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Alastair Cook welcomes UDRS for India series

London: Modified it may be but England's ODI captain Alastair Cook is glad that the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) would be in place for his side's series against India next month after being made mandatory in all Tests and ODIs by the ICC.

“I believe UDRS helps get more right decisions, which is the most important thing,” Cook said ahead of the first ODI against Sri Lanka here.

“What we need is players getting the right decisions, whether they are in or out, and that is the end of the matter. I think technology to get those decisions right is the best way forward and we need as much available as we can to get the right decisions,” he explained.

The modified version, which was unanimously approved by the ICC's Chief Executives' Committee on the second day of its annual conference, would have Hot Spot technology but not the Hawk Eye ball-tracker, which means that lbw decisions would not be within the purview of the DRS.

The mandatory terms and conditions for the UDRS that have now been recommended by ICC's CEC to the Executive Board for approval will now consist of “thermal imaging” and “sound technology”. It has been agreed to remove the “ball tracker” from the ICC's original compulsory list of UDRS technologies. — PTI

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