Cric_Addiction

We all know that in cricket, the on-field umpires have the authorities to make any decision regarding any dismissal or any other query as this is the standard practice in cricket. But sometimes, there may be wrong decisions from the umpires as human errors. One feels that there should always be the scope of scrutiny in the decisions that arise the doubt. Well, there can’t be such a scope for every decision that the umpires make but the ICC has done it to some extent by implementing The UDRS – Umpire’s Decision Review System. It is also called DRS – Decision Review System Players waiting for the third umpire's decision to be shown on the big screen after a review. What is the UDRS or DRS system? The UDRS or DRS system allows a team to review the umpire’s decision if they feel it was incorrect. Teams can do this by referring to the third umpire or the TV umpire after the decision is made by the on-field umpires. There are certain limits within which the teams can take advantage of

“Cricket is a game of uncertainty” they say, and this was absolutely proved to be perfect statement in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 when Pakistan lifted the trophy at the Oval by beating the arch-rivals India in the finals. “Pakistan cricket at its best, one minute down, next minute up” were the words on-air from the English commentator Nasser Hussain when Virat Kohli was caught at back-foot point after being put down at first slip the previous ball. Delighted Pakistani players posing for camera with the trophy. However, it wasn’t such a simple journey for Pakistan as no one would have ever anticipated this just before three weeks when the tournament kick started. They were embarrassed by a 124-run defeat by India in their tournament opener. Many wrote Pakistan off and they were facing a lot of criticism. Pakistan met South Africa later, where they kept their hopes alive by beating them with the help of a little bit of efforts and a little bit of luck as the result was decided by th

We as cricket fans feel very frustrated whenever rain interrupts the match. No matter whether we are in the stadium, whether we are at our home, whether we are at office or whether we are at a local tea stall somewhere around the back doors of a locality. The iconic Lord's Cricket Ground under the covers due to rain. There are so many matches in the past which got washed out due to rain and every one of us have suffered. ICC – International Cricket Council has made some adjustments for the above matter. There is a provision for this rule that when a match is halted by the rain or forced to stop in between, some adjustments are made to the runs and the overs in proportion to the time left in the game. It is important to note that this rule/method can only be applied if the match is possible to be played further on the field. This is called DL-Method. This method is officially adopted by the ICC since 1999. DL-Method is named after two statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewi

The history tells that India is a country where batsmen outperforms the bowlers more often than not. Having said that there is usually very small margin of error for the bowlers on rather slow wickets in the country, which make life difficult for the bowlers to be consistent. Nevertheless, it is by no means that the bowlers do not contribute to the team's victories, they do as well. But India have a rich history of scoring big runs and dominating the opposition in many games over the years.    Yuvraj Singh had Scored 3415 runs @35.21 batting at No.4 India have had many good batsmen in the past, batting in the middle order. Be it Rahul Dravid, be it Yuvraj Singh, or Suresh Raina, the No. 4 position got the best out of them. That was the reason for team India's success during that time. But post the retirements of Dravid and Yuvraj, and a slump in form for Raina which forced his way out of the team, India suffered badly without a proper No. 4 batsman, especially during some big