Proteas coach bats for UDRS

Dec 14, 2010 |

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Johannesburg, Dec. 13: The Umpire Decision Referral System (UDRS) should be used in all Test cricket matches, South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl said on Monday ahead of his team’s high-profile home series against top-ranked India.

The system, which allows players to challenge umpires’ decisions with the help of TV technology, will not be used during the three-test series between test cricket’s top two teams starting Thursday at Centurion.

But Van Zyl said “it would be fair and good for test cricket” for it to be implemented across all series involving every nation. “I’ll be very honest, I would love to have had the referral system (in the series against India),” Van Zyl said. “I think the referral system needs to be (used) throughout all tests,” he said.

“It’s difficult to see a referral system used in one Test series and not in another series, so personally I’d like to see the referral system played throughout.”

UDRS is in use in the Ashes series but India chose not to have it in South Africa, with BCCI saying it is still not convinced by the system. Both teams must agree to it being used.

Earlier this month, Proteas captain Graeme Smith was reported as saying he wanted the ICC to manage the use of the UDRS and not leave it up to individual countries.

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