Technology's invasion of cricket - is a non issue!!

Slick use of technology certainly makes for an interesting cricket viewing on television but is it good for a good old game of cricket? Is use of technology robbing a part of the 'glorious uncertainties' of cricket? If we really look at the root cause, it is the partial deployment of technology that is the cause for concern rather than the technology itself.

Who would have raised a hue and cry, if the umpires too had the freedom to look at the snickometer or the hawkeye reading for each appeal. Please do not blame the two men in white coats in the middle, they are after all very much human. TV Commentators, have the freedom to look at replays and make use of the technology at their disposal (and they sometimes still get it wrong!) and create an issue out of nothing - thereby create a topic that sustains them for a day and for the TV channel it translates into higher TRPs and thereby higher revenues!!

So what if the umpire makes a mistake! Its a part of the game - at the end of a day's play, the players and the umpires should feel comfortable to meet at the club house and have a beer and enjoy each others company. Please remember cricket is a game and it should be enjoyed not only by the viewers but also by the players as well as by the umpires. This partial deployment of technology is not helping the game - it is robbing cricket of the human element. Technology is cold and impersonal and cricket as a game is much more warm and friendly.

The decision makers must decide - either all or nothing - swaying in between is not done!