The International Cricket Council has decided to introduce the highly debated Decision Review System (DRS) from the quarterfinal stage of the World Cup, scheduled to be held in the Indian sub-continent in Feb-April 2011."The DRS will be used in the four quarterfinals, two semifinals and the final, a total of seven matches, in the ICC Cricket World Cup," an ICC spokesperson told reporters here on Wednesday.He added that the DRS would be used only in the later stages of the tournament, to be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from February 19-April 2, because of scarcity of enough number of correct tools for it to be used during the league phase too.
The four quarterfinals are scheduled for March 23 (Dhaka), March 24 (Colombo), March 25 (Dhaka) and March 26 (Ahmedabad).The two semifinals are scheduled be held on March 29 (Colombo) and March 30 (Mohali), while Mumbai will host the final on April 2.Meanwhile, ICC's venue check squad comprising seven groups, visited the Wankhede Stadium here, which is to host the grand finale."The seven groups are dealing with cricket operations, commerce, grounds, legal, security, broadcast and media. They had an inspection of the stadium and whatever they saw today will be shared with the Tournament Director (Prof. Ratnakar Shetty)," he said.
The renovation work in the stadium that commenced more than two years ago is still to be completed but officials of Mumbai Cricket Association, which owns the venue, are confident everything would be finished, barring some finishing touches, by the end of this year."Everything would be ready by December 31 and by January 15, 2011 the final finishing touches would also be finished," said an MCA source.As per ICC's requirements, the organisers are yet to play a few matches on the newly laid pitch and the renovated outfield to test their readiness for hosting World Cup matches.
The four quarterfinals are scheduled for March 23 (Dhaka), March 24 (Colombo), March 25 (Dhaka) and March 26 (Ahmedabad).The two semifinals are scheduled be held on March 29 (Colombo) and March 30 (Mohali), while Mumbai will host the final on April 2.Meanwhile, ICC's venue check squad comprising seven groups, visited the Wankhede Stadium here, which is to host the grand finale."The seven groups are dealing with cricket operations, commerce, grounds, legal, security, broadcast and media. They had an inspection of the stadium and whatever they saw today will be shared with the Tournament Director (Prof. Ratnakar Shetty)," he said.
The renovation work in the stadium that commenced more than two years ago is still to be completed but officials of Mumbai Cricket Association, which owns the venue, are confident everything would be finished, barring some finishing touches, by the end of this year."Everything would be ready by December 31 and by January 15, 2011 the final finishing touches would also be finished," said an MCA source.As per ICC's requirements, the organisers are yet to play a few matches on the newly laid pitch and the renovated outfield to test their readiness for hosting World Cup matches.
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