{"id":11899,"date":"2012-06-28T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/cricket-icc-maintains-status-quo-on-referral-system\/"},"modified":"2012-06-28T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T22:00:09","slug":"cricket-icc-maintains-status-quo-on-referral-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-icc-maintains-status-quo-on-referral-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-ICC maintains status quo on referral system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">June 27<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; The use of the Decision Review System<br \/>\n(DRS) in international cricket will remain at the discretion of<br \/>\nteams involved in bilateral series&#8217; after the sport&#8217;s governing<br \/>\nbody on Wednesday opted against making it mandatory.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The International Cricket Council&#8217;s (ICC) cricket committee<br \/>\nand chief executives had recommended the full adoption of the<br \/>\nDRS, which allows teams to appeal against an umpire&#8217;s decision,<br \/>\nafter expressing satisfaction with technology enhancements in<br \/>\nthe system.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But the ICC&#8217;s executive board, chaired by India&#8217;s Sharad<br \/>\nPawar, decided to maintain the status quo after a two-day<br \/>\nmeeting in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;the ICC Board agreed to continue with the present<br \/>\narrangement where the two competing nations in a bilateral<br \/>\nseries decide on the use of DRS,&#8221; the ICC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Indian cricket board (BCCI), which has always been<br \/>\nsceptical of the technology used in the DRS, had said earlier<br \/>\nthis week they continue to believe &#8220;the system is not<br \/>\nfoolproof&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The (BCCI) board also sticks to its view that the decision<br \/>\non whether or not to use the DRS for a particular series should<br \/>\nbe left to the boards involved in that series,&#8221; BCCI secretary<br \/>\nSanjay Jagdale said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ICC&#8217;s executive board did, however, agree to an increase<br \/>\nin the number of permitted short-pitched deliveries from one to<br \/>\ntwo per over in 50-over internationals.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One-day cricket&#8217;s &#8216;powerplays&#8217; will be restricted to the<br \/>\nfirst 10 overs plus one five-over batting powerplay to be<br \/>\ncompleted by the 40th over and only four fielders will be<br \/>\nallowed outside the 30-yard circle.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Tom<br \/>\nBartlett)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 27 (Reuters) &#8211; The use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in international cricket will remain at the discretion of teams involved in bilateral series&#8217; after the sport&#8217;s governing body on Wednesday opted against making it mandatory. 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