Umpires Review Decision System is flawed.....

It really is time for the International Cricket Council to take control. The current scenario regarding the implementation of the Umpires Review Decision System is flawed.

The ICC currently states that both teams must be in favour of using the URDS during a series or it will not be used. I believe that this decision should be made only by the home board as they are the ones fully responsible for that series and, although that it all encompassing, the buck needs to stop somewhere.

An even better scenario is for the ICC to make it mandatory in every Test series and take responsibility for the subsequent financial demands to standardise technological assistance in the decision making process. I am the first to acknowledge that financial conditions globally are challenging right now but surely a global sponsor could be secured by the ICC to inject adequate finance to cover the variables that are currently hampering the game.

Whilst I have been in Sri Lanka working on the intriguing Test series against India, I have been presented with a jarring contrast. The cricket during this series has been magnificent but has not been played with the URDS in place because India, the cricketing power house, rejected it. Although the umpiring throughout has been of an extraordinarily high standard, as you would expect the odd error was made that would have been corrected if reviews were available.

Following many days of commentary I have been able to get back to my hotel room and watch the England versus Pakistan series from the UK. In my mind the game is greatly enhanced by the use of the URDS (can the ICC not find a simpler name?!) in the series in England.

The suspense is quite dramatic when it is called into play and it adds a dimension of intrigue that satisfies.

It also importantly enables us to arrive at the correct conclusions and serves to eradicate any shocking decisions.

I might also add that the more I see of the implementation of the reviews, the more I realise that the Hotspot technology and it's conclusive imagery is essential.

The game of cricket has been around for two hundred years and played under the same laws and conditions.

Right now there are variables that question integrity.