Referrals: Out Or Not Out?

The referral system has been brought into the game to try and reduce the amount of wrong decisions and get rid of some of the doubt in the game.

I don't think it has done that, the entire system seems to be confusing the players and leaves the umpires with egg on their face. I was watching Day Three of the 1st Test between Australia and South Africa and to see what ensued with the referrals was a debacle—it is creating unnecessary breaks in the game and is also making the players and umpires look foolish at times.

I saw a stat about three years ago that the ICC elite panel of umpires were getting 95% of the decisions right, now i don't know about anybody else but that's a very good percentage, you will always get the odd bad decision but that's human error and its part of the game.

Do you think a bowler intends to ball a no-ball? Or does a batsmen intend to inside edge the ball onto their stumps? An umpire doesn't intend to get a decision wrong but will do from time to time—it's human!

Get rid of the referrals, allow the game to flow again, use the third umpire as he was used before and you can create the the talking points by using the TV technology for the viewers at home.

My verdict: OUT!!

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