An umpire's call is final, even with the DRS
Former Australia bowler Stuart MacGill, writing in the Age , says the DRS isn't 100% accurate and it doesn't have to be, however the call for a referral should be left to the umpire.
Nikita Bastian
25-Feb-2013
Former Australia bowler Stuart MacGill, writing in the Age, says the DRS isn't 100% accurate and it doesn't have to be, however the call for a referral should be left to the umpire.
First, you can't blame the BCCI for not using the DRS. The ICC decided to allow its members to make a choice and they did. They know decisions will go for and against them. Second, despite the fact that Aleem Dar, one of the best umpires in the world, has called for the DRS to be uniformly adopted in all international series, I have a major problem with it. I have always been told that the umpire's decision is final. If we're going to use the DRS it has to be the umpire's decision to refer it upstairs or we shouldn't use it at all.
Nikita Bastian is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo