Quash the referral system
The ICC must quash any future plans of the referral system, and leave the judging to the grey-haired chaps in the middle, writes Lungani Zama in the Witness .
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
The ICC must quash any future plans of the referral system, and leave the judging to the grey-haired chaps in the middle, writes Lungani Zama in the Witness.
Chief amongst my reasons to dislike the system is the ridiculous amount of time it takes to make a decision. First the no-ball must be cleared, then the actual dismissal must be viewed from a variety of angles, heights and hypotheses before the trembling third umpire presses the green or red button.
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Human error is a part of life, and if the modern fan cannot deal with that, then they are perhaps best served sticking to sci-fi films for entertainment, because in that field technology has really taken huge strides.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo