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Most captains favour technology

LONDON, AUG. 27 . Most international cricket captains have backed the ICC's experimental use of technology to assist better umpiring decision making, according to the findings of a survey commissioned among the captains of teams competing in next month's ICC Champions Trophy.

Of the 10 captains who took part in the survey, only Australian skipper Ricky Ponting and Tatenda Taibu of Zimbabwe disagreed with the principle of more technology for umpires, an ICC release said here on Friday.

Ponting's view was consistent with a long-standing Australian approach to the subject, while Taibu, Test cricket's youngest-ever captain, felt ``what's already there is enough''.

Those in favour of more assistance for officials included England's Michael Vaughan, who, however, expressed reservations about using the Hawk Eye for leg before decision.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith concurred, saying: ``I think every effort should be made to get the right decision. It will be very interesting to see how the experiments at the ICC Champions Trophy work.''

Others in support were Stephen Fleming of New Zealand, Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lanka, Habibul Bashar, Bangladesh, Steve Tikolo of Kenya and Richard Staple of the US.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq also backed the move. ``Yes, I'm very much in favour, because the game has become very professional, small errors have been affecting results." — PTI

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