Menu
Download the app

SBJ subscribers – Enhance your experience with the revamped iOS app

Leagues and Governing Bodies

Int'l Cricket Council Defends Performances Of Umpires, Decision Review System

A breakdown of decisions from the "controversial" Ashes Test at Trent Bridge has been released by the Int'l Cricket Council in an attempt to "defend the performances" of umpires Aleem Dar and Marais Erasmus, and "add weight to the value of the Decision Review System," according to Richard Hobson of the LONDON TIMES. The fallout "has still to settle from the first game," which will be remembered largely for "the use and misuse of technology." Even two days "after the tense climax," the DRS "was a talking point" at the England and Australia press conferences. ICC CEO Dave Richardson admitted "we must continue to strive to improve umpiring." Richardson said that the percentage of correct decisions before reviews stood at 90.3%, but climbed to 95.8% as a result of the use of the DRS. England continues to support the use of technology despite recent problems, but cricketer Matt Prior admitted to "being unsure whether Hot Spot would confirm the edge that he held from Brad Haddin to win the game on review." Prior: "I would not have put my mortgage on it." Australia captain Michael Clarke admitted that Australia "need to improve their usage of the DRS" (LONDON TIMES, 7/17). The AFP reported the world cricket committee of Marylebone Cricket Club "backed a call" from former Australia captain Ian Chappell for the sport's authorities "to take complete control" of the DRS. The MCC panel, made up mainly of eminent former players, insisted that DRS "was fundamentally sound, with problems in Nottingham down mainly to basic human error, and called for its use across all international matches." Cricket powerhouse India "has long objected to DRS and, consequently, it plays no part in bilateral matches involving the Asian giants" (AFP, 7/17).

SPIRIT OF THE GAME: The BBC's Ben Dirs wrote there has been much talk about "the spirit of the game" since the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. But "does it not seem odd to believe that cricket should be governed by a spirit when we have algorithms and thermal imaging and all manner of cutting edge gadgets to make things less mysterious?" Technology, and the DRS, "which took centre stage in Nottingham last week, was introduced because we live in a scientific age." And once cricket "conceded that we live in a scientific age then any talk of spirits started to sound wilfully old-fashioned." At "least to some" (BBC, 7/16).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/07/18/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/ICC-Technology.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2013/07/18/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/ICC-Technology.aspx

CLOSE