Big Bash League has finally decided to introduce Umpire Decision Review System (DRS). There has been an uproar and ongoing debate among the former and the current players to have the system in the league over the past few years to eliminate manual errors made unintentionally by the on-field umpires!
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The technology has already been used in the various T20 leagues across the globe - Indian Premier League in India, Caribbean Premier League in West Indies, and Pakistan Super League in Pakistan. And it has been proved very much worthy as mostly the T20 leagues feature inexperienced local umpires.
"The league is delighted to introduce DRS … in line with the very best cricket competitions in the world. Implementing DRS has been a challenging task for the BBL, which is the most logistically complex T20 league in the world. That, plus the impact of the pandemic on travel and movement, have meant the technology has not been possible to introduce until this season," said Alastair Dobson, BBL General Manager.
In a major boost for the Women's Big Bash League, the same technology will also be available for the first 24 games of the upcoming season. According to the Cricket Australia media release, the remaining 35 WBBL games will be produced via live stream technology which does not support the DRS technology.
The Big Bash League 2022-23 season will kickstart on 13th December in Canberra with the opener between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars. A total of 61 matches will be played in this season including the finals with the Final to be played on 04th February.
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