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Australia in Sri Lanka 2011
DRS could be used only for Tests
Sa'adi Thawfeeq
July 24, 2011
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News : SLC confirms DRS for Australia series
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Sri Lanka and Australia are likely to have the DRS only for the Test-leg of the upcoming tour because of a shortage of cameras required for the minimum technology standards. Only one of five necessary cameras are available as the other four are being used in the ongoing Test series between England and India.
"We are in touch with the ICC and the Australian company that is handling the equipment to try and make the technology available from the Twenty20 International, but the hitch is that they don't have sufficient cameras," said Upali Dharmadasa, Sri Lanka Cricket's interim chairman.
It was initially reported that SLC were not going to use the DRS because of financial constraints but Dharmadasa cleared up that confusion. "We were made to understand that the DRS became mandatory from October 1, 2011, but when I spoke to ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat, he told me that the DRS was mandatory at the end of the ICC meeting in Hong Kong on June 30. So we decided to go ahead with it.
"We told him that SLC had not budgeted for the use of DRS for the series, and if the ICC could help us in some way to cut down the costs, it would be helpful. Mr Lorgat promised to assist us in whatever way he could."
Dharmadasa said Sri Lanka were keen to have ball-tracking technology also included in the DRS, a technology that is not being used in the ongoing England-India Test series.
Australia begin their tour of Sri Lanka with a Twenty20 international in Pallekele on August 6. The Test series between England and India ends on August 22, when the Sri Lanka-Australia five-ODI series also concludes. The three-Test series starts in Galle on August 31.
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I don't know what to think about Upul Tharanga. On one hand he has scored runs and perofrmed well but on the other hand he has always or most of the time has failed to perform in finals of important tournaments. What does that say about him!?! Very hard to judge....
Posted by Trioboy on (July 26 2011, 23:02 PM GMT)Tharsnga will be back. SLC cannot list him in the squad at the moment, as his suspension isn't over yet. He ll probably miss the T20s and the first ODI.
Posted by WTEH on (July 26 2011, 13:44 PM GMT)Oh wow, well done ICC! You pass a law but forgot count the number of cameras and the number of test matches played in a calender year. I thought when it comes to "internal councils" they have better standards than in India. Guess not. Dudes next time, get help from somebody who have a basic knowledge on mathematics. A 5 year old would do I guess.
Posted by Aussie_Mike on (July 26 2011, 04:12 AM GMT)There is a bigger story behind the whole DRS saga. ICC keen to implement it, all the boards happy to support it (except the bad guys the BCCI). No one has thought how to implement it. There is only one AU company in the world who makes equipment for it. Wondering who are the shareholders of that company?
Posted by denwarlo70 on (July 26 2011, 03:59 AM GMT)@yorkshire-86, then ICC should make DRS mandatory somewhere in the 2025 era LMFAO....
Posted by yorkshire-86 on (July 25 2011, 08:40 AM GMT)Yes, there are only five cameras in existence. And only enough trained operators to use five cameras. When the hotspot company invented their cameras, they believed they would only be used for the major series since it would be paid for by broadcasters. Now it is mandatory, they will need more cameras and, more importantly, operators. It will take about 1 Year to make another five cameras, and another 4-5 Years after that to train operators to use them - they wont be able to start training until the new cameras are made since the existing cameras are all booked out solid at the moment.
Posted byha ha ha!! how funny is this!! blamed bcci for everything, now who do we blame this on?? bcci again?? for accepting the drs now?? rofl!!!
Posted by goldeneye075 on (July 25 2011, 05:30 AM GMT)Sad to say I think Upul Tharanga's international carrier is over...
Posted byThere is, I believe, only one company that owns the rights & the technology for full implementation of the DRS. But yes, I too am (tongue-in-cheek) stunned that the BCCI has escaped recrimination.
Posted bySo the world's got only 5 cameras?? :o :o :O