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At a time when the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is trying to improve the quality of Indian umpires, it has decided to scrap the practice of the captain's report after each domestic match. Instead, the board has put the onus squarely on the match referees.
"The match referee also serves as the third umpire.They are in a better position to provide a fair and balanced report with the help of video analysts," a top BCCI official told TOI.
"It has been done to eliminate any emotion in the reports. A captain can have bias or grudge against the umpire. The referee, in that sense, has nothing at stake," the official said.
Over the past few years, discontent against umpires on the domestic circuit had been voiced by a few teams. The BCCI had looked for details from a players' angle so that it could be used while reviewing umpires and recommending umpires to International Cricket Council's (ICC) panel of umpires."(But) the reports submitted by the captains didn't really help. They were written very casually. The captains neither talked about the positive nor did they mention any negative about umpiring which doesn't really help. It also came to notice that somebody other than the captain, like the manager or some other member of the support staff, used to file these reports," said the official.
Board looks to get umpires DRS-ready
With BCCI agreeing to use Decision Review System (DRS) in the ongoing England series, it is now keen to have its umpires accustomed to the system. Only S Ravi has made it to ICC's elite panel while Anil Chaudhary and Shamsuddin have got into the panel of ODI umpires. Unlike other bilateral Test series in India, this time the third umpire will be a neutral one since the DRS is in place.
"It is an ICC guideline to have neutral umpires if DRS is used. Anyway, we'll have few junior umpires from domestic cricket to be the fourth umpires. They can get a hang of how umpires operate on the field and off it once DRS is in play," the board official said.
However, according to sources, a proposal to bring an umpire of international stature who is currently in the profession so that the Indian umpires go up to them discuss how to handle different match situations, is still pending before the BCCI. The board has done away with the services of Simon Taufel and brought in England's Denis Burns who is also an umpiring coach at the ICC.
"The Indian umpires need to understand that if they can't get complacent if DRS is in play and also how bold they can be using it. They need someone who is currently doing it to speak to," the source said.
BCCI scraps captain's feedback on umpires - Cricbuzz
"The match referee also serves as the third umpire.They are in a better position to provide a fair and balanced report with the help of video analysts," a top BCCI official told TOI.
"It has been done to eliminate any emotion in the reports. A captain can have bias or grudge against the umpire. The referee, in that sense, has nothing at stake," the official said.
Over the past few years, discontent against umpires on the domestic circuit had been voiced by a few teams. The BCCI had looked for details from a players' angle so that it could be used while reviewing umpires and recommending umpires to International Cricket Council's (ICC) panel of umpires."(But) the reports submitted by the captains didn't really help. They were written very casually. The captains neither talked about the positive nor did they mention any negative about umpiring which doesn't really help. It also came to notice that somebody other than the captain, like the manager or some other member of the support staff, used to file these reports," said the official.
Board looks to get umpires DRS-ready
With BCCI agreeing to use Decision Review System (DRS) in the ongoing England series, it is now keen to have its umpires accustomed to the system. Only S Ravi has made it to ICC's elite panel while Anil Chaudhary and Shamsuddin have got into the panel of ODI umpires. Unlike other bilateral Test series in India, this time the third umpire will be a neutral one since the DRS is in place.
"It is an ICC guideline to have neutral umpires if DRS is used. Anyway, we'll have few junior umpires from domestic cricket to be the fourth umpires. They can get a hang of how umpires operate on the field and off it once DRS is in play," the board official said.
However, according to sources, a proposal to bring an umpire of international stature who is currently in the profession so that the Indian umpires go up to them discuss how to handle different match situations, is still pending before the BCCI. The board has done away with the services of Simon Taufel and brought in England's Denis Burns who is also an umpiring coach at the ICC.
"The Indian umpires need to understand that if they can't get complacent if DRS is in play and also how bold they can be using it. They need someone who is currently doing it to speak to," the source said.
BCCI scraps captain's feedback on umpires - Cricbuzz
