Analysing the decision review system
The ICC’s Decision Review System has come in for some stick in the 2011 World Cup, particularly for one of the more complicated rules governing its use – the 2.5m rule
Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
The ICC’s Decision Review System has come in for some stick in the 2011 World Cup, particularly for one of the more complicated rules governing its use – the 2.5m rule. In an opinion column in the Hindu, Mukul Mudgal a former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, says that there are other ambiguities in the system that could do with some clarity as well.
Rule 3.2 (b) lays down that the demand for a review has to be made by the captain of the fielding team or the batsman involved in the incident within a few seconds. What has not been laid down with clarity is what these few seconds could mean; this could be interpreted as mere 5 seconds or 50 seconds.
Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo