It could have been a different story, however. Alistair
Cook, Nick Compton, Matt Prior and Samit Patel all adjudged not out by the
umpire. That’s not a problem though, just take it upstairs?
Oh no, of course not. The BCCI are still not budging when it
comes to the review system. Their reasoning is that it is not 100% correct;
which is fair but nothing in this world is. A statement from 2011 read:
"The BCCI continues to believe that the system is not
foolproof," it said. "It also sticks to its view that the decision on
whether or not to use the DRS for a particular series should be left to the
boards involved in that series."
There seems to be a lot of talk of late that the reason for
neglecting DRS comes from the senior Indian batsmen. The likes of Sachin and
Sehwag being given not out LBW on home soil, from the on field umpire, without
the possibility of it being overturned sounds like a cunning plan.
In 2008, when the DRS was last used for a Test series
involving India, Sri Lanka made 11 successful referrals, while MS Dhoni's team
had just one. Sour grapes, perhaps?
Even cricket writer for The Sun, Ali Martin tweeted
yesterday after a Dhoni finger wag at the umpire:
"Sorry Dhoni, that is not on. Speak to your board if you
don't like it"
All that was needed to make DRS mandatory was for any full
member to ask for a vote at an ICC board meeting. The fact that no one did
comes down to the BCCI flexing their muscles. Every country want to host India and it is
not because of the quality of cricket on offer, but more importantly the amount
of money the series brings.
Instead of falling out and burning bridges with the super
power of world cricket, the rest have to bite their tongue, use DRS in every
other series they play and again let the BCCI dictate terms, whether it be at
home or away.
We had some comments on a previous post regarding the
similarities between ICC and FIFA. All I can say is FIFA is the association
where no country or personality is bigger than the game. Countries have been
banned for either trying to involve politics in the game or trying to intervene
in its country games or trying to impose own interests in FIFA policies. That
is why you do not see any league privately run by the country associations
where they implement their own rules and regulations,
The ICC has become completely overrun by one Board.
The BBCI are C*nts
ReplyDeleteLiam - whilst I take your point re FIFA I don't accept it. They are different to the ICC, its just that they take dough from anywhere rather than just the BCCI, with the ultimate joke the staging of the 2022 world cup in Qatar. Platini was one of the chief advocates of this decision and follows his own agenda albeit slightly less corrupt than that of Blatter and his chronies. As in a previous article/rant of mine sports governing bodies have all been "corrupted" by cash. The power of dough is unlimited so far as dough trousering chronies are concerned. The only time it is ever confronted is when evidence is placed in public which cannot be swept under the carpet, see Lance Armstrong for the most obvious example. Whilst I share your dislike of the BCCI I think many are just as bad. Also even the DRS can't save England. At present I would fancy Worthy to dismiss the DSM or anyone who can lobbed em down left handed!
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