News: Punter unhappy with UDRS introduced in Tests

Ricky Ponting, the Australian skipper who has been supporting at times and seeking umpires’ decision on the introduction of the UDRS since the start of the series conceded on Tuesday that the innovation should not have been tried in the highest level of cricket, Test cricket. Ponting gave the comments after Chris Broad, the match referee gave his comments and said that the system needs fine-tuning.

"If you look at it like that, it's probably the most disappointing aspect of the whole thing. It's a shame to be basically trialling something like this at the top level. There's got to be enough cricket going on around the world to have a look at it without using it in Test matches," Ponting told The Australian.

About his talks with the umpires over the UDRS Ponting said, "The talk went well. I think they appreciated the fact of me coming to talk to them and getting their feedback about the whole thing. I don't really want to go into detail of what we talked about. It was just for me to find out how they're handling it because they're the most important people in the whole thing and they're the ones who are left out.

"It's important to know whether they feel it's taking some of the responsibility away from them, whether it's lightening their workload or making it harder. The main thing that's come out of all of it is how much we've learnt to rely on technology," he added.