No DRS for India-England ODIs

by Deep Dey Fri 07 Oct 2011, 9:52 pm

The BCCI and ICC have confirmed the DRS will not be in use for the
upcoming one-day international series and one-off Twenty20 international
between India and England. Warren Brennan, the chief executive of BBG
Sports, the company behind Hot Spot, had told that they would not be making the technology
available for the series. Since Hot Spot was made one of the minimum
requirements for the DRS during the ICC's annual conference in June, the
ICC has said there will be no reviews for the India-England series.

Brennan admitted BBG Sports was disappointed with Hot Spot's performance
during India's tour of England and said he believed "it did not have
BCCI's support" for the technology following that series. "Following the
comments by Mr Srinivasan on September 20 in relation to Hot Spot and
the DRS process, BBG Sports believed it did not have the support of the
BCCI and promptly decided not to bring the Hot Spot to India for their
upcoming home series," he said in an email to ESPNcricinfo. Srinivasan,
the new BCCI president, had criticised Hot Spot after the board's annual
general meeting in Mumbai.

Since the DRS will not be in use, the ICC do not require an umpire from
their elite panel to be third umpire. Hence they have said Simon Taufel
will not be required to officiate in the matches and Billy Bowden will
be the only umpire from the elite panel to stand in the series.