Re: Simple
by Against Pseudos on Dec 24, 2009 04:07 AM
Bhagwat:
Bump catches are actually the most difficult to decide on by viewing replays.
A cricket ground is not a billiards table where you can make those calls. There are uneven surfaces, and what appears to be a bump catch on a replay can very well be a clean catch, which just appears to have come off the ground coz the angle at which the camera points at the ball overviews a ground patch which is higher than where the ball and the players hand is. :)
Re: Remove the Leg Umpire
by Hardik Radia on Dec 23, 2009 05:52 PM
I thin the referal system should be removed. Use technology to see if bowlers are bowling no-balls, that will help the umpires to just focus on the ball bowled...
Re: Remove the Leg Umpire
by Against Pseudos on Dec 24, 2009 04:05 AM
SS:
Sorry. Wrong decision.
Take out the straight umpire too. :)
Anyway, most of the DRS as we see it today is for the straight umpire. We already had Runouts and stumpings being decided by the Third Umpire, which is primarily all that the Leg Umpire is required to do. :)
If technology is available, then it should be used. It is better to refer all tough decisions like LBW, run outs, stumpings and some catches to the 3rd umpire so that the accurate decision can be made. It might slow the game but controversies will be avoided.
Re: Technology Should be Used
by Anto Joy on Dec 23, 2009 01:02 PM
then there is no need of stand-in field umpires eh! the video will decide batsmen are out or not. and the ball is been bowled wide/No. my suggestion is referral system should be used in favor of umpires, field umpires can ask 3rd umpire to dismiss the doubts. there will be no controversial.
Re: Technology Should be Used
by Against Pseudos on Dec 24, 2009 04:03 AM
Nath:
The technology you are referring to is another guesswork.
Umpires make a split second judgment based on their experience as to where the ball is headed. The technology (Hawk Eye etc.) project the trajectory of the ball taking into consideration where it came from, how high it was released, how it has travelled thus far etc. etc. But it is still a guesswork projection. Technology based no doubt, but guesswork still.
Have you ever seen a ball that the batsman leaves, but it swerves suddenly later? That's known as "Late Swing" in cricket parlance. Now how would a Hawk Eye projection take that into account? Does it consider the revolutions per second of the ball and the direction of it? Does it take into consideration how old the ball is and where is the shiny surface and who is bowling? (Not all bowlers can produce that movement).
Anyway, it is not for you and me to debate on whether DRS is good or bad. If the players, umpires, captains and ICC tech panel aren't comfortable with it, it will go away anyway. Remember we never had DRS even after having ALL the technologies, and only Run outs were referred to the Third Umpire. :)
