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RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - mugatiya - 11-10-2015
Not yet nuffa, But I am hoping this is one of the things that will be looked at
imo, the stance on DRS was driven through the likes of Dhoni who had full support from Srini.
Now that Dhoni is out of the picture more or less and Srini is gone, and Kohli will probably want to embrace DRS (not quite sure where he stands on it yet) the board might finally make a decision on it
have a feeling this new management team wants to leave a mark and the stance on drs will certainly make waves.
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - pj57 - 11-10-2015
Tendulkar was also against DRS and in India no one goes against Sachin's wishes....now that Sachin is also gone, they might have a different outlook on DRS......hopefully
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - Bada - 11-25-2015
The ICC will pay seven full-member boards $10 million over the next eight years, as part of the Test Cricket Fund announced during last year's Big Three takeover of cricket's governing body. Other than the BCCI, ECB and CA, the rest of the seven full-member boards will each receive $1.25 million annually, beginning January 2016.
The latest figures indicate that each member receiving the Test Match Fund stands to gain $10 million over eight years. This is less than the figure of $12.5 million over eight years announced by ECB president and ICC executive committee member Giles Clarke in February 2014 as each nation's Test Cricket Fund package.
The ICC plans to make its first Test Cricket Fund payment of $600,000 in early January, before disbursing another $650,000 to the 'small seven' member boards in July. Payments are expected to follow this biannual pattern until 2023. The ICC had originally announced that the Test Cricket Fund aimed to "encourage and support Test match cricket" outside the Big Three nations. As Boards have already entered bilateral touring agreements until 2023, there appears to be limited scope to enhance their Test schedules using the Test Cricket Fund payments.
It appears more likely that the money will be used to underwrite loss-making tours. For example, Sri Lanka Cricket loses money on Test tours featuring all nations except the Big Three and Pakistan. The Test Cricket Fund would help them recover losses from home tours such as the recent visit by West Indies, which is estimated to have cost SLC about $648,000.
The Test Cricket Fund had been among the chief incentives offered to the smaller boards, as the BCCI, ECB and CA sought support for their takeover of the ICC in January and February last year. During that time, Clarke, then ECB's chairman, had said in an interview with Sky Sports: "The ICC has agreed to establish a Test Match Fund of $12.5 million per country over eight years - available to all except England, India and Australia - which will allow those countries which find Test cricket difficult to sustain economically the opportunity to continue to stage Test matches."
The ICC has not yet announced the funds' terms of usage, or how it will hold boards accountable to the objective of encouraging Test cricket.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/943931.html
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - Bada - 11-26-2015
ICC chairman Manohar criticises Big Three revamp
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/944187.html
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - Bada - 11-27-2015
The MCC World Cricket Committee has welcomed the development of technology that could allow the third umpire to call no-balls, and it has also recommended that fielding teams should not lose a review for lbw decisions in the "umpire's call" zone. The committee has also commissioned a report into the balance between bat and ball, and specifically highlighted the quality and size of modern bats as an area of concern.
It was the World Cricket Committee, an independent think-tank made up largely of former international cricketers, that six years ago recommended serious consideration be given to playing day-night Tests. The current committee, chaired by Mike Brearley, met this week in Adelaide in the lead-up to the inaugural day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand, and technology was a key part of the discussion.
"The committee received a report from Simon Taufel on technology designed to allow front foot no-balls to be monitored by the third umpire," the World Cricket Committee said in a statement. "It felt that a fast, automated system for the calling of front-foot no-balls would be a welcome enhancement to the game.
"The committee also debated the 'umpire's call' for lbws and felt there should be no loss of a review for the fielding side if the ball is shown to be clipping the stumps in the umpire's call zone; this could then allow the removal of the reallocation of two reviews after 80 overs."
The committee also discussed whether there should a be a limit to the size of the edges and overall depth of cricket bats. It said that the dimensions and quality of bats had started to distort the game but recognised that other elements such as boundary sizes, shot selection, player fitness, quality of pitches and behaviour of balls also played a part.
