Monday, August 12, 2013

The nonsense that is "Umpire's call"

On the evidence a batsman is either OUT or he is NOT OUT. It is preposterous for exactly the same evidence to lead to the batsman being given "out" if the on field umpire had said that he was out and "not out" if the on field umpire had said that he was not out. This defies logic.

If the on field umpire is challenged  what decision he originally made should then be ignored. The challenge moves the decision away from the on field umpire to the third umpire who, on all the evidence, decides whether the batsman was out - or not. Whether the referral was by the batsman or by the fielding side is totally irrelevant at the point of decision by the 3rd Umpire - or should be.

DRS only has one function - to improve the quality of the decision-making. It is not there to protect the sensitivities of Umpires! 

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