Date:06/05/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050606841900.htm

Sport - Cricket

ICC panel to decide on players' plea against umpiring decisions

Dubai: The men in white may find themselves at the receiving end with the International Cricket Committee planning, subject to its Cricket Committee's approval, to allow teams to appeal against umpires' decisions in the Champions Trophy scheduled in India later this year. Use of technology, establishing consistent criteria for the assessment of bad light, assessments of playing conditions for various forms of the game and cricket bat specifications are among the subjects set to be discussed at the meeting of the ICC Cricket Committee on Friday and Saturday.

Chaired by Sunil Gavaskar, the committee will debate whether to allow players a certain number of appeals er innings if they feel a decision made by the on-field umpire may be incorrect. — UNI