No DRS or Is There?

Well it appears that the DRS is in play after all and and India have been on the beneficial end again.  No matter how you put it India are becoming hypocrites when it comes to the use of technology in cricket.

After what happened yesterday it was always going to happen.  Dismissals would be decided by video replay and the decision would benefit the team that did not want this technology used for the DRS system.  If India wants the umpire to make the call on the field then that is what should happen.  If the umpire thinks it is a noball then he should call it.  If a wicket did not fall would the umpire have still called noball?  How many more noballs were not called due to a wicket not falling on the delivery.

It was not long into the day when the first wicket fell and the umpire immediately called for a review of the noball and also to see if the ball carried.  Once viewed and given out, the Indians were more than happy to accept the use of the review system and celebrate the wicket.  In the last session of the day an Indian wicket falls, the valuable wicket of Dravid, and the umpire decides he thinks it might be a noball (if he thought it why not call it straight away), viewing the replay of the noball I can argue the point that it may not have been a noball as the foot might have slid forward but the frames are either side of the foot's initial contact with the ground.  Decision reviewed and it is ruled a noball, India benefit again from the use of technology that they have declined to allow the use of throughout the series.

Why do umpires not review every wicket to see if it is a noball?  Umpires do make mistakes and human error is part of sport, but when technology is available, why not use it.  India have shown their true colours, they are happy to accept decisions without technology and they are happy to accept decisions that use technology, either way India are happy with everything as long as it is good for India.

It is now time that Australian cricket fans said that it is not good enough.  If it is good enough for India to say that they are not happy with the DRS system it is good enough for Australians to say that we are not happy with the lack of DRS and India's acceptance of the DRS when umpires use it.