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DRS negatively affected Ashes Series

England's team director Andy Flower, has admitted the decision review system has not worked well in the current ashes series.

However, he does not favour a return to the days when umpires did not have access to technology.

The series has been notable for a series of controversial umpiring decisions, most of them involving the tv umpire.

"Hot Spot", the technology that is meant to clarify whether a batsman has edged a ball, has been exposed as flawed and raised doubts about its medium term viability, leaving players and umpires confused and frustrated following a catalogue of mistakes. 

However, Flower, a consistent advocate of the DRS, does not favour abandoning the system at the moment. Instead he favours ensuring that tv umpires are equipped with the best possible technology available and, if necessary, the assistants to enable them to utilise it to the optimum.

 Flower is adamant that a return to the days when tv viewers had access to more evidence than umpires would be a retrograde step and maintains the DRS system generally helps get more decisions right than the days before it was introduced.



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