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Much has been said and written about cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS) in the last few weeks. About 95.3% of what has been said is total rubbish. But it is time to take stock of what we’ve learned about the DRS, where’s going and how cricket can make the best use of the available technology to improve the spectacle for its paying customers.
I’ll publish this in sections - it’s turned out to be a bit longer than I thought…
Contents
Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Technology Part 3: Reviews & umpiring Part 4: Proposals & conclusions
To be done:
Hotspot
Evidence of absence
Snicko
Sources of noise
Cum hoc ergo propter hoc
Real-time Snicko
Hawkeye
Margin of error & "umpire's call"
Outfield catches
Foreshortening
Run-outs & stumpings
Parallax
Umpire-led reviews
Reviews
Loss of reviews & "umpire's call"
- Professional players' view: James Anderson calls for end to DRS reviews lost to ‘umpire’s call’
- BCCI view: India in discussions over DRS
Umpire-led reviews
Current situation with run outs
Conflict of interest
Gaming the system - a strategy for selecting reviews
- Australia's poor choices
- Evidence of emerging strategies
Umpires' role & guidelines
Benefit of the doubt & "walking"
Authority of on-field umpire
Umpires' union
TV umpire's conflict of interest
Proposals
No loss of review for "umpire's call"
No umpire-led reviews
"Evidence of absence" principle
Communication & transparency
Conclusions
Evolution not revolution
Benefits for the paying customer
[1] Board of Control for Cricket in India [2] As Deep Throat said: follow the money.