{"id":9414,"date":"2012-03-29T03:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T01:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-smith-comfortable-with-drs-system\/"},"modified":"2012-03-29T03:37:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T01:37:00","slug":"cricket-smith-comfortable-with-drs-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-smith-comfortable-with-drs-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Smith comfortable with DRS system"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

B y Ken Borland<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, March 28<\/span> (Reuters) – Graeme Smith is
\ncomfortable with television referrals and the umpire decision
\nreview system (DRS) playing a larger role in international
\ncricket, the South Africa captain said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s recent series in New Zealand was marred by
\ncriticism of the DRS, with the ball-tracking, hot-spot and
\nSnicko components coming up with results seemingly at odds with
\nwhat was seen live.<\/p>\n

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England, meanwhile, have been struggling to adapt to the
\nsystem in tests against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, their crease-
\nbound batsmen falling to record numbers of lbw decisions via
\nDRS.<\/p>\n

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“I did read a report that there were issues with the set-up
\nof the cameras, which obviously isn’t ideal, and there has been
\na lot of skepticism about the last bit of the ball-tracking,”
\nSmith told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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“But DRS has become an integral part of the game, it’s great
\nfor the fans and I can’t imagine playing without it.<\/p>\n

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“It was designed to take away the shocking decision and it’s
\ndone that. I’d like to see it play a prominent part in
\ninternational cricket,” Smith added.<\/p>\n

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South Africa won the T20 and one-day sections of their tour
\nto New Zealand, before dominating the test series but being
\nrestricted to a 1-0 win due to bad weather and are confident
\nahead of tough tours of England and Australia.<\/p>\n

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“I definitely think we can beat both England and Australia
\naway. We have a lot of the same players who did it in 2008-09,
\nbut we have an extra edge now in terms of the way we think about
\nthe way we play and train, plus there’s the addition of players
\nlike Vernon Philander, Marchant de Lange and Lopsy Tsotsobe,”
\nSmith said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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