Re: EGO
by D S on Jun 23, 2011 10:01 PM
leave BCCI out of it, it is ICC ego which is bigger but they have diplomacy and part of billion dollar media and spy budget.
I think there is merit in what Boycott says. If the decision is wrong what harm is there if that is Reviewed and reversed. Now that we have a technology to do that. why not take it up.
Why BCCI should oppose it?
And Indians need not oppose Boycott just because he is British. He has disowned the past practicies as untenable.
If anyone knows a little bit of math and software engineering, he will not have any faith in DRS. It is a black box. No one knows how the software predicts the path of the ball. There are many factors that can affect the path of the ball after it hit the ground, e.g., wind speed, whether it hit on the seam or not, whether it was spinning or not, soil condition, etc. How many of them are taken into account in the software? Has it been tested in different situations to see how much close the prediction is with the actual path? If yes where is the verification data? What is the reliability? If the system is foolproof I challenge the manufacturer to bring the source code open for review by anybody. Don't keep it as a black box and ask people to blindly believe in it. If there is any source of information on its reliability against the in field umpires decision, whatever be that number 90%, 95%, 99% or whatever else, that should be clear. I am sure many people in this forum know what is called software reliability and without a given reliability no one will buy your software. If anyone knows any source of information on this please let me know.
Re: DRS and reliability
by Kanwaljit Sodhi on Jun 24, 2011 01:33 AM
1: A man could do nothing if he wants to do it when nobody can any fault in him. 2: How accurate are umpires desicions always. 3: This will be used in dispute situation and that too limited no of times in a match.
Jeffrey, my boy, its not democracy around the world and whats more pertinent, its not majority but money that makes rules. We have it now and we will dictate what should be done. I don't care whether DRS is accurate or not - I just like the fact that we can dictate terms.
So, suck it up and shut the hell up. Otherwise, even the commentary gigs that you are getting now will dry up - because BCCI doesn't like your tone.
Yes we all agree that DRS is not perfect. But umpires make blunder mistakes and how many times in the early times Tendulkar was given out and by now would have crossed all the mile stones if these technologies would have been in place 16-20 yrs ago. I think Geoffrey shouldn't often target India and propably he is frustrated with the success of IPL, not the English counties
Re: DRS is not accurate but umpires make blunder mistakes
by Syz on Jun 23, 2011 09:51 PM
Umpires decisions are part of the game. Just like a correct decision is part of the game, a wrong decision is also. It is the part of the spirit of the game. If you want to make every decisions correct then remove umpire from the field and use only technology.
Re: DRS is not accurate but umpires make blunder mistakes
by shubasrikrishna on Jun 23, 2011 09:46 PM
you are for drs and criticize what Boycott said: Kamaal hai. He did not say anything against Indians, but only the arrogant BCCI
Re: DRS is not accurate but umpires make blunder mistakes
by Prafulla Deka on Jun 23, 2011 09:59 PM
DRS is incomplete without snickometer and hot-spot facilities as being advocated by Tendulkar, Dhooni and BCCI.
There was time when England and Australia used to bulldoze other cricket playing countries. Now taht India is able to do it it hurts the white bigots. Even if India is wrong on this issue, it should demand what it thinks it's players.
Had it been for BCCI and its dumb supporters we would still be using type writers instead of computers as BCCI would be afraid of the bugs in software.
I fuuly agree with Geoffrey the DRS rules to be permited, use the advancement in technology hence umpires will not favour any one. These days accuracymaztters and we get right result.India should not earn the bad reputation inthe international arena just because of one game cricket. We are not to be judged by cricket-Geoffrey also should understand
Umpire's decisions, specially for LBW is based on imagination, where the decision maker is physically present on the spot whereas DRS is a completely imaginary situation. Such imaginary situation should be well supported by other means like snickometer and hot-spot.
Re: DRS and Sir Boycott's outburst
by shubasrikrishna on Jun 23, 2011 09:49 PM
who said DRS is imaginary. It is based on the spot the ball has pitched, takes into account where it hits the pad, movement and a lot of other factors. It is a fully computer simulated decision, which is 99% accurate.
