ICC reduces number of appeals to 2 in umpire referral system

ICC reduces number of appeals to 2 in umpire referral system
Dubai, Jan 29 (PTI) In a bid to prevent "frivolous challenges" by players, the International Cricket Council will reduce the number of appeals to two in the umpire referral system during the upcoming series between West Indies and England.The ICC today announced that the ongoing trial of the umpire decision review system will be reduced to two unsuccessful reviews from three each side per innings after receiving initial feedback from players and match officials.The game's world governing body said both West Indies and England have approved the change and if it proved to be a successful modification in the first two Tests of the West Indies-England series, it will then be tried one last time in Australia's tour of South Africa.A full appraisal of the trial will be undertaken thereafter and the issue of whether to continue with the review system or discard will be debated at the ICC Cricket Committee in May."The umpire decision review system trial has so far received mostly positive feedback from players and officials but we want to get it right before we consider applying it to international cricket on a permanent basis," ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement. PTI