ENGLAND’S fast bowler Chris Tremlett admits he is baffled at India’s refusal to accept the Decision Review System (DRS) for their upcoming series against England.
Andrew Strauss’ team will have the chance to prove they deserve to be regarded as the world’s best Test team next month, when they host India, the number one ranked country, in four Tests, one Twenty20 and five one-day internationals.
But some of the build-up to the series has been overshadowed by India’s refusal to allow the use of the DRS, despite the programme being hailed as a success since its introduction in 2009.
Tremlett said: “I am a fan of the system. If the technology is there it should be used. There have been a few decisions that have been rightly overturned and as a bowler you want those decisions given out. It’s a fair way of doing things. I’m fully in agreement with it.
It’s something that we like to use and it should be used in every Test if the technology is there and it’s a shame that they don’t want DRS involved in the India series.”
The BCCI have repeatedly stated that they are not satisfied with the accuracy of the likes of Hawkeye and hot spot, but Tremlett insists that from the games he has been involved in where the DRS has been used, it has been reliable.
“The hot spot has shown that it works. In Australia we had a few decisions correctly overturned. It is very accurate. Sometimes there is a lot of noise around a Test match and an umpire might not hear a fine nick so it’s an important thing to have. Hawkeye is fair too so it’ll be a shame. It has been a successful thing over the last six months,” said Tremlett.