone from what i've seen. :-?
Click to expand...

I can only imagine the Indians perceive there to be some sort of advantage for us if DRS is available. I can't see exactly what that would be, unless they're hoping they can use aggressive appealing to go in their favour. If they are, it seems like something of a gamble.

I'll be interested to hear their reason for this.
 
chelt_mackem said:
I can only imagine the Indians perceive there to be some sort of advantage for us if DRS is available. I can't see exactly what that would be, unless they're hoping they can use aggressive appealing to go in their favour. If they are, it seems like something of a gamble.

I'll be interested to hear their reason for this.
Click to expand...

same here.

If you seen the item on the 2001 Sri Lanka tour some of the decisions were awful at best.

DRS stops them.
 
I dont think the teams should have a choice. It should be in place for all test series with as much of the tech as the host broadcaster has, which tends to be at least hawkeye and super slow mo.
 
I'm sorry but the only word that comes to mind on hearing the news of this is CHEATS...... I can see no reasons for the DRS being a bad thing so surely they hope to benefit from some 'biased' and 'questionable' decisions.

I hope we batter the kents.
 
Last edited:
NorthCountryBoy said:
Good. Accept the umpire's decision like a man.
Click to expand...

I agree with the principle of this, but since DRS's inception, we've seen how technology can really improve the game. For a series as big as England v India, I want to know that the provisions are in place for all the results to be as fair as possible. If we lose the series and there are some dodgy decisions going against us along the way, the question would have to be asked about why India have been so keen not to have the technology there.
 
chelt_mackem said:
I agree with the principle of this, but since DRS's inception, we've seen how technology can really improve the game. For a series as big as England v India, I want to know that the provisions are in place for all the results to be as fair as possible. If we lose the series and there are some dodgy decisions going against us along the way, the question would have to be asked about why India have been so keen not to have the technology there.
Click to expand...

We won the 2005 Ashes on the back of a few shockers mind (M Kasprowicz c GO Jones b SJ Harmison)!
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
We won the 2005 Ashes on the back of a few shockers mind (M Kasprowicz c GO Jones b SJ Harmison)!
Click to expand...

Fair point, and maybe we wouldn't have won the Ashes if DRS had been in use back then. Though in 2005, the use of technology was only being speculated on, so for a major test series to be played without it wasn't anything new. The difference now is that most series do use it, India themselves were more than happy to use it for their own World Cup, so a major test series being played without it now solely because one team has used their right of veto is questionable.

IMHO it should be up to the ICC whether or not it's used, based on what technology the hosting country can provide, not down to whether one team would rather a series went ahead without it.
 
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."
Click to expand...
:-?
 
NorthCountryBoy said:
We won the 2005 Ashes on the back of a few shockers mind (M Kasprowicz c GO Jones b SJ Harmison)!
Click to expand...
It was out one way or the other, either caught or handled the ball.

Looks like sour grapes for the Bell decision then, but why not let's go back to the stone age? Do they still agree to use 3rd umpire for stumpings and run outs? Of course. This is just typical of them throwing their weight about.

It would be interesting to know what the umpires themselves think about it.

Anyway, beat them fair and square and we'll be #1 I think. This is going to be a cracking series.
 
Shame that Kohli was given out today in a decision that would have been overturned if they were using DRS! :lol:
 
this is going to be reviewed at an ICC meeting in late june, according to paul allott on cricket writers on tv this morning

:-D ironic
 
They are just being arrogant and stubborn. I hope they are on the end of some right clangers this summer 8-)
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top