ICC To Review Umpire Referral System After England Complaint

CRICKET - The International Cricket Council (ICC) are to undertake an urgent review into the umpire referral system after a number of controversial incidents in the South Africa v England test series. Things have got so bad that the England and Wales Cricket Board have written a letter to the ICC, declaring the the umpire referral system as it stands is "a shambles".

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has said: "We have received a letter of complaint from the ECB and we will launch a formal investigation into the exact circumstances surrounding the application of the decision review system (DRS) after completion of the Johannesburg test match." The ECB chairman Giles Clarke had previously stated that the old system was better, because "if the umpire is as blind as a bat, it's the same for both sides."

The ECB wrote their letter of complaint following Friday's third umpire decision not to give South Africa captain Graeme Smith out caught behind early in his innings before he went on to make a century, leaving England with an uphill stuggle to win the final match in the test series.

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