India announce new appeals system

Indian and Sri Lankan players will get the chance to challenge umpires' on-field decisions © Getty Images

Players will have the opportunity to challenge decisions made by an umpire in a new system to be trialled during India’s tour of Sri Lanka.

In a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said they had agreed to test the new system in the three-Test, five one-day international series which starts on July 23 in Colombo.

In a similar system to the one introduced at ATP and WTA tennis events in 2006, each team will be allowed three unsuccessful review requests per innings.

Successful requests, which result in the the umpire changing his original decision, will not be counted towards the limit.

The BCCI statement said: “A player may request the review of any decision taken by the on-field umpires concerning every dismissal with the exception of a ‘timed out' decision.”

Following a request, the decision will be referred to the third umpire who would then base his decision on slow-motion replays, Hawk-eye technology for ball tracking purposes only and audio picked up by the stump microphones.

Hawk-eye technology would not be used to determine future trajectory of the ball as usually shown on television broadcasts.

“For reviews concerning potential dismissals, the player should then indicate 'out' by raising his finger above his head or indicate 'not out' by crossing his hands in a horizontal position side-to-side in front and above his waist three times.

"Where the decision is a reversal of the on-field umpire's previous call, he should make the 'revoke last signal' indication immediately prior to the above," the BCCI added.

Following the review, if the umpire upholds the decision of 'out' but for a different mode of dismissal from that for which the original decision was given, then the request will still be regarded as unsuccessful.