Cricket Power India Blocking Electronic Review "Using technology to check, and possibly overturn, on-field decisions by referees has been a tricky matter in most sports, and cricket is proving no exception," Huw Richards wrote in The International Herald Tribune. "Cricket officials once again failed to agree on a standardized system of reviews for international matches last week, and it was clear that the sticking points were as much political as technological," Mr. Richards wrote. The biggest stumbling block was thrown up by "the most powerful body in cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India," Mr. Richards wrote. That the "rest of the world was ready to agree on a review system" was clear when the International Cricket Council's powerful chief executives committee voted in favor June 25, he wrote. As soon as the committee decision was announced, the Indian board issued a statement saying that it "continues to believe that the system is not foolproof." It argued that the status quo should be maintained and a decision on whether to use reviews "should be left to the boards involved in that series." The proposal from the chief executives did not even get as far as the full I.C.C. Board, which makes the most important decisions. The I.C.C. issued a rather limp statement saying that the board had "agreed to continue with the present arrangement." Dave Richardson, the I.C.C.'s new chief executive, ended his first day in office at the council's annual meeting in Malaysia saying that "the B.C.C.I. need to make that decision for themselves. It is never good to take anyone kicking and screaming to do anything. Michael Vaughan, a former England captain, told the BBC that the I.C.C. should instead have told India, "This is happening; get used to it. It works wonderfully well around all the different formats. It's there to get rid of the blunders. Over time, it has proven to be a very, very good idea. India needs to get with the real world and get on with it, because they're ruining it.