Gadgets vs umpires SHOULD we or shouldn't we? Should the newly discovered scientific gadgets, if we may call them so, be used in umpiring in cricket or should we continue with the trusted way of believing in the "neutrality" of the men in white? This issue is not only being hotly debated in the International Cricket Council but also among all followers of the game, most of whom strongly believe that umpires are only human …
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…leg before, questions are asked whether the decision was correct? But with the use of such devices the "neutrality" of the umpires could be upheld. Cricket is not the only game which is changing. In tennis the line judges have been replaced by the electronic eye and after an initial opposition both by the players as well as by the tennis officials their use is common with simply no complains. Then why not in cricket.