The International Cricket Council (ICC) today reiterated that it has
always, and will continue to, monitor the accuracy of ball-tracking and
all decisions whether referred or not under the Decision Review System
(DRS).Following criticism of the DRS in some areas of the media, David
Richardson, ICC General Manager - Cricket, re-affirmed that every
decision made in Test match and ODI cricket is monitored at the ICC
Headquarters in Dubai.He also acknowledged that such monitoring reveals a minute number of
errors in technology and that technology is not always conclusive.
However, he added what is widely recognized is that in the vast majority
of cases an incorrect decision can be - and has been rectified.David Richardson said: "The purpose of the Decision Review System is to
get as many decisions correct as possible. The statistics show that,
with the full DRS in operation, the number of correct decisions rises to
almost 98 per cent and that is what we must focus on."Even if it is possible only to reach 98 per cent that has to be better
than the average achieved without DRS of around 93 per cent."
The statistics from recent Test and ODI Series are:
The statistics from recent Test and ODI Series are:
| Correct % before DRS | Correct % after DRS | |
| West Indies v Pakistan - 2 Tests | 94.52% | 98.63% |
| England v Sri Lanka - 3 Tests | 92.35% | 98.47% |
| England v India - 4 Tests ** | 93.35% | 96.31% |
| Sri Lanka v Australia - 5 ODIs | 100 % | 100 % |
** = Ball-tracking not used in this series
