30th November 2009, Johannesburg/Melbourne

After several days of negotiation, imploration and good old fashioned arm twisting, it was announced yesterday that the system of reviewing umpiring decision will be used in the Test Series between South Africa and England. The International cricket council intervened when it emerged last week that there seemed neither the will nor the money to use the system. There was little option but for the ICC to act since its board has ratified the decision of its cricket committee that reviews should be allowed in all Test Cricket from now on

Its introduction has been broadly welcomed by both sides. It will involve one element of so-called predictive technology, Hawkeye, which aims to depict the flight of the ball after it has hit the pad. The hotspot camera, however, will not be available. Each side will be allowed to unsuccessful reviews per innings. There were two referrals, the second Test between New Zealand and Pakistan and the upcoming test match between India and Sri Lanka. But the Indian team simply refused to use that system.

On the other hand IPL according to many critics is one of the biggest threats to the present day cricket. As the players are more concentrating on money rather than quality cricket. They also submitted a report to ICC and asked for its intervention.