The debate about the official use of replays and other gimmicks in cricket has intensified in the wash up to the ferocious Sydney test between Australia and India, with former test umpire David Shepherd calling for help for the men in the middle
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“We are judged by technology and people have started thinking that the technology is better than the umpires. That’s not true: on an lbw appeal, an umpire is better placed to judge whether the ball will hit the stumps. But perhaps the TV could help check whether there was an inside edge,” Shepherd told the London-based Telegraph.
“Technology has got to be used more.”
Shepherd, who umpired in 92 test matches between 1985 and 2005 before retiring at the age of 65, is open to the ‘challenge’ system, currently employed in tennis and America’s National Football League.
“Perhaps the system where each team can call for a certain number of referrals could be the way forward,” Shepherd told the Telegraph.
“It has been trialled, but with limited success, because the TV umpires were reluctant to overrule their colleagues in the middle. They might have to get over that if we are to find a solution.”
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