What's wrong with the referral system?
The poor decisions by third umpire Daryl Harper on lbw appeals referred to him on the third day of the Barbados Test between West Indies and England has reopened the debate on ICC's referral system
Harper behaved as though he was an average Joe at home, six-pack by his side, watching the replays and going, “That’s out, mate!” And, “That’s not!” He thought his opinion more important than anyone else’s. We have all watched sport in that mindset. Not many of us have had the power to get our way.
The problem, as it was always going to be, was that Harper and all of his elite colleagues have to be guided by a picture that is two, not three, dimensional and by technology with which they are not familiar.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo