IN this age of modern technology, I wonder why a way hasn't been found to help the umpire judge lbw decisions - which, surely, are among the most debatable in the game.
We are all living in a computerised era, can send off rockets to Mars and other planets, and can walk in space, but still can't devise a way to tell if a ball would have hit the wicket.
Everyone knows that each ball delivered has a different trajectory, lift, break, etc, but I'm sure we have the expertise to overcome the difficulties involved.
The umpire, as always, would only call on this safeguard where needed, as with the use of cameras on the more simple run-outs.
Obviously any system found would probably only be used at county or Test level, due to cost.
K SOWERBUTTS, Southwood Drive, Baxenden.
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