"It was decided that further game-wide consultation is needed and has commissioned a report to be written and brought back to the committee for its next meeting, at Lord's, in July 2016," the committee said.
It also said it would monitor the success of the ECB's recently-announced trial in which the away team will be given first chance to bowl first in county matches, and the toss will only take place if they decline to take the bowl-first option. If such a change made it to Test cricket it could alter the dynamics of home-ground advantage; the committee said it was concerned that too much advantage currently sat with the home team.
"The MCC World Cricket committee is concerned that home advantage in Test Cricket now carries too much significance," it said. "In the last three years, over 70% of Test victories have been achieved by the home team.
"There are other factors contributing to this trend, such as shorter tours and a lack of adequate player preparation in local conditions, but there are indications that pitches are increasingly being prepared to suit the home team. The committee would like to see a game-wide agreement that ground authorities be left alone to produce pitches that reflect local conditions whilst encouraging a fair balance between bat and ball."
And, not for the first time, the committee expressed its strong desire for a World Test Championship to take place in an effort to provide greater context for all international cricket. Most ODIs should also count towards qualification for the next World Cup, the committee said.
"The committee believes that the game needs to address these issues as a priority," it said. "In so doing so, more thought needs to be given to how the game to distinguish and market the three formats to ensure that they complement each other in a highly competitive market place."
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/944597.html
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - cricketrulez - 11-27-2015
(11-27-2015, 02:44 AM)Bada Wrote: The MCC World Cricket Committee has welcomed the development of technology that could allow the third umpire to call no-balls, and it has also recommended that fielding teams should not lose a review for lbw decisions in the "umpire's call" zone.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/944597.html
Oh wait, Here I thought HE is he bomb!
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - mugatiya - 11-27-2015
CA wants international series in the USA
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/944987.html
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - Bada - 11-27-2015
(11-27-2015, 06:16 PM)cricketrulez Wrote:(11-27-2015, 02:44 AM)Bada Wrote: The MCC World Cricket Committee has welcomed the development of technology that could allow the third umpire to call no-balls, and it has also recommended that fielding teams should not lose a review for lbw decisions in the "umpire's call" zone.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/944597.html
Oh wait, Here I thought HE is he bomb!
Looks like it is the bomb. Giving precedence to it when the ball is only clipping
"The committee also debated the 'umpire's call' for lbws and felt there should be no loss of a review for the fielding side if the ball is shown to be clipping the stumps in the umpire's call zone; this could then allow the removal of the reallocation of two reviews after 80 overs."
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - cricketrulez - 11-28-2015
(11-27-2015, 09:09 PM)Bada Wrote:(11-27-2015, 06:16 PM)cricketrulez Wrote: Oh wait, Here I thought HE is he bomb!
Looks like it is the bomb. Giving precedence to it when the ball is only clipping
"The committee also debated the 'umpire's call' for lbws and felt there should be no loss of a review for the fielding side if the ball is shown to be clipping the stumps in the umpire's call zone; this could then allow the removal of the reallocation of two reviews after 80 overs."
Yet to see any evidence that HE is nothing more than fancy graphics
RE: ICC/MCC News Thread - Bada - 11-28-2015
(11-28-2015, 02:01 AM)cricketrulez Wrote:(11-27-2015, 09:09 PM)Bada Wrote: Looks like it is the bomb. Giving precedence to it when the ball is only clipping
"The committee also debated the 'umpire's call' for lbws and felt there should be no loss of a review for the fielding side if the ball is shown to be clipping the stumps in the umpire's call zone; this could then allow the removal of the reallocation of two reviews after 80 overs."
Yet to see any evidence that HE is nothing more than fancy graphics
I guess you brought it up because I said "DRS is the bomb" on the old site a few years ago. Well, if you look around, DRS has become a very important part of the game. Whether you are satisfied with it or not is hardly relevant. Do you see ICC getting rid of it?