Amidst the vast amount of chatter about the DRS, one thing seems to have by-passed the majority of viewpoints. You don't have to use it. Just beacause it is an option to question the umpires decision, it doesn't mean you have to.
The current system is fundamentally flawed by the arbitary nature of only being applicable for up to two unsuccessful reviews. Surely, the whole point of having the DRS is to enable the proper decision to be upheld, the fact that 'fairness' goes out of the window after two misjudgements by the referring side is a nonsense.
However, current Aussie captain Ricky Ponting believs that the players word should be taken as gospel with regard to disputed close to ground catches. However, he is more than happy to refer any decision by the umpires to review if he doesn't like the outcome. Not for the first time the dank odour of hypocrisy starts to rise from the soggy remnants of a Punter outburst. If he wants his players decisions to be respected then he should do the same with the umpires' and therefore he should refuse to sanction any referrals by the Australian team for the rest of this summer!
It would then give him the higher moral ground from which to challenge the ICC to pass the sole decision back to the righful owners, the umpires (with or without the aid of technology).
Will it happen? Will it heck as like! There is more chance of Australia apologising for bowling underarm!
Jardine
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