Increase in DRS referrals a waste of time

Tony Cozier

By Tony Cozier

 

FAR from simplifying the game’s most contentious playing condition, the chief executives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) member boards complicated it further at their gathering in Dubai last week.

They spent two days concentrating primarily on the umpires’ Decision Review System (DRS) that has created such confusion since its introduction, more especially over the past year.

The appraisal, the ICC stated, was prompted by the performance of the DRS during the summer’s Ashes series in England. A trial was conducted during