• Inexperienced official to make TV judgment calls • Complex referral system now includes Hawk-Eye for lbws An inexperienced umpire will be in cricket’s hottest seat tomorrow when South Africa and England begin a Test series that will further trial the International Cricket Council’s controversial Umpire Decision Review System. Amish Saheba, an Indian official who has been on the international panel for three years but has stood in only two Tests, will be the third umpire who will pass judgment, on technological evidence, on some decisions made by the two elite officials in the middle – Aleem Dar, the ICC umpire of the year, and Steve Davis.

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England and South Africa at mercy of green umpire





