COLOMBO: Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Monday he was disappointed that the umpire review system would not be used for the upcoming three Test series with India.
“As a player and a team, we are very much for the umpire decision review system,” skipper Kumar Sangakkara said ahead of the Indian series. Sangakkara said the ICC should seriously consider using the review system on a permanent basis to avoid human error at crucial stages of the game. “At high levels of umpiring you get things right about 92 percent of the time. But the eight percent is also important,” Sangakkara said.
Under the ICC rules, the host country needs the consent of the visiting team to use the review system, Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said. “We are very much in favour of it. When we checked with India, they were not happy to have it,” Ranatunga said.
No comments:
Post a Comment