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"Blind men in white coats do India in"
Headine on the front page of the Times of India on January 3
"Umpires and traditionalists resist the onset of technology to resolve tricky decisions. Nothing in yesterday's events advanced their cause... Batsmen and fielding teams ought to be allowed three references an innings, the strategy adopted in tennis. It is high time the lords and masters of the game adopted this policy.
Peter Roebuck pushes for use of technology
"They claim technological assistance takes too long. But even if is slow, we still must use it. Otherwise, all of a sudden the game's taken away from a side, as it happened in the case of India on Wednesday."
Dean Jones is another in favour of assistance for umpires
"I don't think the game needs to go where every decision gets referred, There are ways you can improve it, but let's not push and poke and prod it too much."
Andrew Symonds, who was reprieved twice on the way to a counter-attacking hundred
"Today, we had a decision referred to the third umpire, and you still got the wrong decision made."
Ian Chappell, referring to the stumping appeal against Symonds that was ruled not out
"It's time for Steve Bucknor to retire. He has been a good umpire, but he is past his sell-by date. He is human. ICC must do something about it."
Ravi Shastri knows just where the problem lies
"The world's No.1 umpire for the past three years is Simon Taufel from Sydney and he should be out in the middle making the crucial decisions under pressure for this is what the best aspire to.I believe the argument for neutral umpires was valid years ago when there was a degree of acceptance for mediocrity due to a lack of television cameras and part-time officials, while the scourge of match-fixing was also lurking beneath the surface."
Steve Waugh makes a radical suggestion
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Sidhartha raja
From:- Patna,Bihar
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