 Sachin Tendulkar has said that he finds the referrals a little difficult to accept
and is not for them being used in international cricket. However, unlike a lot
of other cricketers, he says that the technology should definitely be used a lot
more in international cricket. He also adds that Hot-Spot should be used wherever
necessary except the lbw decision and the bowleds.
Referring to the test series in Sri Lanka where this was first trialled, Sachin Tendulkar said that he was not happy about the way it came about. There
were many decisions that went against the Indians in that series and the Indians
were a disillusioned lot in that series. Recently, Steve Bucknor and
Peter Willey, umpires from West Indies and England had said the same
about the referral system.
He said, "I'm not particularly happy with the referrals because I'm not
convinced of the angles (on television),"
Tendulakr, however, was all for reducing the work of the umpire because he
thought that the umpired had too much on their plate. Especially in this day
and age when every decision is magnified and glorified in front of the television.
He said that technology would help them reduce the load and assist them in being
more focussed and be more accurate.
Tendulkar said that like in tennis, the no-balls could be adjudged using a
laser. This would assist the umpires in making their decision-making much more
focussed and hence more accurate. In tennis, the 'let' is called using a beep,
with the umpire not having to look at the net.
"It is tough for the umpires to watch the no-balls and watch what's happening
in the front. For the basic line decisions you have to have a laser or something
like that... the no-ball is like tennis (in which there is a beep during a let
when the ball hits the net during a serve)... you can call it with a machine.
"
He added that he welcomed the addition of the Hot-Spot technology to the fold.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been trialling this for some
time and has finally decided to include it as an assistance tool to the umpires.
For now, the tool operates on the principle of giving out heat waves at the
spot where the ball has hit, and thus darkening the area. So, if the batsman
has hit the ball, the portion of the bat where the ball has hit the ball will
get darkened, whereas if it hits the pads directly, it will only be the pad
portion that will get dark.
Tendulkar said that to reduce the amount of pressure, the umpires could be
rotated around, in order to allow them a break in every session. So different
umpires could be used in different sessions of a test match and so on.
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