There will be no reviews of lbw decisions during the forthcoming England-India Test and one-day series, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Wednesday. Indian concerns over the reliability of ball-tracking technology meant the ICC was unable to get adopt universal adoption of the full decision review system (DRS) for all international matches at a recent meeting.
Now, for the four-Test and five-match one-day series between England and India, there will be no HawkEye predictive tracking system for lbws.
However, 'Hot Spot' imaging technology and stump microphone audio will be able to assist the on-field umpires with caught decisions. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, speaking ahead of the first Test which starts at Lord's here on Thursday, told reporters on Wednesday: "We are not 100 percent convinced on the tracking system and the (measurement of) bounce.
"We are quite happy with the 'Hot Spot'." England captain Andrew Strauss said he'd rather DRS be used in full. "I think the system has worked very well over the last 12-18 months. "We have all got used to it and have got more decisions right which is a good thing.
"As it happens we can't use the full DRS in this series and we are just going to have to deal with the half-way house we have got. "I don't think it's ideal but that's the situation we are faced with. For us as players to be overly concerned about it would be unhelpful."
Earlier, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said: "While we are disappointed that the full DRS will not be used to support the umpires, we are pleased that the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) and BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) have worked hard to ensure the minimum DRS is used in this much-anticipated series.
"It is common knowledge that the ICC and ECB would have liked ball tracking to have been included so that lbw decisions could have also been reviewed.
"But the last chief executives' committee and board meeting in Hong Kong agreed to independently confirm the accuracy of ball-tracking technology.
"This will now take place as a matter of urgency."
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