Teams need to review their own decision-making
England were denied in Trinidad for plenty of reasons, but the most galling was their failure to grasp the umpire review system
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
England were denied in Trinidad for plenty of reasons, but the most galling was their failure to grasp the umpire review system. If the players keep misapplying the system by gambling with it, they will have to keep their grumbles to themselves, writes Lawrence Booth in the Wisden Cricketer.
This system was brought in to avoid a repetition of Andrew Symonds’ nick off Ishant Sharma at Sydney prior to a series-winning hundred. It was not intended to over-rule questionable lbw shouts. The sooner England realise this, the more chance they’ll have of keeping Australia at bay this summer.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo