Australian stalwart pace bowler Mitchell Starc urges the International Cricket Council to look beyond Snicko Meter, insisting on the inconsistency in the decision review system, as there were a couple of questions raised about the decision review technology.
Speaking about the decision review technology after Australia secured an 82-run victory and won the series. Starc raised his point on the current system's structure and funding.
"I'm sure it's frustrating for everyone, viewers, officials, and broadcasters, no doubt. One thing I will say ... I'm only going to speak for myself here, the officials use it, right? So why doesn't the ICC pay for it?" questioned Starc.
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"And why is it not just one across the board? Why don't we use the same technology in all the different series? That's going to perhaps create less confusion, less frustration? So that's where I'll leave that." He added.
The DRS dilemma
The debate began during the third match of the Ashes when an unusual incident occurred. The owner of a real-time snicko meter acknowledged that a system error allowed Alex Carey to stay at the crease. At that moment, Carey was batting at 72 when a delivery from Josh Tongue went to the wicketkeeper. The England team appealed for a wicket and decided to use the Decision Review System (DRS), but the umpire dismissed the review because no spike appeared on the snicko meter.
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Carey continued his innings after that, making a fighting 106 and giving hope to the Australian team. Australia reached 326 runs, losing 8 wickets on the day. After that, Starc branded the snicko meter as "worst technology" and said "Snicko needs to be sacked".
The ICC has currently approved two edge detection systems, one of which is UltraEdge. While Australia and New Zealand use Snicko, countries such as India, England, and South Africa use UltrEdge.
